![]() ![]() 45s written up in the September 1928 issue of The American Rifleman. Four of those sixguns were custom Croft Featherweight. In his monumental book, Sixguns, he relates a visit to his ranch in the 1920s by one Harold Croft of Philadelphia and how he brought a “whole suitcase full of sixguns” when he came to visit. There’s a specific reason for this custom Colt Single Action being called the No. ![]() 45 Colt after he went Home, and there is no way to describe the feeling experienced when actually being privileged to handle his No. Probably the most soul-stirring experience when it comes to special sixguns was to not only handle all of Elmer Keith’s sixguns, but to actually unload his old. It is one thing to go to a museum and see so many firearms belonging to so many famous people as one finds at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and Winchester Museum in Cody, Wyoming, however a much different feeling occurs when actually handling well known firearms. Whatever you choose to call it, I have a special feeling handling the special sixguns once belonging to special people. Call it nostalgia, traditionalism or even sentimentalism, maybe throw in some hero worship. ![]()
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