https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/key-people/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/gw57.jpgGW57https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hhgunshop.jpgHy Hunter and "Carbine" WilliamsHy Hunter behind the counter of his shop, examining Great Western single actions with the legendary Carbine Williams.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/deewoolemcrosman.jpgDeeWoolemCrosmanDee Woolem, endorsing the Hahn BB single action for Crosman.2024-01-08T16:14:53+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/deputy-model/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_6672.jpgimg_6672https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dep120a.jpgdep120ahttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/19284b.jpg19284bhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/deputycloseout.jpgdeputycloseouthttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/depsightsb.jpgdepsightsbhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/depsightsc.jpgdepsightschttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/depsightsa.jpgdepsightsahttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/em1956deputy.jpgEM1956DeputyThe first ad for the Deputy appeared in 1955. It advertised several features that ultimately were not taken into production.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/engraveddeputy.jpgEngravedDeputyPerhaps the ultimate Deputy, one that the old King Gun works of Glandale had a hand in building.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/deputy_ad.jpgdeputy_adA Deputy .22 from 1958, along with the E&M ran at the time.2022-07-13T01:58:11+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/production-data/great-western-arms-serial-guide/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hhmoore2.jpghhmoore2https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hhmoore1.jpghhmoore1https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tmark.jpgtmarkhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fserial1.jpgfserialhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fserial.jpgfserialhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fad.jpgFadhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hhgw.jpghhgw2020-07-05T01:23:40+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/engraved-revolvers/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/courtsobit.jpgcourtsobithttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2916.jpgIMG_2916https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jw.jpgJWhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jw3.jpgjw3https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/17185a.jpg17185ahttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aud910a.jpgAUD910ahttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/eisenhower.jpgEisenhowerhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/44splob.jpg44splobhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/courts22.jpgcourts22This .22 was engraved by Carl Courts, who did many of Great Western's 'factory' engraved guns.2020-04-14T16:32:14+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/production-data/production-evoltution-milestones-by-serial/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/h20a.jpgh20ahttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/h20.jpgh202020-01-29T06:01:02+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/sheriffs-model/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hoob2a.jpghoob2ahttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sherrifsmod.jpgsherrifsmodhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/greatwesternsherriffs.jpgGreatWesternSherriffsA Great Western Sheriff's model that's beset by 'plum blueing'https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hh1st7-copy.jpgHH1st7 - CopyHy Hunter's catalog page for the Great Western Sheriff's model, 1954https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2sheriffs.jpg2sheriffsTwo authentic Great Western Sheriffs models, along with a later shorty Frontier model that has an ejector.2020-01-16T16:20:01+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/buntline-model/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hoob1.jpghoob1https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/bunt121.jpgbunt121https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bunt1.jpgbunt1Great Western buntlines2020-01-16T16:16:39+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/22-caliber/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/5dot522s.jpg5dot522s2019-01-18T15:06:02+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/timeline-notes/2019-01-14T00:41:07+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/44-40/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/4440.jpg4440A very late production Great Western in .44-40. This revolver has a Fast Draw model brass trigger guard and is all numbers matching.2019-01-12T03:36:51+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/44-magnum/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/44b.jpg44bA typical .44 Magnum Great Western Frontier model. Do note there's no gap between cylinder and rear frame wall, as the .44 magnum cylinder was fractionally larger than other calibers.2019-01-12T03:33:13+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/build-it-yourself-kits/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/diy.jpgdiyThe "DO IT YOURSELF" rollmark appeared briefly on 19000 - 20500 sn kits.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kitliq2.jpgkitliq2E&M’s close out of Great Western inventories extended through the fall of 1961. The September Shotgun News campaign offers steep volume discounts and very low prices for exotic grips.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kitliq1.jpgkitliq1By 1961 E&M found they couldn’t build the Great Western revolver price competitive with the German imports, and began winding down the GW business. Parts inventories were packaged as kits for liquidation, the start of this effort commencing with this Shotgun News ad in August 1961.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/blueboxkit.jpgblueboxkitThis type 4 .45 kit is much like it was sold, polished and blued. The action was probably left for the buyer to install.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/unasskit1.jpgunasskitAn unassembled Great western .45 kit basically as it would look out of the box.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/unasskit.jpgunasskithttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/unfinishedkit.jpgunfinishedkitAn unassembled Great Western .45 kit revolver, much as it would have appeared in its original box (if this were an authentic GW box).https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kitad.jpgkitadThe kit ad from the last catalog in 1963 offered the package with polished and blued parts. Any configuration was available. Prices crept up with the added features and with inflation.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/3kits.jpg3kits3 kits revolvers that were never blued. The bottom two are factory polished, as they were sold in conjunction with the later kit sales campaigns.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kit22.jpgkit22An assembled but unpolished or finished Great Western Arms kit revolver in .22 caliber. This on is from 1956.2019-01-12T02:26:44+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/fast-draw-model/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gw19738.jpggw19738https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/45fd.jpg45fdThe prototypical Great Western Fast Draw model is like this one here, a .45 with 4 3/4 inch barrel.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/emffd.jpgemffdE&M's 1959 catalog ad for the Great Western Arms fast Draw Model.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fastdraw1962.jpgfastdraw1962E&Ms Fast Draw model ad from 1962.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gwfdshotgunnews.jpgGWFDshotgunnewshttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/latefdad.jpgLateFDadGreat Western Arms page for the fast draw model in their last catalog, circa 1961.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gw3.jpggw3https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/atomicfd.jpgatomicFDOne of the first Great Western Arms Fast Draw models, this one in .357 Atomic.2018-12-29T16:02:27+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/22-hornet/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hornet.jpghornetA Great Western .22 Horne, serial GW21478. This has 4 3/4 inch barrel, and was regular mail order or retail, not one of the "Marcotte 50".2018-12-09T00:29:55+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/quality-and-build/on-the-use-of-colt-parts/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/coltgws.jpgcoltGWsGreat Westerns made up to look like Colts. Most Great Westerns with obvious Colt parts are in fact ‘parts guns’, and should be contemplated as diminished examples.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/gwunders.jpgGWundersThe two Great Western cylinder frame variations are most easily discerned by turning the guns upside down. These three guns show the two frame styles. On the left is the ‘Arwood’ frame that has a Colt style elliptical shaped frame corner. The two guns on the right are more squared off. That’s the more commonly encountered FerroCast cylinder frame.2018-02-14T05:04:27+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/finishes/color-case-hardened/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cchgw.jpgcchgwThis Great Western .22 has the genuine, furnace and bone pack color case hardening that Great Western used sporadically after 1956.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gwstags.jpgGWstagsThis Great Western Arms .38 Special shows the first, cyanide type color case hardening.2018-01-01T17:31:02+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/quality-and-build/faux-stag-grips/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fauxstags.jpgfauxstagsFrom left to right2018-01-01T17:26:49+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/box-list/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kitbox1.jpgkitbox1https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/brownboxes.jpgbrownboxeshttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/new22brownbox.jpgnew22brownboxhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/plainbrownbox.jpgplainbrownboxhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/endlabel.jpgendlabelhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/venicebox.jpgVeniceBox2017-12-20T21:30:12+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/22-magnum/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/22mags.jpg22magsThese two Great Westerns have very high serials, and are among the last built. They are in original condition, and are .22 magnums with the typical '.22 CALIBER' rollmark.2017-05-23T01:47:07+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/catalog-list/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gwsales63.jpggwsales63https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gwsales60.jpggwsales60https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/emgw59.jpgemgw59https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/emgw58.jpgemgw58https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/em58.jpgem58https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/em56.jpgem56https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gw59.jpggw59https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gw56.jpggw56https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hh6.jpghh6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hh5.jpghh52017-05-23T01:41:37+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/ads/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/early61.jpgearly61https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mags6111.jpgMags6111https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mags6110.jpgMags6110https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mags6109.jpgMags6109https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1961_sn_1stkitliquidation.jpg1961_SN_1stkitliquidationhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gunsnov60.jpgGunsNov60https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gunsapril60gwsales.jpgGunsApril60GWSaleshttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gunsjan60.jpgGunsJan60https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gunsoct59.jpgGunsOct59https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gunssept59.jpgGunsSept592017-05-20T23:43:54+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/357-atomic/2017-02-25T21:53:10+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/target-model/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pair.jpgpairhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/microsight.jpgAn original Micro Sight Co brochureIn the Micro Sight brochure, gunsmiths are instructed that top strap must be end milled for a slot to contain the Micro Sight. On factory Great Western target models, the top strap is milled completely flat.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/flattop44s1.jpgflattop44s1A Great Western Arms target model in .44 Special. Here, you can see this models 'flat top' with no sight groove.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/christy.jpgChristyChristy Gun Works ad for their Micro Sight upgrade to the Single Action Army. Great Western made this identical Micro sight installtion their "target model".https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/aftermarket1.jpgaftermarket1Shown here is the Micro sight installed on a Great Western by an independent gunsmith. Examples like this are not factory authentic Great Western target models.https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/3targ22s.jpg3targ22sThree .22 target models with different barrel lengths, finished, and grips.2016-11-13T00:30:05+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/finishes/parkerized/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/parkedft.jpgparkedFTThis target model has Great Western's flat black parkerized finish.2016-09-29T19:39:02+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/44-special/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/f2.jpgf22016-04-24T23:37:48+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/finishes/blue/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/22100.jpg22100A Great Western .22 in standard blue.2016-04-03T02:14:15+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/45-acp/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/acp.jpgacpA Great Western kit in .45 ACP. Nickle was and ivory grip upgrade correspond to an ad campaign E&M ran in 1961. 2016-04-03T02:11:46+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/2014/09/11/67/2016-04-01T15:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/about/copywrite-information/2016-04-01T15:05:04+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/about/bibliography/2016-04-01T15:04:43+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/about/comments-and-questions/2018-12-12T15:22:47+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/production-data/when-was-it-made-gwa-production-by-year/2015-09-14T14:49:36+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/finishes/nickel-and-chrome/2015-06-27T14:44:38+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/quality-and-build/factory-upgrades-and-add-ons/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/45ftconv.jpg45ftconvhttps://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/56options.jpg56optionsThis is the 1956 options page in the Great Western catalog, and it is somewhat limited. Nickel and chrome finishes are not an option as in other years. 2015-04-05T14:10:59+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/derringers/https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/derringer2.jpgderringer2https://greatwesternarmsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/derringer1.jpgderringer12015-04-05T13:17:03+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/quality-and-build/2014-10-29T14:45:59+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/finishes/2014-10-25T16:51:46+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/2014-10-25T16:48:43+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/production-data/total-production-and-breakdown-by-model/2014-10-25T16:42:22+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/2014-10-25T16:37:12+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/production-data/2014-10-25T16:29:43+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/about/2014-10-25T15:35:02+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/2014-10-25T15:31:32+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/quality-and-build/great-westerns-quality-problems/2014-10-04T15:49:08+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/45-colt/2014-09-21T02:23:17+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/38-sw/2014-09-21T02:23:16+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/calibers/38-special/2014-09-21T02:22:27+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/models/frontier-model/2014-09-21T02:22:25+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.com/history/narrative-history/2014-09-21T02:22:23+00:00weekly0.6https://greatwesternarmsco.comdaily1.02024-01-08T16:14:53+00:00