This Old, Ugly Gun That I Love

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Andrew Wiggin

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This is from an article that I got published in a minor blog.

My uncle gave me this old, ugly gun. It’s a.44 mag single action revolver. It’s beat up. The finish is worn. The plastic grips are shattered and held together with electrical tape. It is truly hideous but I love it.

The revolver was made by Herter’s back during the cold war in “Western Germany”. Presumably, they wanted to make West Germany sound a little more cowboyish (that’s a word now). The right side of the barrel is stamped “Herter’s Single Six”. It appears that they made a whole pile of them and then realized that they wouldn’t be able to sell them in the US with a blatant trademark infringement stamped right on the barrel so they struck out the “Six”.

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The rest is here if you're interested.

Please give me some criticism. I'd like to continue writing so I need to know what I can improve.
 
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The Germans have a love for the American West

When I was younger my dad would take me and my brothers to dude ranches in the Southwest. Many of our fellow guests would be German and looking to participate in cowboy activities like shooting, branding, herding, etc. Most of them belonged to social clubs(often times a bar) where they would recreate as much of the cowboy life as possible. There is even a whole generation of German writers who cranked out adventure novels specifically for a German audience. It could be that these guns were targeted at German buyers as much as American.
 
My dad has an old single shot 22 that was his grandpa's. it has a stock that is duct-taped together and it has the octagon barrel and is still accurate. I asked him if he was ever going to get it "fixed" and he said nope.
 
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