IT IS DIFFICULT, at least for anyone having more than a passing interest in guns, to witness one of Hollywood's standard slam-bang Western movies without raising a skeptical eyebrow now and again during the smokey flow of film. Admiration often gives way to a snicker when a single bullet, fired from the hero's hip, neatly disarms a distant badman. The snicker evolves into a sneer when later the same hero bags his seventh, eighth, or ninth (depending upon the casting director's budget) outlaw with his trusty but unreloaded six-gun.
Questions arise. "Who the hell does Hollywood think it's kidding?" is one of the most frequent.
True, but if it's Anne Francis doing the kidding...
What were we talking about? Oh, yeah, the December 1957 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online. I think they talk about some other stuff, too.