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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Hawken rifle, generally shorter and of a larger caliber than the earlier Kentucky rifle, rose to prominence in the mid-nineteenth century. Although the name originally referred to rifles handcrafted by Jacob and Samuel Hawken of St. Louis, Missouri, it has since become a broader term used to describe various "plains rifles" from that period. Today, modern reproductions of the Hawken rifle are produced by manufacturers in several countries, including the United States …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: In 1965, K. W. Thompson Tool was seeking a product to manufacture, and gun designer Warren Center was looking for someone to build his Contender pistol. It was a perfect match. The facilities at K. W. Thompson Tool were expanded, and Thompson/Center Arms was formed. Two years later, the first Contender Pistol was shipped, marking the beginning of a trend in high-performance hunting handguns that continues to grow every year. To date, over 400,000 Contender pistols h …