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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 AnalysisTrocaola, Aranzabal y Cia. was a Spanish firearms company that existed from before World War I until the Spanish Civil War. During the war, many companies went out of business, and later, Franco ordered several others to close down in an attempt to improve the image of Spanish guns in the world market. TAC was among the better brands of Smith & Wesson clones produced in Spain from approximately 1920-1936. These guns were imported into the United States in high volumes, …