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Article: Wilson Combat Carry Comp .45 dream-gun.(TAFFIN TESTS: THE SIXGUNNER HIMSELF: GUNS, GEAR AND MORE)
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- American Handgunner
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Today my "gun" dreams are fueled--and my credit card kept red hot--by the catalogs of the greatest gunsmiths and gunmakers who have ever lived. As shooters we are privileged to have access to superb firearms that shooters could only dream about in the pre-World War II era. One of those gunsmiths/gunmakers is Bill Wilson and his Wilson Combat catalog is filled with the stuff dreams are made of. Or for those who deem it incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition--of which dreams are made.
How'd It Start?
Bill Wilson started as a gunsmith and then evolved into a gunmaker; actually he started not with guns but with watches. "The history of Wilson Combat ...