Annie Oakley and the Stevens Model 35

Well, we are dusting off our blog and making an entry this week after a very long dry spell. Not that we haven’t been busy…in fact we have been very busy with the business, forcing us to put some things on the back burner like blog entries, lawn mowing, some outdoor paint jobs, etc. Some things can’t wait, like stacking wood for winter, which by all counts is supposed to be a rough one, this year.


Dennis has been busy engraving some antique firearms. One of the more interesting ones is a Stevens Model 35 off-hand black powder target pistol. This particular one was made sometime around 1906-1916. Annie Oakley, the famed sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, was said to have been given one of these by her husband Frank Butler. Dennis, being a sharpshooter, himself, with a penchant for “Old West” firearms engraved this pistol in honor of her. He always liked the graceful lines of this pistol. It was a fun project for him.

Click on photo to enlarge. You don't want to miss the detail!