Wheelgun Wednesday: Smith & Wesson Model 640 Engraved Review

By Josh C

Can a gun have a soul? The ancients wouldn’t have considered that such a silly question. They firmly believed that everything had a spirit—even inanimate objects. That carried over even after the Christianization of the West. It was once a near-universal belief that certain relics of saints were imbued with the Holy Spirit. Even certain weapons were believed to have supernatural attributes, most famously Excalibur (or Caliburn), the sword wielded by King Arthur.That was before the Industrial Revolution, in a time when every armament was crafted by hand. Armorers and their patrons took great pride in carefully etching elaborate designs into their weapons, often featuring scenes from ancient mythology or the Bible. Even many of the first firearms were beautifully decorated.

A close-up of an elaborately decorated breastplate, taken at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

While we may not agree on whether a gun can have a soul, we can certainly agree that certain guns are

Source: The Firearm Blog