This thread inspired me to do a little reading about Mr. Winans. Today I downloaded an e-book version of his The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919). I haven't gotten far into it yet, but it is evident just from the preface that Mr. Winans was a man with many definite opinions -- he could have gotten some hot threads going on this board. Consider this utterance, for example: "The revolver is now obsolete, and there is no use learning to shoot it."