REVOLVERS

This Ruger .44 Magnum has all the handgun hunter could ask for. It’s accurate, rugged, versatile and priced right.

In 1997 Freedom Arms introduced their “90 percent gun,” the smaller, and thus easier packin’, easier shooting, Model 97.

There are five basic models of Dragoon originally produced in the short time frame from 1847 to around 1850. First came the Walker, which was improved...

While the .44 Magnum can no longer claim to be the world’s most powerful handgun, it remains the standard against which other magnums and wannabes are...

Hamilton Bowen is a cherished friend, a benchmark leader in custom revolver building, witty, and — dare I say it — even charming at times.

S&W MODEL #3 AMERICAN — Beginning in 1857, Smith & Wesson produced .22 and .32 Rimfire pocket pistols. In order to offer a larger caliber in a more...

Flying with guns isn’t hard, but I didn’t want to pack an arsenal. I needed a single compact yet powerful handgun along with the carry gear to hide it....

It’s an argument as old as time, or at least since 1976 when The Shootist hit the silver screen. It is one of my favorite John Wayne movies but one I hate...

From the beginning in 1996, revolvers handling full-moon clips dominated competition. They were simply faster to reload than any kind of speedloader using...

Anyone handling a single-action revolver or any firearm for that matter should be prepared to forget everything they have ever seen on the silver screen and...

Nearly a century ago Elmer Keith began writing about his custom sixguns. He inspired a lot of others and the basis for most of these personal pistols was...

All arguments about which is the most powerful revolver became moot in 2003 when Smith & Wesson introduced the X-Frame .500 S&W Magnum with the capability...

In their first half century they came in four basic versions. Collectors today call them Hand Ejector; 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Models.

The Ruger Birdshead Single-Six Vaquero was a limited run several years ago.

The Pistoleer is a faithful reproduction of a design more than a couple hundred years old. When we pull the trigger, this gun will go bang and large lead...

Hamilton Bowen is a cherished friend, a benchmark leader in custom revolver building, witty, and — dare I say it — even charming at times.

The Smith & Wesson .357 Combat Magnum was one of the most iconic handguns of the 20th Century.

As a general rule double action revolvers don’t have the historical aura around them, as do ones like the S&W Model No. 3 “Schofield” single action...

Some time ago in another gun magazine, a writer said something to the effect, “Although Smith & Wesson’s Model No. 3 Schofield was a superior design,...

One thing handloading has taught me over the years is there’s two ways of doing it. When most start handloading, they look at maximum loads, wondering if...

Skeeter Skelton would surely smile on such .44 Special sixguns as these.

When the fertile brains at Smith & Wesson and Thunder Ranch got together a few years ago, the result was something special — the Thunder Ranch Defense...

Like so many sixgunners before him, and especially those from his generation, sixgunsmith Dick Casull had looked upon the Colt Single Action as the best...

It is quite embarrassing for a gunwriter who has made most of a career out of covering antique, obsolete, classic and historical firearms to admit an...

S&W celebrated the young 20th-century by lengthening the venerable .44 Russian case from .97" to 1.06" and creating a new cartridge for the new century...

When I first saw the Taylor’s & Company’s snub-nosed, cap & ball 1858 Remington with a conversion cylinder to shoot .45 Colt, it instantly struck me as...

Looking for the best load for percussion sixguns is not all that different from cartridge-firing sixguns in the endless possibility of choices

The .22 LR Ruger Wrangler has been around a couple of years now and is a favorite among all kinds of shooters.

Of all the cartridges I load, the .45 Colt is my favorite. Sure, there are better cartridges for certain applications, but no other cartridge stands-in and...

On the Fourth of July in 1925 a young cowboy decided to celebrate by firing his Colt .45 Single Action.

Replicas of nearly every Colt and Remington single action, Winchester levergun, Sharps, Springfield, and Winchester single-shots from Cimarron make it very...

Unusually rugged for its size, this accurate revolver is a favorite among serious shooters and pistol-packers.

Large handguns are impressive. They suggest massive power in terms of payload delivered — and felt recoil. Today’s oversized handguns began with the...

Ninety-nine years of protecting Americans is not a bad legacy. When you hold an Official Police, you hold a piece of history.

If you’re going to make a case for the 1950s as being the Golden Age of double-action revolvers, it’s going to be a fairly easy task because you’re...

The roots of the Ruger Bisley go back to the 1st Generation Colt Single Actions from which the original Bisley came.

“The Ruger GP100 is a lot like a small block Chevrolet engine to me,” Marc explained. “The same basic foundation can be configured into sidearms of...

In a world of striker-fired, poly-framed, semi-auto shell shuckers, Springfield Armory surprised everyone with an old school, forged billet all-steel shooter.

S&W Set The Bar For Magnum Handgun Performance 50 Years Ago. The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is the sixgun by which all other .44 Magnums are judged.

Colt had produced five Dragoon Models from 1847 to the early 1850s, consisting of the original Walker, the Whitneyville Walker Dragoon/Transition Model, and...

A friend, to whom I have bestowed the nickname “Shrapnel” for reasons too involved to cover here, recently accused me of a most heinous offense. This...

Why the Ruger LCRx in .327 Federal Magnum is the ideal EDC revolver.