REVOLVERS

Those who took the time to fire the Rhino .357 Magnum discovered immediately Chiappa Firearms was onto something important for the self-defense market.

Built on a large-framed Ruger Bisley, I was using a favored heavy hunting load consisting of homegrown Lyman/Ideal 454424 cast bullets.

FMG's Roy Huntington takes a First Look at Armscor's M200 & M206 revolver series, ideal for self defense and concealed carry. Chambered in .38 Special,...

Behold — the revolver. It appears I have peers among you who also suffer — perhaps not quite the right word, there — from an affliction I...

Call it fate, destiny or it just had to be. Whatever your choice, it was meant to happen. My favorite sixgun all these many decades has been a 7-1/2" Single...

The Taurus Raging Hunter in .460 delivers what the old adage describes as: “The rich man’s demand for quality and economy — and the poor man’s need...

A couple decades ago, the modern two-shot derringer was little more than a novelty item gun collectors kept on display as a conversation piece. Two guns...

Special Assignments Editor Roy Huntington looks at Ruger's new Wrangler revolver chambered in .22LR.

Charter Arms Bulldog XL in .45 Colt. Despite the snobbery, it is a legitimate big bore carry option.

I’d venture to say the #5 is the most copied, imitated, sought after, and basis, for custom single-action sixguns. A #5 sixgun has its own traits. The...

A scant 1" barrel makes this Barkeep .22 caliber the ultimate concealable revolver.

Anyone who has studied the history of military handguns must wonder how some ordnance officers formed their concepts of ideal handguns.

Beater guns make perfect project guns. A few years back, I had Ken Kelly of Mag-na-port International fame transform a beater of mine into something marvelous.

A look at Taffin’s Top .45 Colt DA sixguns.

It wasn’t until Elmer Keith started experimenting with the anemic round when the .38 Special reached full potential. It was also the seed planted for...

Bill said, “I’m thinking of a revolver my Daddy had, a little S&W Regulation Police. We still have some of daddy’s stuff stored and if I looked long...

An early Novak gun, this Mk VI Webley is a Fitz-Special style conversion designed for concealed carry. Chopped, bobbed and night sighted, it was ahead of...

A “micro-carry” system of the smallest practical gun and support gear I could find.

As odd as it may seem, some of the Colt SAA’s most popular chamberings have been developed by Winchester; as in Winchester Center Fire or as we know them...

The old 1917 revolvers were dusted off yet the numbers were still far short. Smith & Wesson responded with a “Hand Ejector” .38 S&W Special revolver to...

Prior to entering the Police Academy 36 years ago this month, I’d never shot a handgun. As a kid, I’d use crooked sticks shaped like handguns. Even...

In addition to .44 Russian/.44 Colt/.44 Special and .38 Long Colt/.38 Special in several variations, Cimarron also offers both a .45 Colt and a .45...

It’s been a few years now since Ruger released their budget-priced Wrangler, and boy, has it made an impact from kids to cantankerous codgers!