REVOLVERS

Magnum Research’s Custom Shop recently released a tribute gun, honoring the Idaho cowboy and Grand Ol’ Man of Sixguns, Elmer Keith. The BFR EK#5 gun...

The “Frankengun.” I call it beautiful — and slick, sleek and seductive, a perfect packin’ piece, with plenty of personality. Did I mention it’s...

When I turned eight, I got a Harrington & Richardson Plainsman bolt-action .22 rifle for my birthday. Now I had a means for big adventure. What started out...

Special Assignments Editor Roy Huntington takes us back in time to the beginning of WWII with not enough 1911's to go around. S&W stepped up with a special...

Interesting things start happening after completing our 50th ride around the sun, especially among hardcore gunmen and women.

The “Buds” as they were fondly called, had all the features and benefits of something like a bigger S&W auto of the time, but were shrunk for shirt...

Terry Murbach was a lovable ol’ cuss! He’s been gone a few years now and I miss him, as do a lot of other folks.

As shooters, we’re fortunate to be living in a time when the most talented gunsmiths, grip makers and leather workers are plying their trades.

The new single-action holster from Mitch Rosen Extraordinary Gunleather is the perfect holster for concealed carry.

Taurus's new revolver is the next-generation, big-bore revolver that's built to last! Special Assignments Editor Roy Huntington shows how fun it is to shoot...

Manufactured from approximately 1990 to 2003, the massive Colt Anaconda came late to the DA .44 Magnum revolver market, and at a time when Colt was phasing...

My first single-action sixgun was a 7.5" stainless Ruger Blackhawk, chambered in .45 Colt.

Lone Wolf Arms introduces the Lightweight Tactical Defense (LTD) Pistol Line. Unlike many other GLOCK-pattern alternatives on the market, the LTD is not...

In this First Look, Special Assignments Editor Roy Huntington shares his secrets on how to shoot a compact revolver smoothly, quickly and accurately.

As I get older, I’ve discovered the increasing importance of size, shape and diameter when it comes to shooting big bore sixguns.

Benefitting the Happy Trails Children's Foundation for abused children, this year's Silver Screen Legend XXIV drawing for a Colt .45 and Winchester Model 94...

Hands down, the .45 Colt is my favorite handgun cartridge. You know this! Sure, I love other cartridges too, fickle as I am, but .45 caliber cartridges just...

Firepower of Old West revolvers is one of the most misrepresented historical aspects of that era.

It was a Tuesday night in December 1954. I specifically remember the day as every Tuesday I took the bus to town to pay my paper bill. My paper route had...

Some may think my love for single-action (SA) revolvers odd, or short-sighted, but this would be their problem, not mine.

The 1950s were a great time for sixgunners. During those few short years, Colt resurrected the Single Action Army and introduced the .357 Magnum and the...

I recently acquired this old Smith & Wesson Model 28 Highway Patrolman. It rode in the holster of a sheriff’s deputy for years and has got a lot of shiny...

A man connected to important people, places and events of the Wild West, Cimarron Firearms has released a special edition revolver honoring Bat Masterson...

The Pro 100 Series has been upgraded with full-tang S35VN steel blades and Green Canvas Micarta handles.

Some of the most innovative products are not the original concept, but rather the iteration of the original. Such is the case of the Remington Model 1858,...

No, while all these guns tell a story, none are in my collection. Sigh … But I do know the stories of all but one, and strangely I did own it at one time.

It wouldn’t be fair to say Ruger was built on the single action, but it wouldn’t be entirely inaccurate either.

Appearing in the Jan/Feb 1990 issue of American Handgunner, Smith & Wesson played up the differences between men’s and women’s hand sizes in an ad for...

For those not averse to color or who simply want to make a statement on the range, the popular rimfire single-action Ruger Wrangler is now available in a...

With names like Roughneck, Rowdy and Grizzly, you just know it’s built tough and durable.