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Billed as the most powerful production revolver in the world today, the Smith & Wesson Model 500 defines pure power.
August 06, 2012
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Gun of the Week: Magnum Research BFR
August 01, 2012
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I’ve been trying to figure out what gun I want to carry as a backup. I first considered getting another Ruger LCP, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted a wheelgun in .38 Spl.
June 26, 2012
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For 32 years—from 1954 until 1986—the best deal in the Smith & Wesson catalog was the Model 28, a revolver built on the N frame and chambered for the .357 Mag. cartridge. Before S&W assigned model numbers to all products, the maker called this gun the Highway Patrolman. Made with the user's choice of either 4- or 6-inch barrels, the Highway Patrolman had a matte-blue finish, with a very plebeian exterior. There was no grooving on the barrel rib or rear sight and no choices in sights, trigger or hammer. I have seen Target and Magna grips on them, almost always in oiled, checkered walnut. In other words, the Model 28 was a plain .357 Mag. revolver of the largest and strongest type. You got a lot of gun for your money and that made the Model 28 popular with cash-strapped police agencies and individual officers.
March 15, 2012
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I love that old saying about “what goes around, comes around.” It means that history runs in cycles and what was once popular might be popular once again. We went through a long cycle of interest in larger, more powerful handguns for just about every use, including personal defense and concealed carry. The present conventional wisdom holds that the concealed-carry handgun must be small and light, but adequately powerful. To accomplish this, gunmakers have evolved both the conventional pistol and the even older revolver designs to new guns that fill the bill. All three of the major wheelgun makers now offer a light powerful snubnosed revolver with a polymer frame—Ruger LCR, S&W Bodyguard, Taurus 85PLYB2. The new designed automatics are so numerous as to be hard to enumerate.
March 07, 2012
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Nearly 150 years after it was made, the M&H revolver will still fire.
January 31, 2012
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The 445 is a welcome return of a lightweight medium-framed .44 Spl. carry gun.
December 08, 2011
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The new SP101 in .357 Mag. features a 4.2-inch barrel, engraved walnut grip panels and HiViz sights.
December 08, 2011
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If you want to spice up your next varmint hunt, try going after them with a belt gun.
September 16, 2011
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Ruger has introduced one of its most popular revolvers in the most popular cartridge.
September 16, 2011
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The new Pitbull fires rimless rounds without the need for a moon clip.
September 15, 2011
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More than 60 years after the notorious mobster's death, Al Capone's .38 Spl. will be auctioned off by world-famous Christie's auction house.
June 22, 2011
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The new Chiappa Rhino has turned the revolver world upside down.
April 20, 2011
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NAA's line of miniature wheelguns provides a variety of truly tiny concealed-carry options.
March 24, 2011
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The Security-Six is well made and finished throughout, and its design shows considerable ingenuity.
March 22, 2011
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