“Tag: Wiley Clapp”

With the incredible number of firearms and accessories available, it can seem easy to buy your way to proficiency. However, Wiley Clapp says there's a tried-and-true method.

You've read our handgun evaluations, but what if you want to test your own? Wiley Clapp outlines his process for evaluating a gun.

Colt introduces its Mk III series of revolvers, and the best-known of them is the Trooper. However, the Lawman was forgotten and unfairly so.

For years of writing about firearms, I had been working under an erroneous impression about the origins of the revolver. Really, credit should go to two men. Sam Colt and Elisha Collier.

In its own right, the Steyr GB was a well-built pistol that should have found success. Instead, it's a forgotten design.

High Standard was a prominent company in the mid-20th century and had many great models, and those designs deserve to be remembered.

Over the time that I worked as a police officer and then as a gunwriter, I have informally tried to determine where, when and by whom fighting pistolcraft began.

Wiley Clapp found a Smith & Wesson Model 27 at his local gun shop, but all is not as it seems with this particular revolver.

In today's market of small-frame, lightweight, semi-automatic pistols, it's harder to make the case for the concealed-carry revolver. But there's still a case to be made.