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Use this sure-fire way to ensure you always lower the hammer on an empty chamber.

Just because you choose to pack 140-year-old technology doesn’t mean you are unarmed. Using a single-action revolver for self-defense can provide you with plenty of fight-stopping power if you know how to use it.

Of the many revolver designs made by Colt, the Single Action Army family is one of the most famous and long-lived. Follow Rick Hacker as he delves into the specifics of collecting second generation examples of these classic wheelguns.

A great revolver in an awesome caliber.

In honor of the 125th anniversary of American Rifleman, the following is an excerpt from the April, 1929 issue: The Last Word.

Find out what this 85-percent-condition 1958 Frontier Scout, with a small crack on the stock, sold for at auction.

Whether a rusty relic or pristine safe queen, the Single Action Army carries with it an elegance and panache few manmade objects could command.

Standard Manufacturing offers everything from ARs to the double-barrel, pump-action DP-12, and now the New Britain, Conn., firm is in the revolver business.

From its very inception as a percussion firearm, the single-action revolver was designed as a fighting gun.