“Tag: .44 Spl.”

Many collectors have an affinity for firearms with a connection to Texas, such as Smith & Wesson’s Third Model Hand Ejector revolver, also called the Wolf & Klar Model. Although now long gone, Wolf & Klar (W&K) was a Fort Worth pawn shop started by German immigrants Alex Wolf and Jacob Klar that became a prominent hardware, jewelry and gun store during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

American Rifleman's Brian Sheetz checks out this affordable concealed-carry revolver.

The large-framed revolver built to handle the then-new .44 S&W Spl. cartridge would be called the .44 Hand Ejector First Model. Today, we know it as the scarce Smith & Wesson Model 24.

At first glance, it would be easy to misconstrue this well-used first-generation Colt Single Action Army (SAA) as just another buggered-up sixgun that some early 20th century “gun nut” (as they often called themselves) experimented on.

Hornady Critical Defense .44 Spl. ammunition combines "premium" performance with modest recoil.

The 445 is a welcome return of a lightweight medium-framed .44 Spl. carry gun.