New From Taurus: Executive Grade 856 Revolver
Taurus has launched a new sub-brand, in effect, to bring impressively high-quality firearms to market through its existing manufacturing, sales, and distribution channels. Perhaps akin to how Toyota created Lexus or TRD, or Smith...
Random Thoughts On That First Home Defense Gun
As a firearms and personal defense instructor for just shy of 25 years, I’ve had countless people ask me what’s the best gun for home defense. If only it were so simple. That question...
Home Defense in the UK: Singing the Praises of a .50 Cal. Air Pistol...
Here in America, we giggle at the muzzle energy and defensive performance of the .25 Auto round. In the land once known as Great Britain, where gun control long ago went from the stupid...
Why I’m Finally Retiring My Small Frame 5-Shot Revolver As Sole Carry Piece [GRAPHIC...
I’ve been a fan of the five-shot compact revolver for years. They’re small, reliable and plenty potent. They don’t throw brass all over the place and they work great from a pocket or a...
Diamondback Announces the New Sidekick 9-Round Rimfire Revolver
From Diamondback Firearms . . .
Diamondback Firearms, creator of high-quality firearms and industry-leading components, is excited to introduce the Diamondback Sidekick, a 9-shot, single and double action rim-fire revolver with a swing out, interchangeable...
The Guns of the Highway Patrol: A Three-Way Six-Incher Showdown:
There was once a time when your average Highway Patrolman anywhere in the U.S. carried a six shooter, but not just any six shooter. Oh no, they carried six-inch blasters chambered in the mythical...
Original Wheel Gun Showdown: Smith & Wesson Model 686 vs Colt Python
Two classics going head to head. Yes, I know, the Colt Python and the Smith & Wesson Model 686 have been compared ad nauseam, especially since the Python was reborn. This is slightly different...
Is The Revolver Dead? Is That a Trick Question?
That was the question asked back in 1989. The Era of the Wondernine was upon us. Higher capacity 9mm semi-autos that held 15 or 17 rounds was becoming the new standard. Technological wonders from...
Two of Smith & Wesson’s ’90s Stainless Metallic Fantastics
Ahhh, the 1990s, a decade of good and bad.
When The Rachel was the haircut that all the women wanted, Grunge replaced Metal in the music world, and the Clinton Assault Weapons Ban happened.
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Woman Smuggles NAA Mini Revolver Into Jail in Shocking Fashion
North American Arms makes some pretty small revolvers. Suitable for deep cover (Jeremy carries one in his hat). Or, in the case of a woman in Boone County, Missouri, deep-deep cover. Amy Wilhite, 39,...
DEATH AND TAXES: Help Your Family Value Your Guns and Safely Sell Unwanted Firearms...
Mark Twain once famously noted that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. We're all going to die someday, some of us sooner than others. Which is why it is important to...
FOR BEGINNERS: How Many Magazines Should You Have?
With millions of Americans buying guns for the first time in 2020, many of them are wondering how many ammunition magazines they need. Some of these new gun owners (or even older gun owners)...