Guns Lever Action Rifles Savage Revel Classic: The Savage Lever-Action Returns in Rimfire By William Bell • March 28, 2025 While the company’s new theme is “Not Your Grandpa’s Savage,” I rather like my old Model 1895 lever-gun in .303... Read more »
Guns Handguns Semi-Automatic Handguns Classic Concealment Re-Introduced in .32 ACP: The Walther PPK/s Pistol By William Bell • February 15, 2025 In 1929, German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen (later Waffenfabrik) introduced the PP (Polizei-pistole/police pistol). The PP later became... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Rounding up the Revolvers: 20 Wheelguns from SHOT Show 2025 By William Bell • February 1, 2025 The popularity of revolvers is more than evident this year. Double action revolvers, the concealment type with “snub” barrels, are... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Small Frame Revolver: Charter Arms Releases the Coyote in .380 ACP By William Bell • January 27, 2025 My history with Charter Arms revolvers goes back many years. As a young deputy sheriff in the late 1970s, I... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers TESTED: The Colt Grizzly Revolver Comes Loaded for Bear! By William Bell • December 27, 2024 Since Colt Manufacturing returned to the double-action revolver business in 2017, they have built on existing platforms to come up... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Lipsey’s Releases the Ruger SP101 Chambered in .327 Federal Magnum By William Bell • November 7, 2024 I’m usually hesitant about jumping on the bandwagon for new cartridges. However, I must admit that I became a fan... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Restoration of a Texas Highway Patrol Sixgun: The Colt New Service .38 Special By William Bell • September 14, 2024 For several years, I have been trying to find a Colt New Service revolver with a 4-inch barrel in .38... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers TESTED: Shooting the Taurus Deputy Single-Action Six-Gun! By William Bell • September 13, 2024 In 2005, Taurus International introduced a new centerfire single-action (SA) revolver into its lineup of handguns. A South American company,... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Return of the Rare Snake Gun: The Colt Viper is Back in .357 Magnum By William Bell • September 9, 2024 One of the rarest Colt D-frame, double action (DA), swing-out cylinder revolvers was the Viper. It was an update of... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Deep Cover Defense: North American Arms Releases the Sentinel .22 WMR By William Bell • September 2, 2024 North American Arms (NAA) of Provo, Utah, has been making the same basic stainless-steel, single-action, 5-shot mini-revolver for almost 35... Read more »