During the late 1930s, there was much hullabaloo about the .357 Magnum; how it was the most powerful handgun in the world. D.B. Wesson ran around hunting everything from prairie dogs to grizzly bears ...

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For anyone interested in revolvers for self-defense, the world of “four” calibers is one worth exploring. These heavy hitters – .41 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, and .45 ACP – are steeped in ...

GREEN RIVER — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s Vintage Firearms Research Program made an exceptional discovery recently while researching a classic .44 Special revolver. Museum staff member ...

Few handguns combine power and cachet, but the Smith & Wesson Model 29 manages to do so with ease. Described by fictional San Francisco Police Department Detective Harry “Dirty Harry” Callahan as “the ...

The .44 Magnum is a powerful revolver cartridge. It was initially developed to be a more potent load of the .44 S&W Special, its parent cartridge, by Elmer Keith in 1955. Made largely popular by Clint ...