Today I took a Model 1883 Reichsrevolver out to the monthly BackUp Gun Match. This is an 1894-manufactured gun (made at the Erfurt Arsenal). It is a single action only, six-shot revolver chambered for the[…] 12…23» Our Awesome Sponsors!
Another credible defense revolver is theTaurus450, a fixed sight short barrel revolver chambered in.45 Colt. This is a fast-handling, easy-packing revolver. The barrel also features ports that help reduce recoil. This revolver is less expensive than the Model 69 and, while not as smooth or ...
After all, the gunmaker has wheelguns chambered for nearly everything under the sun. The 905 has been a mainstay for many for the past decade or so and is a more than capable defensive gun, along with about anything else you’d want out of a 9mm....
Notes: This round was introduced in 1894, designed to be fired from the French Velo Dog revolver. The revolver passed out of favor quickly, but a number of Belgian and German revolvers also chambered the round over the years, and it was manufactured by several countries up to 1940. Today...
Perhaps you shoot a lot of 9mm Luger pistols already, then a revolver chambered in the same caliber may be a deciding factor. Further, there are some revolvers chambered in .327 Federal Magnum that allow you to fit an extra round (due to the smaller cartridge diameter) in a similar size...
The10mmRuger Super Redhawk is a member of a small but distinctive community: Revolvers chambered for pistol cartridges. The first were the M1917 revolvers used by the U.S. Army during World War I, which used a pair of stamped-steel half-moon clips, each holding three .45 ACP cartridges...
The rarest variation of the Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver is the .38 ACP model. Only 341 of these were made by Webley, in an attempt to compete with the new semiautomatic pistols appearing on the market – most notably the Colt Model 1900 and Model 1902. The Colt was chambered for ....
This single-action/double-action steel-framed revolver is chambered in .38 Special and has a 6-round capacity. For an entry-level revolver, the trigger is acceptably smooth, with pull reckoned to be between 11.5-13 lbs. It also comes with a ramp front sight and fixed back sight. ...
Any of these Pit Bulls using semi-auto cartridges would be an outstanding backup gun to a like-chambered semi-auto pistol. As far as this goes, any one of them would make an excellent carry gun, especially when you consider all the potent loadings available today for self-defense use. Jus...