From The Archives: The First New Revolvers In 50 Years

By GUNS Staff

A look back at the first revolver to be made by High Standard and the first really new, different revolver on the American scene in 50 years!

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The Era Of The .44 Part II

By John Taffin

There are many great handgun cartridges such as the .357 and .41 Magnums, .45 ACP, .45 Auto Rim, .45 Colt, and .454 Casull but none capture my soul and spirit more than the .44s: the .44 Russian, the .44-40, and especially the .44 Special and Magnum.

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Big-Bore Breakout

By Massad Ayoob

Ruger brought out the GP100 — essentially, a “.41-frame” revolver, similar to the Colt Python and S&W L-Frame series — in 1986.

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Build Your Own Magnum Research Custom BFR

By Jeff "Tank" Hoover

Sooner or later, we all develop opinions in what we want in a revolver. “If only they’d build it like this, I’d buy one in a second,” we think.

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Get Duke's Entire Collection!

JUST PUBLISHED — Shooting Iron

Thumb Bustin' Musings From The Duke

A complete collection of “Duke” Venturino’s Shooting Iron column originally published in

American Handgunner magazine from 2005 through 2024.

His hometown and friendly style won the hearts of tens of thousands, and he always had a kind word or short note for everyone who reached out to him. In life, Duke was the same as he was in print — honest, capable, a friend to all, decent, quick to shake a hand — and even faster to grin at you. You always felt better after being with Mike.

Enjoy this collection and think about the kind man who wrote it all.

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