LaserLyte announced the addition of a training revolver to its Trigger Tyme line. The new training tool has the general shape and styling of a Smith & Wesson J frame such as a model 442 or 642. LaserLyte states the gun has a similar weight (11 ounces) and balance [Read More…]
No, I’m not announcing a partnership between Smith and Wesson and SilencerCo to make an integrally suppressed revolver. Although I would be first in line to buy one. I created the image above in the hopes of one day spurring a manufacturer to create a commercially [Read More…]
After James R posted up his Chiappa Rhino 200DS review, I felt the need to share my thoughts about the bigger version. The White Rhino. The White Rhino is Chiappa’s 60DS. It is the same gun just with a 6 inch long barrel. The White Rhino is the stainless hard [Read More…]
The classic American M1917 revolver was a much needed answer to a very evident problem: not enough standard issue .45acp 1911 pistols to go around. Smith & Wesson and Colt both produced these revolvers at the request of the US Government, and they served in at least some capacity until Vietnam. [Read More…]
Thanks to Enzo for sending this our way. Waffenschmiedin x builds an 1880 Single Action Revolver from a piece of 4140 steel that was heat treated to a rockwell hardness of 27-33. She makes the entire revolver including the screws from this piece of metal. Better yet she [Read More…]
Sturm, Ruger & Co, Inc. is offering a pair of exclusive single action revolvers through its distributing partner TALO. One is a Vaquero stainless model and the other is a New Model Single Six Convertible. Vaquero Stainless This revolver is a .45 Colt chambered [Read More…]
Last week this photo was going around social media. This young man took a bathroom selfie of himself holding a revolver with a backwards high capacity magazine. This has inspired thousands of people to lampoon this image. MARS Special Operations Group created an album [Read More…]
While I’ve been showing some love to the up and coming C&Rsenal channel, Ian at Forgotten Weapons is not one to be forgotten. Latest in his video series comes from another Auction house, this time Rock Island Auction company where Ian was able to get his hands [Read More…]
Probably one of the biggest mistakes you can make in this day and age, is to underestimate the potential of a gamer, or coder for that matter. Some smart guys in Montreal have put their gaming caps on, and hhave created a website called OPskins, that sells virtual skins [Read More…]
Talk about your performance enhancing accessories. This looks to be made as a joke since there is no screw in the revolver grip. With the Aimpoint red dot, I suspect it would help reduce muzzle flip and recoil. Looks like a fun plinker and if the large grip is [Read More…]
This week, C&Rsenal takes a look at the Italian Bodeo revolver, an interesting transitional type that served all the way through the 1960s. Today, the revolver is a gun that has been virtually perfected for well over a century. While it may seem like this was always [Read More…]
Shopping for a new handgun is often a chore for those familiar with the market, and downright bewildering for those just being introduced to it. What should I buy, a striker-fired, hammer fired, DA/SA, SAO, DAO, semiautomatic, or revolver? Caliber? Is 9mm good enough, [Read More…]
Kimber, a love-’em-or-hate-’em company that cut its teeth making custom 1911s and transitioned into the high-end production semi-auto pistol market, expanded its operation with an announcement at the 2016 SHOT Show Industry Day At The Range to include a [Read More…]
German gunmaker Korth was present at Industry Day, showing off variations on the Sky Marshal 9mm clipless revolver, and the PRS roller retarded blowback semiautomatic handgun. TFB got a chance to fire both guns, and found their triggers – as expected – to be [Read More…]
Dan Wesson has re-released the 15 series of revolvers. In this TFBTV video review, James takes this revolver redux for a spin, running several boxes of .38 Spl and .357 Magnum through it, even alternating .38/.357 in the same cylinder to compare the recoil. This Dan Wesson 715 has interchangeable [Read More…]
The Taurus Judge can easily be described with a single word: awesome. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fan of Taurus or a lover of revolvers, because when it comes to the Judge it’s one of those guns with a serious cool factor. Even those who are not [Read More…]
3D printed firearms have faced much stigma since designers and engineers have began dabbling with different design concepts, and halfway 3D firearms in the case of 3D printed AR15 lowers. However from various conversations with law enforcement, it seems that the general [Read More…]
Revolvers got their start in 1835 thanks to Samuel Colt, and in the years to follow there were quite a few designs and innovations – and, yes, failures – in the gun world. It was 1856 when Smith and Wesson began manufacturing cartridge revolvers, and others [Read More…]
A large number of people purchase firearms for home defense, and those that do must decide on issues such as whether to carry at home, keep the gun in a safe, store it loaded or unloaded – the list goes on. But that pales in comparisons to the decisions and [Read More…]
My good friend Gabor Vass, the Editor of Kaliber Magazine, sent us this photo of the Czech Alfa revolvers. What is interesting is that these are less-lethal revolvers made by a company that also manufactures normal (lethal) firearms. The models are the G020, G030, [Read More…]
The Colt Single Action Army revolver served the United States for two decades as its main handgun, and has be heralded by some as the greatest handgun ever made. It has been called the SAA, M1873, the Colt .45, and of course the Peacemaker. A mainstay of any Western film, you need to shoot one [Read More…]
Ok so not quite Cowboy Action but he gets dressed up and tries out some single action revolvers and lever action rifles.
Ever since the movie came out in theaters, I’ve been waiting to buy it and take copious amounts of screen shots in order to make this post. Well, the movie was released on the 15th to the general public for paid download, you can go buy it yourself here at Google [Read More…]
For those not familiar with Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid series of video games, there is a character called Revolver Ocelot. He is a Russian operative with a penchant for spaghetti westerns. Hence his affinity for Colt Single Action Army Revolvers. In the third [Read More…]
A man in East Texas decided to take care of an armadillo pest in his yard. The man is from Marietta, southwest of Texarkana and at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning he spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire. He used a .38spl revolver and shot three times [Read More…]
The .600 Nitro Express is the one of the largest of the Nitro Express rounds ever developed, second only to the .700 Holland & Holland Nitro Express. Originally meant for big-game hunting, its a round so powerful, it dents common handgun steel targets. As such, [Read More…]
A TFB reader sent this into us about the Chinese Type 05 Police revolver in their new 9mm round. China adopting a 9mm revolver for their police forces is old news from last year, however the particular round they’ve adopted has apparently been featured on the [Read More…]
Matt of the Historical Firearms blog sends us a few photos of the Dardick, a decidedly unusual handgun famous for its absolutely bizarre mechanism that combines both magazine feed and a revolving “nutcracker” cylinder, all made possible by its unusual [Read More…]
Remember J.W Aquirre? He was taught by Max Michel. Here is the article I posted back in March. J.W is 9 years old and has been shooting since last September. His technique on reloads is amazing for someone so young. Now he has moved on from semi auto to revolvers. Here [Read More…]
A reader sent this in to TFB when they stumbled across an odd patent for a type of “Vermin Control”, patented in 1882 by a certain James A Williams. It uses a lever that a rodent would feasibly step on and would be connected to a trigger, which would set it [Read More…]
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