Steel parts are finished with a high-polish blue, and the brass is also highly polished. ... Cleaning the Big Boy revolver is made easier by Henry’s cylinder-removal system.

Welcome to another American Rifleman Gun Of The Week video, and this time, we’re on the range with an incredibly versatile single-action revolver built by Pietta.This Davidson’s Exclusive ...

In a SAA revolver, the brass would overlap and bind behind the cylinder if it was fully loaded. So, if a soldier found himself with a Colt SAA and a pouch of .45 Schofield ammo, his six-shooter, which ...

I have two buckets full of 38 brass—approximately 7,000 rounds—and I use them to move lead from one end of a range to the other. My J-Frame has never failed. The 442 is a double action only gun.

The revolver ejected spent cartridges and reloaded fresh ones through a loading gate behind the cylinder. One of the Colt’s most interesting features was the ability to “fan fire” the revolver.

The LeMat revolver was a unique Civil War-era wheel gun chambered in .42-caliber that also fired a 20-gauge projectile. ... axes, and even brass knuckles to their guns to have a backup in a ...

The new revolver was a single action, meaning the hammer needed to be cocked back prior to each shot. This advanced the six-round cylinder to a fresh round and rotated away fired cartridges.

With a large cylinder designed to rotate perpendicular to a normal revolver's, it's no wonder this bizarre concept was never produced. By Published: Sep 09, 2016 9:00 AM EDT Revolver design by W.B ...