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The American Expeditionary Force wanted everyone to have a sidearm.

The Pettengill revolver, a double-action-only muzzleloading design created in the 1850s, initially secured a large Union Army contract during the Civil War but ran into production delays that led to ...

The Webley-Fosbery was designed with target shooters and military officers in mind, and its innovative self-cocking action made it the high-tech option in 1900. One of the classic gun nerd tropes is ...

For decades, people have said revolvers were on their way out. Then, every few years, they come roaring back. No matter how many new polymer pistols hit the shelves, revolvers still find their way ...

This article, "Civil War Remingtons," appeared originally in the November 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman ...

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Ruger GP100 .357 Stainless© "Ruger GP100 .357 Stainless" by Gordon Gartrell is licensed under BY-SA 2.0. Revolvers are mostly outmoded when you think about defensive firearms. However, they ...

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For much of their nearly 200 year history, revolvers were widely used by militaries and police departments around the world. In the United States, revolvers were standard-issue in the Army from the ...