If there’s one thing backcountry hunters should agree on when it comes to picking between revolvers and semi-autos for bear defense it is this: Neither is ideal. A bear, whether attacking out of fear, ...

One of the most important roles a handgun can play is in home defense. Compact and easy to secure, handguns are ideal weapons for defending one’s own home. Caliber aside, one of the major questions ...

Shooters who grow up on semi-automatic pistols often assume revolvers are mechanically simple and nearly immune to surprises. After all, there is no magazine, no slide, and no cycling energy to worry ...

Key point: A handgun is a dangerous weapon designed to kill people. That said, it is also merely a tool, and there are some situations in which it is the only tool that can effectively respond to a ...

For the first time since the Dallas Police Department was formed in 1881, no officers will carry revolvers. Right now only five still carry the weapon. On Jan. 1, 2020, they will all be required to ...

In fact, I pressed Giddings on the revolver-vs.-semi-auto argument, and he agrees: “[The] official answer is that if you’re purely looking at CCW as a numbers game, a medium-frame, heavy, low-capacity ...