THE SNUBNOSE REVOLVER
Once the dominant choice of plainclothes and off-duty cops and armed citizens with concealed carry permits, the supposedly-obsolete short-barrel revolver remains the most likely “round gun” you’re likely to find in a gun shop...
LEARNING FROM EL LOBO SOLO
The Texas Rangers developed a reputation as highly competent gunfighters. One such was Manuel Gonzaullas, who soon earned the nickname Lone Wolf during his service from the early 1920s to the early ‘50s. Gonzaullas...
GUNSMITH CONCURS ON PET PEEVE
I’ve told people for years that slamming an auto pistol’s slide closed on an empty chamber is abusive to the gun, and particularly so with the popular 1911 pistol. Over on the Wilson Combat...
MEDIUM POWER CAN GET THE JOB DONE
When I was young, “stopping power” was much discussed, whether for the game fields or the streets. Times change, theories change, and ammunition for the smaller caliber guns has become more effective – though...
LAYERS OF FIREARMS SAFETY: A TEACHABLE MOMENT
My last negligent discharge of a firearm occurred 40-plus years ago, in 1977 as I recall. No injury involved. I got home that night and wrote it up for my column in GUNS magazine,...