You hear it all the time—revolvers don’t jam, semis can fail. But that’s not the full story. If you’re looking for a sidearm you can trust, especially when things get ugly or cold, you’ve probably ...

In "The World's Worst Weapons," Martin Dougherty details the long history of overambitious, underachieving weapons that failed to hit their mark. From brass-knuckle-knife-revolvers to rocket-propelled ...

There are a few basic types of pistols, but many variations. Since the first time somebody figured out that they could propel an object out the end of a crudely-fashioned iron tube by igniting a ...

While today’s best handguns are modern marvels of speed and accuracy, it would be a mistake to forget about the classic pistols that got us here. Samuel Colt started the revolver evolution with his ...

Back in muzzleloading days, guns designed to be held and fired with one hand were called pistols. With the advent of the revolver—a repeating handgun with a revolving cylinder—this didn’t really ...