A six gun or six-shooter is a revolver that holds six cartridges. The cylinder in a six gun is often called a "wheel", and the six gun is itself often called a "wheel gun".

2018年10月24日 · Long before semi-auto handguns stole the hearts of the brave, the blusterous, and the fearful, six-shooters reigned supreme as the finest sidearm available. My first-ever …

Today, commonly called Model 1851 Navy, Sam Colt’s belt pistol actually appeared the year before. Its frame was a new medium-sized one. Its .36 caliber was between the .31 and .44 …

2025年1月27日 · The Ruger Security-Six, Police Service-Six and Speed-Six double-action revolvers, introduced in 1970 and produced through 1988, innovated in design and …

2025年1月31日 · A cylinder with a capacity of six rounds is so firmly identified with the revolver that it’s become a nickname for the type of firearm as a whole. However, the non-six-shot …

I have been privileged to have four guns used by John Wayne in many movies on hand for several months. They are a Remington .44 converted to cartridges and used by him in the …

2024年12月17日 · Smith & Wesson’s new sixgun was chambered in .38 Special but took a more powerful round known as the .38/44 that raised the muzzle velocity of the standard .38 Special …

In my larger .41 Special sixguns I normally load a 215 grain bullet at muzzle velocities in the 900 to 1,100 fps range, or about where I load 250 grain bullets in .44 Special. Gallagher came up …

2025年3月2日 · For a defense gun against man, the 1917 S&W semiauto rim is a fine, fast gun, and one can carry a couple of the three-shot clips loaded with .45 auto ammo, preferably of …

2020年12月17日 · Introduced first with the square-butt Security Six and soon followed by the Police Service Six and rounded-butt Speed Six, these guns were born from what the …