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Gun Digest Classics
Gun Digest Classics features stories and articles from Gun Digest Magazine and Gun Digest books.
The N-Frame S&W Revolver – Part I
The N-Frame Smith & Wesson revolver is available in configurations to suit just about every possible use. But at the end of the day, these big bore sixguns haven’t changed that much since their introduction. That’s true for one reason: They work.
Guns to Love: Shideler Reveals His Top Picks
The able Contributing Editors of Gun Digest will perhaps forgive me if I take a moment and comment on just a few guns and gadgets that tripped my personal trigger during the past year. Some of these are doubtless discussed elsewhere in this volume, but what can I say? I was here first.
Guns to Love: Shideler Reveals His Top Picks Page 2
Page 2: The able Contributing Editors of Gun Digest will perhaps forgive me if I take a moment and comment on just a few guns and gadgets that tripped my personal trigger during the past year.
Smith & Wesson’s Classic Model 27 – Part II
The very first .357 Magnum is still first in the hearts and minds of many advocates of that caliber. This milestone revolver continues to morph into the future. In Part II of this excerpt from Massad Ayoob’s Greatest Handguns of the World, the author looks at the history of the .357 magnum.
Must Read Books for Gun Collectors
Gun collecting had existed before World War II, but it was the second world war that pumped new life into the hobby, both in the form of vintage guns as well as gun-conscious hobbyists, many of whom had just returned from service abroad. And while many couldn’t afford to buy guns, most could afford to read about them.
Smith & Wesson’s Classic Model 27 – Part I
The very first .357 Magnum is still first in the hearts and minds of many advocates of that caliber. This milestone revolver continues to morph into the future.
The .44 Special Begins Its Second Century – Part III
In Part III of a series looking at the .44 Special’s second century, John Taffin singles out the Colt Series of .44s.
The .44 Special Begins Its Second Century – Part II
In Part II of this excerpt on the .44 Special from Gun Digest 2010, John Taffin looks at the Smith & Wesson . 44s.
The .44 Special Begins Its Second Century – Part I
In an age of magnums and larger caliber handguns, the .44 Special is just as relevant for today’s shooters and hunters as it was in Elmer Keith’s days. In this article from Gun Digest 2010, sixgun expert John Taffin shows this cartridge is still up to the task. And with so many models still chambered in .44 special, there’s plenty of reasons to champion the round.
The S&W .38 Single Action
Smith & Wesson marketed a perfectly good line of self-defense revolvers as early as 1876 and produced nearly 160,000 of them before dropping the design in 1911.
