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==Magnum revolvers== ...7 Magnum revolvers could shoot .38 Special or .357 Magnum, but .38 Special revolvers (most of which are not safe for the pressures generated by the Magnum round

...es when the action is broken open. Extractors are also found on [[revolver|revolvers]], removing cases either singly (as in a fixed-cylinder [[Revolver#Single_a ...[[Beretta Model 21A]], and clones of the [[Beretta]] designs such as the [[Taurus PT22]] that are successful. These modern pistols typically have flip-up ba

...ine revolvers and one pump-action carbine, made by Smith&Wesson, Ruger and Taurus, which have been authorized for civilian ownership in said caliber, but on

[[Image:Taurus PT145 Disassembled.jpg|thumb|A [[Taurus Millennium PT145|Taurus PT145]] pistol disassembled.]] ...th usage makes no distinction at a technical level—"pistol" may refer to revolvers, semi-automatics, or muzzle-loading/cap-&-ball handguns. For example, the o

*[[Beretta|Beretta Revolvers]] *[[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt Revolvers]]

...t for wielding one-handed and for [[self-defense]], and that differ from [[revolvers]] and other singled handed weapons through their [[Semi-automatic pistol|se *[[Taurus (manufacturer)|Taurus]]

...vided far more velocity and energy in the rifles, but were not safe in the revolvers due to the higher pressures they generated. These loads were eventually dr ...can use +P ammunition; for example, many aluminum alloy framed .38 Special revolvers should not regularly be used with +P ammunition, for while the cylinder is

...5.jpg|thumb|The '''[[Colt Single Action Army]]''', one of the most popular revolvers of all time]] The first revolvers were partly an attempt to improve on [[pepper-box]] type weapons, which use

... regions of the United States. There are also some revolvers, such as the Taurus Judge, that are capable of shooting the .45LC/.410 rounds; but as with derr

...e spin of the shot column, as the .45 Colt barrel is [[rifling|rifled]]. [[Taurus]] recently introduced a revolver named The Judge, which accommodates both .

|name= Taurus Model 4510 |caption= Taurus 4510, aka "The Judge"

...t is correct to refer to the mechanism as double-action. More confusingly, revolvers with a double-action trigger mechanism almost always retain the single acti ...ostly to semi-automatic handguns; however, the term can also apply to some revolvers such as the [[Smith & Wesson Centennial]] revolver.

...; examples are the .45 Auto Rim, a rimmed .45 ACP allowing ejection in .45 revolvers without the use of [[speedloader|moon clips]], and the .307 Winchester, a r ...e. In the mid-1990s, two major manufacturers, [[Sturm, Ruger|Ruger]] and [[Taurus]], started selling guns chambered in .454 Casull. It was finally commercial

... inexpensive Taurus model is similar in price to their other double-action revolvers.

Revolvers have been produced in .22 Hornet by [[Taurus]], [[Magnum Research]], and others. Single-shot pistols in .22 Hornet have

...n]] rifles, though the .22 WMR is also found in a number of revolvers by [[Taurus]], [[North American Arms]], Tanfoglio, and Sturm, Ruger, and was previously

... Colt case—in revolvers of the same size, this meant the .44 caliber revolvers had thicker, and therefore stronger, cylinder walls than the .45. This al ...n]] to produce a commercial version of this new high pressure loading, and revolvers chambered for it. While S&W produced the first prototype revolver chambere

...liber Model 1871 Remington single shot pistol and the various cap-and-ball revolvers converted to take metallic cartridges then in use. While the Colt remained ...uger|Ruger New Vaquero]].) They should only be used in modern large-frame revolvers such as the [[Ruger Blackhawk]], any gun firing the [[.454 Casull]] cartrid