in a world of high-capacity semi-auto pistols why would anyone consider owning let alone carrying an old-fashioned revolver that's because a good revolver can handle just about anything nature and abusive gun owners can throw at it powered by human muscle rather than.

Energy harnessed from the exploding cartridge itself revolvers tend to be more reliable than semi-autos they are not finicky about case length powder charge bullet nose profile and whatnot as many semi-autos are if you can shove an appropriate caliber cartridge into the cylinder a revolver will dutifully fire that cartridge and.

Your revolver will never turn into a one shooter because you've accidentally misplaced the magazine however finding the best revolver can be an overwhelming task to save you the time we have compiled a list of the most popular and convenient choices we've covered some of our favorite options across all budgets.

Whether you want to carry a revolver keep it in a drawer for home defense or target shoot there are a variety of fantastic revolvers from a variety of manufacturers that can fit your needs  korth has released its first ever eight shot revolver the nxs this model is chambered in 357 magnum.

And can be had with a four or a six inch hammer forged precision barrel the model we have here today is the six-inch version as you can see the frame of the nxs features a picatinny rail for mounting a scope or red dot of your choice the barrel shroud has also been ventilated to help cool the barrel quicker while a dlc finish makes a.

Revolver durable yet beautiful a fully adjustable rear sight is paired with a front sight featuring removable side panels turkish walnut grips come standard on this model as well and to top it all off there is the optional nine millimeter cylinder offered as well and then we've got the nxa model which i.

Have right here this revolver comes with all the same features as the nxs model but with a reduced weight the steel barrel shroud of the nxs has been replaced with an anodized red aluminum barrel shroud dropping six ounces off the weight of the revolver and just like the nxs the nxa is also offered with an optional.

Nine millimeter cylinder    so  all right there you go the 44 magnum raging hunter from taurus uh overall pretty sweet deal there you go you can.

Throw your optic on there i like this barrel it's got a little bit of a port there uh the the kick it's a 44 magnum so you're gonna feel a little bit of that recoil but it's not too bad you can handle that the adjustable rear sight i like that as well the grip is really nice and it feels pretty good in my hand too for a bad boy gun like that six.

Shots we all know that it is a revolver uh i like it  it retails at about 900 that's the msrp  new for kimber's 2020 lineup is the k6s dasa four inch target in the same small frame as other k6s revolvers.

This model includes features that benefit the target and competition shooter starting with the sights the target model wears a red fiber optic front sight the rear sight is adjustable blacked out and serrated to aid in sight picture acquisition.

 as the name suggests this model has a four inch barrel suited for target shooting  paired with walnut laminate grips these larger profile three finger grips have checkering for confidence under fire.

With a cylinder among the smallest diameter on the market for its six-shot capacity this four-inch model retains its efficient use of material  despite its size the k6s dasa 4-inch target is chambered in 357 magnum and 38 special engineered at a weight that absorbs.

Recoil yet slim enough to never weigh you down chambers are recessed and three points of contact during lock-up make for a premium grade revolver with a durable brushed stainless finish throughout the k6s features the same show-stopping trigger found in all our revolvers with an eleven and a half pound to nine pound.

Trigger in double action and a crisp three and a half to four pound single action press hi i'm jerry mitchellart one of the members of the smith wesson pro shooting team and what i'd like to introduce to you is the new performance center 986 revolver in nine millimeter one thing you'll notice with the 986.

Revolver it comes with a fully adjustable rear sight for windows and elevation it comes with a performance center barrel so it's a broach cut barrel but it also has their precision crown on it and those two features really make for a very accurate combination one feature unique to this revolver is a.

Titanium cylinder it's cut for moon clips but the titanium offers the shooter a very fast trigger pull there's less rotational mass and that equals a very smooth and consistent double acting trigger pull another feature is the performance center tuned double action trigger and what that means to.

The user is it's hard chrome plated they do a trigger job on it comes with embossed mainspring makes for a very crisp consistent trigger how we doing folks graham rockwell here newport new hampshire here to talk about ruger's newest custom shop gun the super gp 100 the custom shop super gp 100 chambered in 357 magnum boasts an eight.

Shot cylinder a peg style grip frame that features a hand finished wooden hoe grip the frame and barrel have been matte finished to help reduce glare and increase durability this firearm features the super red hawk action with polished and optimized internals to.

Allow for a smooth double action trigger pull as well as a crisp and consistent let off and the cylinder and extractor have been cut for moon clips to allow for ease of loading as well as faster extraction additionally on the super gp 100 we have cold hammer forged barrel with an 11 degree target crown for increased.

Accuracy so there you have it your first look at the new colt python let's take a deep dive into some of the features and i'll show you what we've done to upgrade it okay guys the thing you need to know about this is it's not just a remake of the old cold python it's actually been improved in a lot of ways number one.

Starting with the materials it's a much stronger stainless steel and we've actually increased some of the some of the frame kind of the beefiness of the frame up above the cylinder to in order to strengthen the frame from both twisting and stretching we've incorporated the user replaceable front sight from the.

King cobra into the python so that means instead of having a either one or two pin system that the old pythons had you can actually use a hex screw and you can remove this front sight and you can actually interchange it with any of the king cobra or cobra front sights.

As you can see we've got a redesigned target adjustable rear sight it allows for actually more frame material that's part of the reason it's been redesigned and also it's a stronger sight as you can see the barrel has a recessed target crown this is actually a one piece barrel sometimes we get questions.

About whether or not it might be a two piece barrel it is a one-piece barrel but we recessed that target crown in order to prevent damage to the crown that'll ensure that you get a lifetime of accuracy out of this we really kept the look and feel of the gun as you can see with the vent rib barrel and the full underlug.

Barrel that really gives the gun sort of some weight up above up up in line with the bore so that when you're shooting the gun it actually feels really good it really kind of tames that 357 also the the grips these are really classic python grips these uh happen to be walnut with a medallion and then that.

Wide spur serrated hammer last but not least we knew that we were going to be judged on the trigger pull this gun it's a fully redesigned action still a leaf spring mechanism but with 14 less parts so the only thing i can really tell you about this trigger pull at this point is.

You need to feel it for yourself as you can see our initial release of the python is going to be in two barrel lengths we've got a six inch barrel here and we've actually got a four and a quarter inch barrel down here  you