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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: Winner of the 2019 American Hunter Handgun of the Year Golden Bullseye Award, the Taurus Raging Hunter is a next-generation, big-bore revolver that's first in innovation-and built to last. A fun and effective alternative for short- to medium-range hunting scenarios, this 44 Magnum six-shot revolver is available in Matte Black or Two-tone finish. Its revolutionary angular barrel design cuts down on overall weight, while its factory-tuned porting and gas expansion chamber …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis:Smith & Wesson J-Frame revolvers were designed to be small and reliably fire a full power round while remaining simple and easy to use. This 360 model combines an 'Airweight' scandium alloy frame with an unfluted stainless steel cylinder to build a strong, lightweight, easy to carry .357 Magnum/38 Special +P revolver that delivers dependable power every time. It has an FDE synthetic grip with a black PVD metal finish, exposed hammer for single/double action, a 5-round …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis:Caliber - 38 S&W Special, double-action revolver built on the shrouded hammer alloy I frame with 4-screws, 5-shot fluted steel cylinder with a nominal length of 1.53", alloy frame with 2" steel pinned barrel with some production of 3-inch barrels reported, blue or nickel aluminum finish, walnut magna style grips with S&W medallions and Diamond around the screw escutcheon, 3 versions of the flat latch thumbpiece are found, round butt JAS frame, Airweight stamped on …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisIn 1966, Colt introduced the Colt Diamondback revolver. The Diamondback was intended to be a premium quality adjustable sighted small framed revolver resembling the popular Python. The new Diamondback was built on the Colt "D" frame used for the Detective Special, Police Positive Special, etc. It had a wide, long, grooved Target hammer, Target-type walnut grips, Colt Accro adjustable sight, and a barrel that looked like a Python barrel and was built on Python machinery. Wh …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisTrocaola, Aranzabal y Cia. was a Spanish firearms company that existed from before World War I until the Spanish Civil War. During the war, many companies went out of business, and later, Franco ordered several others to close down in an attempt to improve the image of Spanish guns in the world market. TAC was among the better brands of Smith & Wesson clones produced in Spain from approximately 1920-1936. These guns were imported into the United States in high volumes, …