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The Giant Within

Overshadowed—plain and simple. It happens sooner or later, even to the best. It’s simply a factor of the irresistible march of time, progress and taste. Really, snubnose revolvers didn’t have a chance.

This is said tongue-in-cheek, because it’s simply not true. Too handy, too convenient, too dependable; there are too many “toos” to list in why the age-old design has far from run its course. However, when thumbing through most gun publications, it might seem they’ve been demoted to mere curiosities—or, at best, backup options.

It’s unfair, to say the least, given that

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