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The 1935 revolver that started the magnum handgun era

In 1935, a revolver arrived with the sort of name that sounded less like a factory model and more like a certificate on heavy ...
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Few handguns combine power and cachet, but the Smith & Wesson Model 29 manages to do so with ease. Described by fictional San Francisco Police Department Detective Harry “Dirty Harry” Callahan as “the ...