Mr. William B. Ruger has been credited by some shooting industry experts with saving the single-action revolver from slipping into obscurity back in the 1950s.

Mechanically, the .44 Mag. Blackhawk, like other Ruger single-action revolvers, is a much modernized version of the old Colt Single Action Army and Frontier revolver first offered in 1873.

Also known as .44 Magnum, it requires a stout, equally powerful pistol or even carbine to shoot it. One gun up to the task is the Ruger Super Blackhawk, a single action revolver that combines the ...

The original Single-Six .22 was introduced in 1953—at a time when cowboy shows were on TV—and that has been credited with saving the single-action design from riding off into the sunset like ...

He turned condescendingly to Ruger and said, “You’ll find that out.” Ruger of course ignored the pompous fool and introduced the Single Six single-action .22 LR revolver soon after. He “found out” by ...

Bill Ruger re-created the single-action revolver in 1953 with the Single Six in .22 LR. The move spawned an entire catalog of iconic single-action revolvers. Not only did Ruger recreate the ...

The single-action Ruger Single 7 has classic, elegant lines. Andrea Bogard Hunting with the .327 Federal Magnum . While I’ve spent a lot of time with handguns of different varieties over the years, ...