A revolver is a repeating handgun with at least one barrel and a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers for firing. Because most revolver models hold six cartridges before needing to be reloa
A Smith & Wesson Model 10, the most common revolver design
Firing a Smith & Wesson Model 686 .357 Magnum
Detail of an 8-chambered matchlock revolver (Germany, c. 1580)
Colt Paterson 2nd belt model
The Colt Single Action Army is a single-action revolver. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and was adopted as the
A model with a 7+1⁄2 in. barrel
Colt Sheriff's Model, 3-inch (7.6 cm) barrel
Colt SAA formerly used by the San Antonio Police Department
Colt Single Action Army revolver (Model 1873), displayed at the Istanbul Military Museum, Istanbul, Turkey