Author: Paul-Martin Foss

If you think the .357 Magnum is too small, but you also think the .44 Magnum is too powerful, is there a revolver cartridge out there for you? Yes there is, the underappreciated .41 Magnum. Developed in the 1960s by famed cartridge designer Elmer Keith (who was also instrumental in creating the .357 and the […]

As handgun ammunition developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and semiautomatic pistols began to become more commonplace, the straight-walled cartridges common to revolvers began to give way to bottle-necked cartridges such as the .30 Mauser, .30 Luger, and eventually the 7.62x25mm Tokarev. For one reason or another, however, those early cartridge developments […]

As handgun ammunition developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and semiautomatic pistols began to become more commonplace, the straight-walled cartridges common to revolvers began to give way to bottle-necked cartridges such as the .30 Mauser, .30 Luger, and eventually the 7.62x25mm Tokarev. For one reason or another, however, those early cartridge developments […]