In the great bear-gun debate—10mm vs .44 Mag.—which camp are you in? Without question there’s been a major shift from the .44 Remington Magnum and other fire-belching revolvers toward semiautos ...

Handguns are a last-resort defensive tool in black bear country, but history and incident reports show that certain calibers.

Every year around this time people venture back into the mountains: to gather sheds, hunt for mushrooms, or just to give their lungs and legs a workout. Invariably, some cross paths with ornery bears.

What changes when a revolver built around recoil control finally takes on a cartridge that has defined ‘serious’ wheelgun ...