In this American Rifleman TV segment of "I Have This Old Gun," we take a look at the history of the Colt Detective Special snub-nose revolver chambered in .38 Spl.

The Detective Special never heard from again. As far as snub-nosed revolvers go, the Detective Special was the world champion of the .38 Specials, holding six rounds instead of five and having an ...

A: There is a definite difference between “long frame” and “short frame” Colt Detective Special stocks. The Detective Special was made from 1927 until 1995, and during that period, four ...

Video One of the things that made HBO’s True Detective special is the way that it was made. Writer Nic Pizzolatto defied the conventions of television writing (where most scripts are written by ...