Despite the prolific popularity of particular pistol and revolver cartridges, several excellent options are hanging on around the edges of the handgun mainstream.

A revolver chambered for the .38 Special can safely chamber and shoot only that caliber. Older revolvers and even some newer but cheaply made .38 Special revolvers (like those manufactured by ...

In 2015, Ruger expanded its popular Redhawk revolver line to include a dual-caliber big bore option chambered in the cartridge combination of .45 Colt and .45 ACP.

A revolver chambered for the .38 Special can safely chamber and shoot only that caliber. Older revolvers and even some newer but cheaply made .38 Special revolvers (like those manufactured by ...

Among the handgun calibers on this list, prices range from as low as $0.04 per round to well over $1.00. The cheapest handgun round by a wide margin is the .22 Long Rifle, or .22 LR.