New from Ruger: 22/45 Lite Rimfire Pistol
“No other 22 LR pistol provides the feel of the classic 1911 pistol with the proven reliability and value of the Ruger® 22/45™ pistols,” the Arizona-based gunmaker asserts on the product page. I know...
View ArticleNew from Ed Brown: Skip-Line Checkering
I’m really just doing this to annoy Nick. The fact that Ed Brown Products is offering their over-exposed (photographically speaking) Executive Elite Mega CEO Big Swinging You-Know-What Custom 1911...
View ArticleDefensive Gun Use of the Day: Man Defends Self and Infant Son from Armed Robber
Let me set the scene. Its 9 PM, and you’re walking from your car to your doorway after a long day. Your two month old son is in his car carrier, dozing off as you try to get him into his crib before...
View ArticleNew from Heckler & Koch: HK45T (Tactical)
“The HK45T can be converted to nine different kinds of trigger firing modes including HK’s enhanced double action only ‘LEM’ (Law Enforcement Modification) mode.” As I don’t want to risk TTAG’s...
View ArticleUK Troops Ditch Browning for Glock 17
Click here to view the embedded video. “The [UK] Ministry of Defence has signed a £9m contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than 25,000 new side-arms and holsters from Austria’s Glock,”...
View ArticleNew From S&W: M&P C.O.R.E. 9mm
Click here to view the embedded video. The M&P “Combat Optics Ready Equipment” version features a worked-over 4.5 pound trigger (slicker than buttered Teflon), and raised iron sights to allow...
View ArticleNew From Magnum Research: Ported .50 ‘Deagle’
Click here to view the embedded video. The new porting on the .50 Desert Eagle is said to substantially reduce felt recoil. I’ve never shot an un-ported one so I couldn’t possibly comment on that, but...
View ArticleCaught on Video! A Glock Jams!
Click here to view the embedded video. The Gunny will be horrified, but I guess this had to happen to someone eventually. It was probably punishing me for my fairly crappy shooting, but see how well...
View ArticleNew From Beretta: 92FS Compact
Click here to view the embedded video. After years of a distinctly ‘meh’ attitude toward the Beretta Model 92, I’ve grown rather fond of the old warhorse. With the introduction of the Beretta Model...
View ArticleDoubleTap Cranks Up Production
The long and bumpy road that DoubleTap’s main man, Ray Kohout, has travelled in the last twelve months would have been more than most entrepreneurs could take. But take it he did and, to hear him tell...
View ArticleHands On with the Arsenal 2011 Double Barreled Handgun
Let me sum this up for you: this is quite possibly the most gimmicky gimmick gun that I’ve ever seen in my life. There’s no way that this is practical in any way, shape or form. The grip is too big,...
View ArticleMedia Day At The Range: Walther PPQ And Walther PPX
Click here to view the embedded video. Walther’s PPQ is currently the top of their pistol lineup, although this 15-round 9mm has street price of only around $600. I have to say I loved its grip design...
View ArticleNew from Sphinx: SDP Sub-Compact 9mm
$1195. That’s the price of admission for Sphinx’s SDP Subcompact 9mm due in your LGS this summer. When I asked the rep the riddle of the Sphinx—what could possibly justify spending the better part of...
View ArticleGlock 30S Not As Bad as Tori Nonaka Thought It Would Be
Team Glock member Tori Nonaka recently put the new Glock 30S through its paces. Tori told TTAG she found the smaller slide version of the venerable .45 sub-compact’s not entirely unacceptable, despite...
View ArticleSHOT Show Preview: FOBUS IWB Holster
Everybody knows about FOBUS holsters, right? I’ve got three or four of them myself. They’re made of plastic, they’ve got paddles, they’re ridiculously affordable and they’re available for almost every...
View ArticleNew From Kimber: “No Comment” On NY Gun Ban
Kimber is one of the few gunmakers still located in the godforsaken Empire State, which is in the process of banning all magazines with a capacity of more than a pathetic seven rounds. Their 8-round...
View ArticleNew from SIG SAUER: P227 Double Stacked 45ACP
The P226 was my first handgun, and continues to be my favorite. But for some, the “stopping power” of a 45ACP cartridge is a requirement. And then they’re limited to the P220 which is a single-stacked...
View ArticleObscure Object Of Desire: Korth ‘Classic’ .45 ACP
Korth (pronounced ‘Kort’) is a boutique German firearms manufacturer. They don’t make many guns, but every gun they make is bought up instantly by collectors who value exclusivity. Even their...
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