The Uzis Are Here! The Uzis Are Here!
Yes, they’re the semi-auto Uzis, but that’s a good thing. It means you won’t have to go through all that ATF tax stamp rigamarole. All you need is the cash (or enough headroom on your credit card)...
View ArticlePreview: Tanfoglio 1911 BB Gun (And Stuff)
Pyramyd Air’s marketing director and “booth babe” Elise Venditti finally sent the TTAG team some air guns. I chose the Tanfoglio above because the 1911 was John Moses Brownings’ gift to mankind and...
View ArticleMan Accidentally Tries to Rob Bank Thanks to Concern over Concealed Carry Holder
It’s a Saturday afternoon in Connecticut and you’re out running errands when you decide to pop into the bank. You walk in and notice that there’s a guy with a gun hanging around the place. Being in...
View ArticleOMG! Handguns! On a College Campus! OMG!
“Two loaded handguns and some ammunition were seized from a UMass Dartmouth student Tuesday,” southcoasttoday.com reports. “The student, William Deforte, 32, of Clinton, Pa., [above] identified...
View ArticleGun Review: Walther PPK/S .22
Dr. No was the first James Bond movie but the sixth book. In it Bond (James Bond) begrudgingly exchanges his .25 ACP Beretta for a Walther PPK chambered in the much more powerful .32 ACP, described as...
View ArticleThe Bren Ten, The Fashion Of Firearms and The Sword Of Legend
It’s ironic, in the non-Alanis-Morrissette sense, if you think about it: The Glock 17 pistol and its successors have been tirelessly vilified, demonized and even libeled by the firearms-hating...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: Do Laser Sights Stop Bad Guys in Their Tracks?
“There are many true stories from Crimson Trace owners and users who report that activating the laser—and having the potential attacker see that defining red dot on their chest or body—ultimately...
View ArticleMemo to Hollywood: Stop With the Two-Guns-Are-Better-Than-One Thing
I get that gunplay is playing around with guns. I also know there’s no such thing as The Four Rules of Comedy. But I’m sick to death of Hollywood doubling up on heros’ handguns. I’ve tried the fists...
View ArticleNew from MasterPiece Arms: MPAR556 Pistol
MasterPiece Arms doesn’t like TTAG. Not being Guns & Ammo, we slated their failure-prone Protector Pistol, but good. And so they’ve blacklisted us from T&E guns. Nick’s missed out on testing...
View ArticleSolid Concepts Makes First Metal 3D Printed Gun
Did you feel that? The world just changed a little. Again. This isn’t a goofy looking zip-gunnish thing, either. They’ve printed themselves a very functional, very impressive 1911. Still photo after...
View ArticleNew from FAB Defense: TacticSkin Slide Covers for Glocks
TTAG’s Old Fat White Guys will no doubt remember Thunderbirds. The supermarionation science fiction series featured, uh, marionettes. Puppets prone to saying “FAB!” when given their marching orders....
View ArticleTTAG Exclusive: World’s First 3D Printed [Metal] Gun Fires 500 Rounds
Full review with takedown and multiple rounds fired on Monday. Suffice it to say, the guys at Solid Concepts ran 500 rounds through the gun today and left Red’s range with the same number of holes,...
View ArticleWhich Gun Would You Grab: HK P30 V3 9mm or SIG P228 M11-A1
The above photo was graciously supplied by my local gun store, Sportsman’s Finest. What’s their motto? I dunno what a motto with you? No seriously Poomba, it’s “The very best in Fine Firearms and Fly...
View ArticleGonzaga Students Report Confiscated Firearms As Stolen
Eagle-eyed TTAG reader EN saw this at spokesman.com regarding Gonzaga campus cops’ confiscation of Erik Fagan and Daniel McIntosh’s firearms after a defensive gun use: ”It was campus security. They...
View ArticleTTAG Exclusive Interview with Eric Mutchler, the Man Behind Solid Concepts’...
I’ve decided to hold off on the full review of the Solid Concepts’ 3D printed 1911 until I get some more trigger and thinking time. Look for it later this week. Meanwhile, here’s an interview with...
View ArticleWould a Vet Be This Nostalgic Over a Hand Grenade?
Reader Brent writes: I’ve noticed an aversion by some readers of TTAG to Facebook and other social media. This seems counter productive to me. Whether we like it or not, we’re all going to die one...
View ArticleNSSF: Gun Owners Think Smart Guns Are Stupid
NSSF Press release: Americans Skeptical of ‘Smart Guns’; Oppose Their Legislative Mandate, National Poll Finds NEWTOWN, Conn. — By a wide majority, Americans are skeptical of the reliability of...
View ArticleWanna Buy A Flare Pistol With An AK Heat Shield For $220? Neither Do I.
I swear I’m not making this up. This piece of junk is for sale on Etsy as a ‘Steampunk Bladerunner Pistol,’ and chances are decent that some moron will flush away $220 for a surplus Polish flare...
View ArticleThe Company K Colt 4th Cavalry Single Action Army
By Rock Island Auction On January 23, 1873 an order was placed by the U.S. Government to Colt Manufacturing for 8,000 revolvers “of the new model.” The first 1,000 would only take Colt 41 days to...
View ArticleOMG! ATF Prints Liberator! It Blows Up! OMG!
“Federal officials have determined that a 3D gun printed from blueprints available online qualifies as a deadly weapon and worry it could evade metal detectors at courthouses, schools and other public...
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