Obscure Object of Desire: $50k Handheld Min-Z X-Ray Gun
We’re getting there! Those X-ray glasses coveted by comic book-reading kids — see nekkid women! — are almost here. As the video above points out, the Mini-Z X-ray gun [holster not shown] uses the same...
View ArticleGear Review: Wilson Combat Beretta 92/96 Short Reach Steel Trigger
The distance between the go-pedal and the backstrap on a 92 series handgun is approximately three inches. For some people it might as well be a mile. Small-handed shooters have always had a problem...
View Article100 Years Ago Today: World War I-Enabling Assassination
“On 28 June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo,” Wikipedia informs. “A group of six assassins . . . gathered on the street where the Archduke’s motorcade...
View ArticleTaurus Patents Body-Contoured Handgun
TTAG reader GM admits, “I am a nerd and like to look at the USPO website. I came across this patent for a Body Contoured Handgun [Click here to read]. It looks like the future from Taurus may be a ......
View ArticleOMG! A GLOCK Fails to Fire! OMG!
Jarhead6 proves that even a GLOCK – yes a GLOCK! – might be ammo sensitive. Or prone to limp wristing. Or, God forbid, fail to function for some unknown reason. All I’ve got to say about that: all...
View ArticleWith Apologies to the P238
I never really considered SIG SAUER’s P238 to be a contender in the concealed carry arena. I reviewed the Colt Mustang XSP about a year ago and that experience confirmed my distaste for the general...
View ArticleArmy Replacing 200k M9 9mm Handguns with . . . ?
“The U.S. Army is moving forward to replace the Cold War-era M9 9mm pistol with a more powerful handgun that also meets the needs of the other services,” foxnews.com reports. “As the lead agent for...
View ArticleGun Review: Kahr CM9
I don’t generally care for micro pistols. I carry a Commander 1911 or larger, and I have never had the need for something smaller. Maybe it’s a confidence thing, I’m not sure. One thing I am sure of is...
View ArticleTTAG’s Striker-Fired Pistol Face-Off
By Joe Diener Typically, the first thing people find out about me is that I’m a gun guy. I don’t wear a stylishly outdated NRA hat, I don’t open-carry rifles in Babies “R” Us, and I don’t post Facebook...
View ArticleNew From Rio Grande Custom Grips: Compact/Officer 1911 Grips
Chinese new year doesn’t come around again until February. But if you want to be sure to honor your ancestors in style, you’ll want to get your order in for these red dragon-emblazoned 1911...
View ArticleGun Review: Walther PPQ M2 (5″ Slide)
When the Walther Police Pistol Quick (“PPQ”) was first released three years ago, my good friend and fellow TTAG writer Chris Dumm commented that “[d]esign evolution seems to be funneling most new...
View ArticleElgin, IL Cops Go All Tactical-Like for Escaped Felon
TTAG reader MS writes: More of a local story, but a violent felon escaped from the Elgin Mental Health facility. [Click here for the Trib's take.] One guy, in handcuffs. Cue the lockdowns. People are...
View ArticleHappy 200th Birthday Samuel Colt!
If Samuel Colt was alive today, he’d be 200 years old. While I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy, I thank the failed underwater mine maker for enabling Americans’ natural, civil and Constitutionally...
View ArticleNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol Buy SIG SAUER P226 in .357SIG
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) are tooling-up with the SIG SAUER P226 in .357SIG. Given that the NCSHP has 1600 sworn officers, the order’s probably around 2k guns. SIG’s press release...
View ArticleShooting S&W’s Bodyguard Guns With Crimson Trace Lasers
Life (and politics) may not be what they once were in Gun Valley, USA, but you wouldn’t know it from a visit to Smith & Wesson. I’m in Springfield with a handful of other gun media types where we...
View ArticleSelf-Defense Tip: Check Your Luggage CAREFULLY Before Flying
It happened to me! Foolish human that I am, I decided to use my range bag for a carry-on for a trip to the UK. Before departing The Land Of the Free and the Home of the Brave for The ... Read More
View ArticleBREAKING: Remington to Replace All R51s
Were you as excited by the original announcement of the R51 as we were? Were you then equally as horrified that a company with the history and tradition of Remington would release a QC-free POS like...
View ArticleRuger Announces the New Striker-Fired LC9s
From Ruger: The all new, striker-fired Ruger® LC9s™ features a short, light, crisp trigger pull for faster shooting and improved accuracy. The LC9s™ provides slim, lightweight and compact personal...
View ArticleGun Review: SPHINX SDP Compact VS. CZ P-07
A departure from your traditional gun review, what follows is more of a “shootout.” It’s a review of the SPHINX SDP Compact Alpha through the lens of how it compares to the CZ P-07 and the popular CZ...
View ArticlePassively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: MMA Edition
Joe Riggs out of UFN 51 after ‘unfortunate accident’ with gun, the headline at mmafighting.com proclaims. Setting aside the “unfortunate” descriptor, I’m not a big fan of the word “accident” when it...
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