New From Walther: PPS M2
No guns are more in demand these days than pistols for concealed carry. Check out our most popular posts and you’ll see reviews of single stack striker-fired guns prominently represented. The latest...
View ArticleTTAG Editor’s Choice Best New Gun of 2015: CZ Scorpion Evo 3 S1
The 2015 TTAG Reader’s Choice Awards may have been all handed out, but we’ve got one more trophy up our sleeve. This past year has definitely been the year of the pistol caliber carbines and the faux...
View ArticleTTAG Reader Affirms Self-Defense Tip: Practice Shooting With One Hand
We recently published Guns for Beginners: Practice Shooting One-Handed. A Lot. TTAG reader JN tells us that not doing so can leave one in a bit of a pickle. I’ve had a concealed carry permit for a...
View ArticleGun Review: Ruger American Pistol (9mm)
Researching the web, it seems the Ruger American Pistol’s not exactly a hit with some YouTube gun reviewers. After a weekend spent shooting several hundred rounds through Ruger’s new striker-fired...
View ArticleIncendiary Image of the Day: California Department of Justice Officially Adds...
TTAG reader TS writes: “I looked at California’s DOJ website to see the handgun roster, and there is a link to see Recently Added Handgun Models, pdf, I waited a while for the gun list to load on the...
View ArticleWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong: Identilock Edition
Here’s a video of the Identilock inaction. No, that’s not a typo. Notice how long it takes for the lock to drop off. Not to mention the low (teacup) grip on the GLOCK needed to position the finger in...
View ArticleNew from Springfield Armory: XD-S .40SW
“Practice is everything,” Springfield Armory asserts, “so rather than go for uncomfortably and uncontrollably small, we aimed to create a handgun that’s easy and pleasurable to shoot while still...
View ArticleThe Trace’s Report on Chicago’s “Crime Guns” (Pt. 2)
I’ve already fisked thetrace.org‘s analysis of the source of Chicago’s “crime guns.” Suffice it to say, it’s all about the free market – even when it’s a black market. The idea that creating more...
View ArticleGun Review: SIG SAUER 1911 MAX
I consider myself a competent shooter. I mop up in local shooting competitions. But as soon as I venture out into national shooting competitions I realize I’m merely mediocre. I can hold my own in the...
View ArticleNew Jersey ‘Smart Gun’ Bill Heading for Gov. Christie’s Desk, Removes Future...
The Garden State passed a bill on so-called smart guns that would require a ban on the sale of “dumb guns” in New Jersey three years after any gun dealer in the U.S. offered a “smart gun” for sale....
View ArticleGun Review: Walther PPS M2 9mm
If you want to shoot down a helicopter with a handgun (void where prohibited by law), carry a Walther PPK. James Bond did it in SPECTRE — despite the fact that the timelessly stylish .380 is now built...
View ArticleNew from Eagle Imports: Llama Micro Max and Llama Max-1
Eagle Imports claims that their Philippine-made Llama 1911’s have “Spanish heritage.” I’m not sure how John Moses Browning would feel about that. I am sure that Llama’s guns are a firm favorite...
View ArticleNew from SIG SAUER: SIG MPX, MCX, P226 and P250 Airguns
The good folks at SIG SAUER reckon there’s a market for airgun versions of their guns. I reckon they’re not wrong. Air rifles with the RPM (Rapid Pellet Magazine) Pellet Drive System — the industry’s...
View ArticleNew From Caracal: Model F
Longtime readers know I had a passionate, ill-fated love affair with Caracal. I greeted the Caracal C as the GLOCK refined and reinvented (even though it was designed by the father of the Steyr M,...
View ArticleNew From GLOCK: G19 GEN4 MOS & G17 GEN4 MOS
GLOCK has announced two new additions to its MOS — or Modular Optic System — line of pistols. GLOCK’s press release follows, and expect a TTAG review shortly! . . . GLOCK Releases Two New MOS Pistols:...
View ArticleSIG SAUER Now Producing P210 in America
The SIG SAUER P210 is by far my favorite handgun that they have ever produced in the history of ever. The gun is an absolute work of art, with internal rails and an extremely low bore axis. The...
View ArticleNew From Kimber: K6s .357 Revolver and MICRO 9mm
Coming out of right field (it’s even less expected) from Kimber this week is the K6s. It’s a 6-shot, DAO, .357 revolver with a shrouded hammer designed for the concealed carry market. Also new for...
View ArticleGun Review: GLOCK G19 GEN4 MOS & G17 GEN4 MOS
GLOCK released their MOS, or Modular Optic System, line of pistols a year ago. With the ability to mount a variety of reflex-style red dot optics to the slide, the GEN4 MOS offerings kicked off with...
View ArticleGLOCK Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Engraved G17 Pistols
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of pistol sales in the U.S., GLOCK is releasing a series of special edition G17 GEN4s with fully engraved slides. Only 30 of these pistols will be made, and it...
View ArticleHands On With Honor Guard’s Pistols
Honor Defense is days away from shipping its first production pistols, some of which were at the SHOT Show 2016 Range Day. Three sub-compact models are available — manual safety, no manual safety, and...
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