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The Trace: .380 Owners Are Deluded Defenders
As any gun guy or gal worth their salt knows, the new breed of .380’s offers ultimate concealment with entirely reasonable accuracy at self-defense distances. Combined with the latest hollow-point...
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New From Wilson Combat: X-TAC LightRail Compact
My EDC is a Wilson Combat X-TAC Commander 1911. It cost a bomb, weighs a ton and carries just eight rounds of ammo. On the positive side, it weighs a ton (minimizing recoil), conceals like a jaguar...
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Gear Review: StippGrips Grip Stippling Service
In somewhat of an odd coincidence, our man Tyler took to his firearm with a DIY stippling kit for this review, while at the same time I sent a spare Beretta Nano frame — not a firearm — to be...
View ArticleSmith & Wesson Re-Releases SD9/40
TTAG Reader Joel Thompson writes: S&W has re-released the original SD9/40. As you might recall, the original SD9/40 was released with a black, Melonite-treated slide, rear metal sight, and a front...
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STI Guns: What Sales Slump?
I recently journeyed to Georgetown to return our test and review STI Guardian 2011. STI marketing maven Jens Krogh took receipt of the four-and-a-half star firearm and escorted me on my second tour of...
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Just Arrived: Honor Defense HG9SC
The concealed carry pistol market has exploded in the last few years. Single stack striker-fired 9mm handguns specifically designed for concealed carry are especially hot — GLOCK has the G43, S&W...
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Mormon Leader Brigham Young’s Colt Pistol for Sale
Rock Island Auctions Press Release [via PRNewswire] Direct descendants of early Mormon Church leader Brigham Young will place the patriarch’s personal Colt revolver up for sale as the flagship item at...
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Obscure Object of Desire: The Howdah Pistol
Underneath our post Palm Beach Zoo Tiger Kills Keeper: It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use, TTAG commentators theorized what pistol they’d carry as a zookeeper working around tigers. A couple of...
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JR’s Gun [Content Contest]
By Steve Wilson We like to describe our guns as tools as implements to complete a job. This is true at face value. However for many of us, shooting runs in the family whether it be competition,...
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Christie’s Hammers Simón Bolivar’s Pistols for $1.8m
“These intricately decorated, the pistols were made by Nicolas-Noël Boutet, the gunsmith to Napoleon,” Christie’s Specialist Becky McGuire reveals. “In 1825, [Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du...
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New from Heizer Defense: PKO-45 Handgun
Nick and Jeremy S caught-up with the Heizer Defense PKO-45 handgun at SHOT Show. Heizer’s promising a September delivery date for this bad boy and swears up, down and sideways that it’s not so bad,...
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It’s (Always) Hammer Time [Contest Entry]
By Jeremy S. (not ours): I know, striker-fired is the future (like gender-less bathrooms and free college), and hammer-fired guns like my personal favorite, the Beretta 92, are relics of an ancient...
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Ralph’s Revolver Range Roundup
I wish that it had been my idea to round up five great revolvers for an extended range session, but I can’t take the credit for it. That honor belongs to TTAG commenter Dr. Dave, who enlisted fellow...
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Accurate Pistol Shooting – “The Theory” [Contest Entry]
By Ron Geppert Shooting a pistol accurately is a mind game. Just to emphasize that sight alignment is more important than holding the pistol extremely steady on the bullseye, the following facts may...
View ArticleThe MuzzleSafe™ Proximity Interlock “Smart Gun.” What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
SMH.… Read More The post The MuzzleSafe™ Proximity Interlock “Smart Gun.” What Could Possibly Go Wrong? appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
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NPR Highlights Problems with ‘Smart’ Guns
All Things Considered is an iconic program from National Public Radio (NPR). They have a reliably “progressive” approach to the world. Sometimes they stumble onto inconvenient truths. That happened a...
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Colorado Ivory And Animal Products Legislation Defeated in Senate Committee
NRA-ILA Press release [via Ammoland.com] Yesterday, the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee indefinitely postponed House Bill 1341 by a 3-2 vote. Sponsored by state Representative...
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New from ARES Defense-FightLite Industries: STEP-22 Silenced Pistol
Press release [via ammoland.com] FightLite Industries, a special products division of ARES Defense Systems, Inc. announces their new patent-pending STEP-22LS (Strategic Target Engagement Pistol, Low...
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A Tour of Kel-Tec’s Cocoa, Florida Operations
While on vacation in Florida recently, I was able to sneak away for a day and drive up to Kel-Tec CNC Industries for a tour of their facilities. Seems like a lot of people think Kel-Tec is four guys...
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Gun Review: Dan Wesson Discretion
Dan Wesson makes some of the finest 1911s on the market. I regard most of their products as highly as those from, say, Wilson Combat, Nighthawk, Les Baer, and others. The crazy thing is that MSRP on a...
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