Erle Stanley Gardner’s Colt SAA: Blast from the Past
I’m not sure who cares that author Erle Stanley Gardner owned the Colt Single Action Army pistol featured in the NRA video above. That’s not what I call provenance. Gardner’s Perry Mason — fictional...
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Twice Is Nice: Can You Reload Cartridges With Previously Fired Bullets?
It seems I can’t walk out my door these days without getting into some sort of nonsense argument over bullets or cartridges. Granted, I do start some of those arguments, but the latest one was more of...
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Gun Review: Heritage Rough Rider .22 Revolver
By Daniel English One day soon after purchasing my first gun, I was at a local sporting goods storing purchasing .22LR ammo when a Heritage Rough Rider caught my eye. I was interested in getting a...
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Gun Review: CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow Target Custom
(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.) By David Blanton If you’re the type of person whose eyes instinctively dart for the nearest target every time...
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‘One In A Billion’ Shot? More Like One In A Quarter Million
An extraordinary shot by a Colorado deputy during a gunfight is being described as a “one in a billion” shot. The shot is extraordinary, but the odds are much better than that. It’s fairly common in a...
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It’s Back – Remington Now Shipping the Redesigned R51
Remington announced today that they’re shipping the “re-engineered from the ground up” R51 to dealers. They began shipping the redesigned guns three to four weeks ago to buyers who’d returned their...
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Remington Now Delivering the Re-Engineered, From the Ground Up, Model R51 Sub...
As we reported on Thursday, Big Green’s now shipping the R51 Part Deux to retailers around the country. That’s after first sending out the re-worked version to buyers who’d bought the original gun and...
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Antique Handguns and Canada; the Choices Have Narrowed
It wasn’t that long ago that taking firearms into or out of Canada was fairly easy. I recall that long guns were no problem, and even handguns only required a simple seal showing that you hadn’t used...
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Gun Review: Dan Wesson Guardian
(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.) By John Eliyas There is nothing as ubiquitous as the Model 1911. Love them or hate them, you have to admit this...
View ArticleOne Gun to Get Other Guns? Just Thought I’d Leave This Here
The Truth About Guns doesn’t advise readers to break any law at any time for any reason ever. Don’t go picking other people’s locks without their permission (or your feet in Poughkeepsie). If however,...
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Gun Review: Rock Island Armory PRO Match Ultra .40 & 10mm 1911s
After nearly a year of playing with these two pistols, it’s fair to say this review is way overdue. On the plus side, I’ve managed to put a lot of rounds through both of these double-stack 1911s...
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Dyspeptic Gunsmith: How to Judge Accuracy
TTAG Commentator Dyspeptic Gunsmith [not shown] writes: OK, let’s clear up some misconceptions: 1. Very good accuracy in a 1911 would be a 2″- group at 25 yards from a rest. Exceptional accuracy for a...
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Gun Review: EAA SAR Arms ST10
By Matt M. Germans drive me nuts. I’ll never forget that time a disgruntled frau took twenty minutes to decry the technical imperfections in the schnitzel I ordered at a local restauraunt. Or how my...
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Gun Review: Beretta 950B
(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.) By Eugene Hamrick Going to the local gun shop and looking at the used gun section often ends with me drooling...
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Gun Review: Walther PPQ 45
(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.) By GS650G The Walther PPQ series of pistols are polymer framed striker fired semi-automatic pistols featuring...
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A Design That Stands the Test of Time: Rollin White and His Bored-Through...
By T. Logan Metesh Patent infringement is an age-old problem, and the firearms industry is not immune to its troubles. One of the most important design breakthroughs in terms of handgun development...
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DeSantis Gunhide Question of the Day: Would You Buy Hermann Goering’s Pistol?
As a Jew who lost his family in the Holocaust, I’m not about to have any Nazi memorabilia in my house. As an American, I’m not going to oppose anyone who does, for whatever reason. As long as they...
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Cody Firearms Museum: 1918 Colt Model 1911Cutaway
TTAG is delighted to welcome Ashley Hlebinsky, the Robert W. Woodruff Curator at the Cody Firearms Museum. Ms. Hlebinsky will be giving TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia insight into the museum’s extensive...
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Gun Review: Star Firestar M-43 9mm Pistol
(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.) By Hoplopfheil I’m not very keen on practical pistols, which is what leaves me digging up weird old crap and...
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Alaskan Hiker Stops Charging Brown Bear with 10mm Handgun
The 10mm is increasingly popular as a wilderness defense gun in Alaska. Fully loaded it’s as light — and a bit more powerful than — a loaded, small frame .357 magnum. The GLOCK 20 holds 15 rounds...
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