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6 Best Custom GLOCK Replacement Slides To Augment Your Austrian Arms

Custom GLOCK slides are one of the easiest ways to dress up and make your GLOCK a little more unique. Let’s face it – standard GLOCKs are, well, boring. They’re everywhere! Everyone and their brother...

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How to Tune Your Pistol With a New Set of Springs

When it comes to buying used guns, there is nothing more frustrating than dealing with some of the creative choices of the previous owner(s). When I picked up a used SIG SAUER P225 A1 the other day, I...

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GLOCK 17 vs GLOCK 19: Picking A Plastic Pistol

By Sam Hoober for TTAG If you want a GLOCK 9mm, but don’t want one that’s too small (like the G26 or G43) nor too big (like the G34) then the GLOCK 17 vs GLOCK 19 are your choices. And yes, lots of...

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GLOCK 19 vs GLOCK 26 for Concealed Carry: If You Really Have To Just Choose One

courtesy mfr Some people wonder if they should get a GLOCK 19 vs 26. Or vice versa. The former because it’s kind of the compact/carry gun by which all others are judged and the latter because it offers...

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Gun Review: Heckler & Koch P30SK With “Light” LEM Trigger

Jeremy S. for TTAG Tiny little single stacks are all the rage these days, but the original sub-compacts (or “SubKompacts” if you’re a P30SK) were basically just chopped grip versions of their...

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3 Reasons It Still Makes Sense to Carry a Revolver

TTAG reader submission [ED: RF’s take on why wheel guns still make very viable concealed carry guns from the archives.] Some thirty years ago the American gun-buying public began to see semi-automatic...

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BREAKING: Mossberg Announces the New MC1sc Subcompact 9mm Pistol

courtesy Mossberg Mossberg hasn’t offered a handgun to the public in almost a century. But with the announcement of their new MC1sc 9mm striker-fired subcompact single stack pistol, the gun maker best...

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6 AK-47 Pistol Options For Your Handheld Fun, Comrade

courtesy sportsmansguide.com An AK-47 pistol is a great choice for a rifle-caliber handheld. Let’s face it, AR pistols are just too trendy these days. Besides, why shell out for a Daniel Defense or SIG...

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Gun Review: Honey Badger by Q (SBR and Pistol)

Jeremy S. for TTAG I found Q’s Honey Badger extremely photogenic, for some reason, so there are nearly more photos than words in this review. Of course, it doesn’t help that there are fewer words than...

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Gun Review: Colt 1911 Government Series 80 .45 ACP

Logan Metesh for TTAG On March 29, 1911, Lt. Col. John T. Thompson of the U.S. Ordnance Department sent a letter to Colt’s in Hartford, Connecticut. The purpose was to inform them that the military...

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Four of the Best .45 ACP Handguns I’ve Ever Shot

Author image If there’s a popular cartridge subject to consistent and largely unwarranted derision it’s the .45 ACP. Naysayers claim it’s too heavy, too slow, and lacks in penetration. Fans cite its...

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‘The Single Best Handgun Ever Made’

OK, this is possibly the mother of all flame-worthy post topics. And for that very reason, we’d never presume to designate one handgun as the best ever. Or would we? The choices are daunting, to say...

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Gun Review: Kel-Tec CP33 .22LR Pistol

Thirty-three rounds. That’s 33. The Kel-Tec CP33 holds 33 rounds of .22 LR. Unless, of course, you slap on a little magazine extension and load up 50. Fifty rounds in a pistol magazine. A factory...

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7 Great Single Stack 9mm Pistols For Concealed Carry

Sam Hoober for TTAG The single-stack 9mm pistol format is one of the most popular segments of the handgun market these days, but where is a person to start? Which one should you choose? Which is the...

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Russian Military Set to Adopt the 9×21 Udav “Boa Constrictor” Pistol

Courtesy kalashnikov.ru Old mother Russia has surely noticed the advancements in handgun design in the West over the past couple of decades.  More than enough time to evaluate what works and what...

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SHOT Show: Shooting the GLOCK G43X and G48

One of the first stops at today’s SHOT Show range day was the GLOCK bay, where everyone wanted to get their hands on the latest Slimline pistols, the G43X and the G48. Just to refresh your memory, the...

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SHOT Show: Shooting the New Mossberg MC1sc 9mm Subcompact

Mossberg MC1sc (image Dan Z for TTAG) Another new gun that lots of SHOT Show attendees wanted to get a look at today is Mossberg’s new MC1sc sub-compact 9mm pistol. From Mossberg’s announcement,...

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Black Collar Arms Unleashes Their Pork Sword Chassis and Scorpitrol® Trigger

As hectic and overwhelming as SHOT Show is, your TTAG crew absolutely loves finding new products. Yes, after all these years, we still geek out and get excited sometimes. In this case not only are...

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SHOT Show: Shooting the $7,500 FK BRNO Pistol at 170 Yards [VIDEO]

Luis Valdes for TTAG So the FK BRNO 7.5 Field Pistol has been making the rounds online and I got a chance to put some rounds through it yesterday. Chambered in the proprietary 7.5 FK cartridge, this is...

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SHOT Show: GLOCK G43X and G48 First Impressions (in English and Español)

A. Valdes handling the new GLOCK 48. Today Mrs. A. Valdes steps out from behind the camera to give her impressions of the new G43X and G48 in both English and Spanish. By A. Valdes I just want to say...

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