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Classic Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 1006 10mm Pistol

Courtesy Austin Knudsen By Austin Knudsen Is the Smtih & Wesson 1006 still the best 10mm pistol ever made? I never really got on the 10mm train. Sure, I’d read the articles and knew all of the...

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SIG SAUER Now Selling Military Surplus M17 (P320) Pistols

Courtesy SIG SAUER NEWINGTON, N.H., (December 17, 2019) – SIG SAUER, Inc. is honored to bring authentic, M17 Military Surplus handguns to the commercial market. The M17 Military Surplus handguns were...

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Gun Design Genius: Rollin White and His Bored-Through Revolver Cylinder

Jeremy S. for TTAG Patent infringement is an age-old problem and the firearms industry is not immune to it. One of the most important design breakthroughs in terms of handgun development was the...

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MG Arms Announces the New Dragonfly and DragonSlayer Single Action Revolvers

A press release from MG Arms: Everything old becomes new again so why not bring back our favorite custom guns. Classic Cars!! Classic Motorcycles!! Everyone wants a classic. Everything old becomes new...

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Gun Review: Guncrafter Industries No Name CCO 1911 in .45 ACP

Courtesy Virgil Caldwell By Virgil Caldwell This is the second Guncrafter Industries 1911 I’ve owned. While there are comparable handguns from Wilson Combat, Nighthawk and Les Baer, and others, the...

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3 Fantastic, Affordable First 1911 Pistols

Courtesy Rock Island Armory There are a lot of 1911 pistols on the market, in many different configurations, at many different price points. That’s because John Moses Browning’s design is a certified...

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Gun Review: Canik ONE Series TP9SF Elite

Courtesy Canik By Matt Magliacane Features Canik is known for delivering a lot of bang for the buck. Their ONE Series TP9SF Elite 9mm is no exception, and it may even be the exemplar. The TP9SF Elite...

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My 3 Favorite Smith & Wesson Pistols

Courtesy Smith & Wesson Everyone has their favorite Smith & Wesson pistols…or at least, people who have shot many of them do…and these three are mine. Smith makes many, many pistols, including...

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Ruger Announces the New .22 LR LCP II Lite Rack Pistol

Courtesy Ruger Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) proudly introduces the LCP® II chambered in .22 LR. This new, low-recoiling Lite Rack™ pistol features an easy-to-manipulate slide that shoots...

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Ruger Unveils the New Ruger-57 Pistol Chambered in 5.7x28mm

Courtesy Ruger Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is thrilled to introduce a cutting-edge new platform – the Ruger-57™ pistol. The Ruger-57 is a full-featured handgun wrapped around a...

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BREAKING: Colt Brings Back the Python .357 Revolver

Courtesy Colt Years ago, John Butler wrote a popular post here explaining why Colt would never again build another Python revolver. But John probably knew that his prediction was in trouble when Colt...

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There and Back Again – A Huey Crew Chief’s Vietnam War Browning Hi-Power

Courtesy Bud Harton By James “Bud” Harton Years ago, actually eons ago, I was a crew chief/door gunner on a UH-1D helicopter in Vietnam. I was assigned to an assault company and our unit was comprised...

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I Bought My First Gun In a Pawn Shop. Here’s How That Went

By Garrett Owens Surely designed to withstand doomsday, the exterior of the store is blood red cinder blocks. The windows are barred and it’s located just on the other side of the tracks from our...

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SCCY Firearms Announces the New DVG-1 & DVG-1RD Pistol Line

Courtesy SCCY SCCY announces the NEW DVG-1 & DVG-1RD Red Dot Pistol Series to its lineup for 2020. The DVG Series of pistols are striker fired, Quadlock Barrel System, 10+1 capacity, chambered in...

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Gun Review: CZ P-10S Optics-Ready 9mm Pistol

Virgil Caldwell for TTAG By Virgil Caldwell CZ got into the 9mm polymer striker-fired pistol game with the the introduction of the excellent CZ P-10 C. The original pistol was the compact version of...

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Angstadt Arms Reveals the New MDP-9 AR-9 Pistol

Courtesy Angstadt Arms After teasing their new MDP-9, Angstadt Arms has now officially released the new roller-delayed blowback AR-9 sub gun. As Angstadt says of their new pistol, the MDP-9 is a true...

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Gun Review: Colt Single Action Army Revolver in .45 Colt

Virgil Caldwell for TTAG By Virgil Caldwell Colt enjoys perhaps the greatest name recognition of any gun maker. Iconic handguns and the uses they have been put to in times of war and trouble are part...

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Why I Shoot .40 S&W Ammunition With My Unmodified 10mm GLOCK 20 Pistol

10mm Auto (left), .40 S&W (right) (Image: Jeremy S. for TTAG) First there was 10mm Auto. The FBI chose a watered-down loading — a 180 grain bullet at 975 fps instead of more like 1,300 fps — and a...

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3 Must-Haves for Your Nightstand Gun

The best nightstand gun is a full-size semi-auto or revolver (Dan Z. for TTAG) A “nightstand gun” — the handgun you keep by the bedside for quick access in a bump-in-the-night-scenario — is a niche...

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[VIDEO] MG Arms’‘Cap Pistols’? – Dallas Safari Club

Mike Arnold for TTAG The title reflects how Kerry and Carol O’Day, owners of MG Arms, introduced me to their ultralight Dragonfly revolver. It’s about the same weight (17 oz.) as the cap guns we kids...

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