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Can’t Buy a Gun Now? Why Not Use a Black Powder Revolver For Home and Self...
Courtesy Uberti Since buying conventional cartridge firearms is difficult at best right now, have you thought about buying a black powder revolver for self-defense? Specifically, the cap and ball...
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Gear Review: SB Tactical FS1913 and FS1913A Pistol Stabilizing Braces
Travis Pike for TTAG After my time with the Ruger PC Charger I’ve become quite fond of the SB Tactical FS1913 folding brace. It comes in two configurations, a polymer model and an aluminum one and...
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Gun Review: SIG SAUER P320 XFive Legion 9mm Pistol
P320 X-Five Legion (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com) The SIG SAUER P320 XFive Legion is everything that made the P320 XFive great, only prettier. The original 2018 verison of the P320...
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What I’m Carrying Now: A Smith & Wesson Model 19-4 and an IFAK
Courtesy Chris Whisler Chris Whisler writes . . . I recently switched from carrying a 9mm Colt LW 1911 Commander to a 4″ Smith & Wesson Model 19-4 .357 Magnum in a Galco Combat Master holster on a...
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Gun Review: Brownells BRN-180S Upper with BRN-180M Lower
Two years ago Brownells launched the first of their Retro Rifles line, a series of ARs that are faithful copies of old school Eugene Stoner designs. While not technically part of the Retro Rifles...
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Top 3 Range Toy Handguns
Courtesy Magnum Research Range toys. Firearms that are oodles of fun to shoot, to force your friends to shoot, or just to show off, but aren’t particularly practical. Maybe you rent ’em at the shooting...
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Buying Your First Handgun? Think, Ask, Try….and Choose Carefully
Springfield Armory XD(m) (Tyler Kee for TTAG) [ED: The Wuhan coronavirus gun buying surge is far from over. If you’re one of the newly converted and have decided that now is the time to buy a handgun...
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Gun Review: Bond Arms Roughneck and Rowdy Model Derringers
Bond Arms Roughneck and Rowdy Derringers (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com) About a decade ago I started boot carrying the Bond Arms Derringer in .410/.45 Colt as an everyday backup and...
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Why I’m Not a Fan of Appendix Carry
Courtesy T.Rex Arms I know appendix carry enjoys increasing popularity among a lot of people including a good number of younger shooters. It also seems to be the choice of many keyboard commandos who...
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How to Ensure Reliable Performance in Compensated Semi-Auto Pistols
Courtesy Griffin Armament By Whitaker Behrens Compensated handguns are more popular than ever. The unique timing of the original Roland Special build combined with the ability of social media to...
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Behold the Magnum Research Trump Presidential Desert Eagle in .50 AE
Courtesy Magnum Research Magnum Research, Inc., has introduced the Presidential Desert Eagle, a handgun whose mere existence is likely to make sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome go further ’round...
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Polymer80 GLOCK Build Project: Make Your Own 9mm Ghost Gun
You can build this yourself at home, no 4473, no background check. (Travis Pike for TTAG Welcome to part one of a three-part series, a joint collaboration between The Truth About Guns, Ammoland, and...
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Gun Review: The 2020 Colt Pythons
JWT for TTAG “Colt’s coming out with a new Pyth…” “Putmeonthelistheresmymoney.” And that’s the way the conversation went when a buddy of mine told me that Colt would soon be offering a new Python. Colt...
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What I’m Carrying Now: Wilson Combat Bill Wilson Carry 1911
Courtesy Nick Leghorn [This post is part of our series, What I’m Carrying Now. If you’d like to submit a photo and description of the gun, holster and gear you’re carrying in the new world in which we...
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Obscure Object of Desire: Intratec TEC-DC9M
Let’s be real here; this isn’t an attractive, well-crafted or particularly effective firearm by any objective measure. We’ll go into why, but the TEC-DC9M is not a great gun. Why, then, is it an...
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Springfield Armory Hellcat: First Impressions
By Daniel Shaw As you undoubtedly know already, the Hellcat “micro-compact” is the latest release from Springfield Armory. To get a good first impression before a high round count review that will...
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Gun Review: Springfield Armory XD-M Elite 4.5″ Tactical OSP 9mm
The Springfield Armory XD-M Elite 4.5" Tactical OSP 9mm pistol (courtesy David Blanton) By David Blanton Prior to SHOT Show 2020 this year, Springfield Armory freshened up their XD-M lineup with the...
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What You Need To Consider If You Carry Different Guns For Home And Personal...
Woody for TTAG Defending your person away from home and defending your castle are two different tasks, and for many people, that suggests different tools. But if you use different guns for home and...
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Gun Review: Citadel M1911 Officer’s Model 9mm 1911 Pistol
(Virgil Caldwell for TTAG) By Virgil Caldwell The 1911 handgun is an American icon, one recognized across the globe. John Moses Browning’s 1911 pistol platform is generally available in three frame...
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This Fudd’s For You: When You Love A Gun You Always Thought You’d Hate
I have been accused of being a “Fudd,” here and othe places, because of my taste in firearms and because I don’t always say nice things about black guns. Or something like that. Admittedly, I like...
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