Gun Preview: Canik Stingray C 9mm
Click here to view the embedded video. I reviewed the Canik TP-9 back in December and liked the Turkish P99ish import. Now we take a look at another budget-minded Canik knockoff, their Stingray C CZ 75...
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Obscure Object of Desire: Gaulois No. 1 Palm Pistol
Constitution Arms‘ attempt to reanimate the palm pistol concept has faded into obscurity. Thanks to Rock Island Auctions, frustrated palm pilots can still arm Rosy Palm and her five lovely daughters....
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong: H.I.P.S. Edition
Bill Wilson of Wilson Combat had an idea. A wonderful awful idea. Design a carry system based on the tactical conceit known as Hide In Plain Sight. And so Bill’s Boyz are doing the hippy hippy shake....
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Sioux Falls PD Falls Out of Love with .40 Cal
“Over the next year, the police department in South Dakota’s largest city will be going from .40-caliber Glocks to 9 mm pistols,” ksfy.com reports. “[Sioux Falls] Chief Doug Barthel said the pistols...
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Gun Review: 1858 Remington
By Otis Earle Fordyce Beals. Sounds like the name of a shady character lurking in the wisteria of some Flannery O’Connor story, doesn’t it? Only Fordyce was very real – born in Massachusetts and died...
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New From Traditions: Frontier and Rawhide Series Pietta SA Revolvers
Were you intrigued by Otis Earle’s write-up of the 1858 Remington yesterday, but were a little intimidated by the whole black powder, cap-and-ball thing? Here’s an easier way to get into the single...
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Ask Foghorn: Perfect Handgun for New Female Shooters?
Reader Christian writes: So I’m trying to get my very petite Fianceé into shooting. She’s 5′ 2″, and weighs 100 lbs soaking wet. The term “waifish” comes to mind when describing her. So the .22lr is...
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Gun Review: Kel-Tec PMR-30
By Jeremy S. Although it’s been on the market for a couple of years now, I’ve gotten quite a few “do a PMR-30 review” requests recently. So…a PMR-30 review it is. Despite a low MSRP, Kel-Tec’s PMR-30...
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Gun Review: Canik 55 Stingray-C
Chrome. It’s mankind’s way of letting everyone within a five mile radius know that whatever it adorns is not only manly, but also bad-ass. Chrome is one of those rare elements that makes everything...
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BREAKING: Three Killed, Three Wounded at PA Town Meeting
Not much is known right now, but reports indicate that two people were killed on the scene, one at the hospital, and four were injured at a town supervisors’ meeting in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania,...
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Ryan Gets His FNS-9
By Ryan This is the first FNH weapon I’ve owned. Wait, I take that back. It’s the first FNH I’ve owned that wasn’t issued to me. I’ve “owned” or been in direct supervision of four FNH-made weapons...
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Butch Cassidy’s Colt and the End of the Wild West
The following article is re-published with permission from rockislandauction.blogspot.com. It is no coincidence that the Old West and gun collecting go hand in hand. For firearms manufacturers, it was...
View ArticleSmith & Wesson M&P Shield Wins Concealed Carry 9mm Pocket Pistol Comparo
I’m currently 30k feet above North Dakota. So I can’t watch streaming video (friggin’ Delta). So it took AGES to learn that GunsKnivesSurvival picked the sensibly-priced Smith & Wesson M&P...
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Photos: FN’s South Carolina Manufacturing Facility
Last week, I was given exclusive access to FN’s manufacturing facility in South Carolina. This is the facility where FNH makes the M240 line of machine guns along with the M249, the Mk. 19, the M16A4...
View ArticleDoubleTap Tactical Pocket Pistol Update
By Jeremy S. My original review of DoubleTap’s tactical pocket pistol went into some detail about the fairly punishing recoil delivered by this thin, light derringer. The gun is actually very...
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CHL Student Injured in Class, CNN All Over It
“Oh the irony.” Those are the very first words in a CNN article about a negligent discharge in a concealed handgun course in Ohio, dripping with sarcasm and savoring the opportunity to use a single...
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Another Myth Exploded? Revolver vs. Semi-Automatic Pistol Accuracy
Over at gunnuts.net, Caleb reckons it’s time for someone to shoot holes in the idea that a revolver is inherently more accurate than a semi-automatic pistol. And that someone is him. “Back in the days...
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Cabot Guns Invites President Obama to Martha’s Vineyard Rod & Gun Club
“President Obama, please join us this Saturday at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club to see and shoot the all-America made Rolls Royce of 1911 style pistols by Cabot Guns. Twelve time NRA National...
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Shipping Soon: FNS-40 Longslide
Here at the Crimson Trace Midnight 3-Gun Invitational, Larry and Ken are showing off the new FNS-40 longslide. The version they brought has a nice black finish as opposed to the slick chrome finish on...
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