Henry Repeating Arms is getting into the handgun game for the first time with a new revolver to go along with its ever-growing family of lever-action rifles and carbines. The newly announced Henry Big Boy revolvers fire .357 Magnum and .38 Special ...
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38 Super: The Semi-Auto .38 That’s Slipping Into Obscurity
When the 38 Super cartridge came out more than 90 years ago, it had so much potential. It was made for the iconic 1911 handgun and delivered higher muzzle velocity than 9mm and more energy than .45 ACP. Now, you might be asking yourself: If it was so ...
The Laugo Alien Pistol Is the Ferrari F1 of Handguns
When I first saw the Laugo Alien pistol, it reminded me a little of the M6C Halo Magnum. All it needed was 12.7mm exploding armor-piercing rounds, a ridiculous melee animation, and a Captain to hand it to you with no ammo during an assault on the ...
Judge Uses Bruen Test to Bench California Approved Handgun List
A federal judge in San Diego has placed an injunction on California’s Unsafe Handgun Act as part of the ongoing Renna v. Bonta case, which challenges the state’s stringent laws governing handgun ownership. Judge Dana Sabraw’s April 6 ruling blocks ...
Q Honey Badger AR: The Gun Industry’s Biggest Troublemaker
Kevin Brittingham, the creator of the famous (or infamous) Honey Badger AR, grew up competing with his older siblings for a place in the world and watching his dad fight with bare knuckles. Maybe that’s why he fights so hard today. By the ...
Tips Up! EAA Introduces Easy-to-Load Girsan MC 14T in .380
For some people, manipulating a handgun’s moving parts can be just as intimidating as actually firing it. Arthritis, missing fingers, dexterity issues, and stature can all present barriers to owning a firearm for self-defense, and people who deal ...
The 2011 Pistol: Refitting the 1911 for a New Century
Some things are so iconic that it’s borderline blasphemous to change them. Things like mama’s potato salad recipe, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” and John Moses Browning’s 1911 were all perfect the first time, so tinkering with them can only ...
Judge Beats Up ATF in Polymer 80 Case – Win for 2A
It looks like the fight between the ATF and makers and users of unfinished lowers and frames isn’t quite over. A judge just dealt the feds a considerable blow and gave Polymer 80, a gunmaker that primarily deals in 80% pistol frames, a big win that ...
Vortex Defender CCW Red Dot: 100 Rounds and a Drop Test
Vortex has beefed up its pistol optic lineup with the Defender-CCW, a compact red dot for concealed carry and target shooting. The Defender-CCW uses the common Shield RMS footprint and comes with a Picatinny rail adapter for people who want to mount ...
Compliant CCW Guns? Springfield Drops 10-Round Hellcat Pro
Springfield Armory is making its popular micro-compact Hellcat Pro pistol available to customers in states with magazine-capacity restrictions. The new reduced-capacity Hellcat Pro uses 10-round magazines instead of the standard 15-round ...
Springfield Armory XD-M Elite OSP 10mm: Now Available in FDE
If you don’t offer pistols with flat dark earth finish, you’re behind the times — Springfield Armory knows this, and the company is expanding its XD-M line of striker-fired polymer pistols to include the XD-M Elite OSP 10mm in FDE. This new pistol ...
Credit Card Giants Back Away From Tracking Gun Purchases
The credit card industry has taken a huge step back from plans announced in September 2022 to use a new merchant category code (MCC) to track gun and ammunition purchases made with plastic in the United States. Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., American ...
Top 5 Pistol Whipping Scenes From Movies – Ranked
Out of all the military and firearms training I’ve gone through, not one instructor has taught pistol whipping as a defensive tactic. Sure, in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, or MCMAP, they taught “one mind, any weapon,” but it’s not the same ...
357 SIG: Is the Semi-Auto .357 Magnum Dead?
If you look up lists of the most popular pistol calibers, the 357 SIG doesn’t make the top five, and it doesn’t make the top 10, either. If you don’t have any experience with this cartridge, you’re part of the vast majority of shooters these days. ...
Best Selling Guns of 2022 on GunBroker: Numbers Are In!
Gun sales are a nebulous thing — they’re hard to keep track of, and that’s a good thing from a 2A perspective. Usually, we use the number of background checks run through the NICS system in a given time period to get a general idea of how many guns ...
327 Federal Magnum: The Little Loved Alternative to the .357
The .357 Magnum is a celebrity in the world of revolver cartridges. Like Jessica Simpson in the early 2000s, it gets showered with love and attention, and we’re all convinced it can do no wrong. Most people just ignore the little sister — no, not ...
SIG P320 and P320 Spectre Comp: Breakdown and History
The market for striker-fired polymer pistols is a busy place, but the SIG P320 has carved out one helluva piece. SIG Sauer builds 25 different pistols (and a standalone fire control unit we’ll get into later) in the P320 series, resulting in a ...
Bushnell RXC-200 and RXU-200 Red Dots: 100-Round Test
Bushnell is expanding its red dot lineup with two reflex sights for the subcompact and micro pistols that are gaining popularity as carry guns. The compact Bushnell RXC-200 and ultracompact RXU-200 use the common RMS and RMSc pattern found on popular ...
Why People Love or Hate the 1911 Pistol
In the early 1900s, the greatest firearms designer in history, John M. Browning, set out to solve a problem. The U.S. government and military needed a more powerful sidearm. The gun riding in American holsters was the Colt M1892 revolver in an Army ...
Hottest New Guns and Ammo from the 2023 SHOT Show!
It’s that magical time of year. The hordes descend upon the city in the sand that has no earthly right to exist: an oasis of light and sin in the middle of the desert that plays host to the hunting and shooting world — and all the coolest new guns — ...
JK Armament 105 CCX 9 1.5-Inch Carry-Ready Suppressor
First red dots made their way to the concealed carry world, and now, it’s time for suppressors to do the same. While it was announced a few months ago, the new JK 105 CCX 9 suppressor from JK Armament is making a big noise at SHOT because of how ...
New Glock Performance Trigger, G20, Gunsite Glock Service Pistol
In typical Glock fashion, the Austrian gunmaker didn’t introduce anything brand new, exactly, at the 2023 SHOT Show, but the company did drop an upgraded Glock Performance Trigger and released a formerly law-enforcement-only pistol to the public, the ...
New Taurus Revolvers: TORO Wheelguns Come Red-Dot Ready
At the 2023 SHOT Show, Taurus USA followed its annual tradition of introducing a bunch of new guns all at once, but this year, the gunmaker pulled out all the stops with five new Taurus revolvers. The gunmaker introduced the first-ever ...
Oracle Arms 2311 Pistol: Love Child of a 1911, 2011, and P320
If we’re learning anything from the 2023 SHOT Show and the handgun releases surrounding it, single-action, double-stack, 1911-style pistols are all the rage. Many credit Staccato (formerly STI) for kickstarting this trend. We’ve seen gunmakers big ...
FN Introduces ‘Big-Bore’ Pistols: New FN 545, FN 510
At SHOT, FN America expanded its flagship line of tactical pistols with two new "big bore" models: the.45-caliber FN 545 and the Virginia-based gunmaker’s first ever 10mm pistol, dubbed the FN 510. FN explained in a statement that it's seen ...
SIG Sauer Launches P365 ROSE Brand Aimed at Female Shooters
SIG Sauer recently introduced its new “ROSE by SIG Sauer” line of P365 concealed carry kits created to help encourage and inspire women shooters. Each complete ROSE kit includes an optics-ready P365 in either .380 ACP or 9mm, a TSA-approved ...
Zenk Bullpup Revolver: Have You Seen This Thing?!
I’m a sucker for bullpups. I just am. The IWI X95? Love it. The KelTec KSG family? Yeah, I’m into them. I just like the idea, the crazy designs, and the wild shapes these firearms come in. I was hooked as soon as I saw a Steyr AUG in Die Hard. But a ...
357 Magnum: The OG Magnum Revolver Round Is Still Relevant
General George S. Patton famously — or perhaps infamously — fought World War II carrying an ivory-handled Smith & Wesson Model 27 chambered in the world’s first magnum pistol cartridge: the 357 Magnum. He was a big fan of the cartridge and ...
The New Hi-Point JXP10: A Yeetier 10mm Cannon
Although thrifty firearms aficionados and lovers of guns that are so hideous they're cool have been waiting with bated breath for Hi-Point to release its highly anticipated YC9 (an update to the company's C9 pistol with a nod to its special edition ...
New ATF ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule: Unfinished Pistol Frames Are Firearms
The ATF issued an open letter on Tuesday clarifying that partially completed pistol frames produced and sold by companies such as Polymer80 and Lone Wolf — the base component for so-called “ghost gun” handguns — should now be considered firearms ...