Top 10 Home Defense Carbines
With exciting releases by Armalite, Colt, Smith & Wesson and more, there’s certainly no shortage of versatile firepower options to help you defend your castle. Scroll through the gallery above to...
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Next-Gen .357 Mag: The Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P R8
While handguns selected for concealed carry are often compact and lightweight, so as to be more comfortable to the wearer and more likely to be carried, the home defense or “house gun” has no such...
View ArticleTop 4 Classic Old West Replica Guns Offered In 2015
If you’ve grown up reading about cowboys, outlaws and lawmen in books, or watching their exploits on TV or movie screens, you probably get pretty excited to see a gun from the Old West in action....
View Article23 New Full-Size Handguns For 2015
The effectiveness of a full-sized handgun can be seen whether you’re looking for better self-defense, improved competition on the range or duty-ready stopping power. This collection shows some of the...
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Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 442 Moon Clip
I’m a die-hard fan of the small J-Frame Smith & Wesson revolvers, so when I discovered this new Model 442 variant I had to check it out. It is different from your standard Model 442 in a couple of...
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The Stylish EAA Pavona 9mm Polymer Handgun
The most cloned semi-automatic handgun besides the Model 1911 is, arguably, the CZ 75. Although designed much earlier, the CZ 75 was not offered for sale in its native Czechoslovakia until 1985, where...
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Gun Review: Bersa Thunder 40 Ultra Compact Pro
The truism goes “You get what you pay for,” but sometimes you get more than what you pay for. The perfect example of this is the Bersa Thunder 40 Ultra Compact Pro. These handguns are made in...
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Wilson Combat 1911s: From Covert Carry to Range Competition
Bill Wilson started out in competition shooting in the 1970s. At the time, the closest such events available were Police Pistol Combat, or PPC, matches, so Wilson tried his hand at that game and found...
View ArticleBreakthrough’s Eco-Friendly Solvents and Lubricants
Utilizing a state-of-the-art distillation process, Breakthrough has produced the most user-friendly and eco-friendly solvents and lubricants available. They are non-carcinogenic and are also easy on...
View Article6 Six-Shot .357 Magnum Revolvers For Competition Shooting
The .357 Magnum has been one of the most popular revolver chamberings for decades. One reason for this is its versatility. A wheelgun in this caliber can shoot anything that will fit in the cylinder,...
View Article15 .357 Magnum Revolvers For Competition and Personal Defense
Back in the day, .357 Magnum revolvers were among the most popular handguns around. Law enforcement officers wanted a more powerful cartridge than the .38 Special for service use and the .357 sixgun...
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Charter Arms’ New Pitbull Revolver in .45 ACP
In my estimation, Charter Arms is the leading producer of small, lightweight, big-bore revolvers. The company started in 1973 with the introduction of the Bulldog in .44 Special. This five-shooter...
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4 .22 WMR Mini Revolvers From North American Arms
I read a quote online recently that I think is sage advice: “First have a gun, be willing to use it and worry about the caliber later.” I believe that says it all. And while some calibers are more...
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DE50SRMB: MRI’s Desert Eagle Mark XIX Pistol with Integral Muzzle Brake
Some 32 years ago, the Desert Eagle semi-automatic pistol was designed in the United States by Magnum Research, Inc. (MRI) and then taken to Israel and modified by Israeli Military Industries (IMI),...
View ArticleCharter Arms’ 50th Anniversary Bulldog Revolver
The long-time president of Charter Arms, Nick Ecker, has commissioned a special Bulldog revolver to commemorate Charter’s 50-plus years of designing and producing firearms. Ecker is emphasizing that...
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Charter Arms Bulldog: A Wheelgun For Everyday Protection
In 1872, Philip Webley & Son of Birmingham, England, introduced a small double-action (DA) revolver with a 2.5-inch barrel and a five-shot cylinder. Although compact, it chambered big-bore...
View Article11 Charter Arms Bulldog Revolvers
There are now eleven different versions of Charter Arms’ .44 Bulldog available. Aside from the 3-inch-barreled Classic, six of the company’s other versions come with 2.5-inch barrels in either blue or...
View Article9 Deep-Cover Snub-Nose Revolvers from Taurus
Some of the best double-action revolvers being made today come from Taurus. While this was not always the case, the company’s current handguns are the equal of any others I’ve evaluated recently....
View Article14 Formidable .357 Magnum Revolvers
Back in the day, .357 Mag revolvers were among the most popular handguns around. Law enforcement officers wanted a more powerful cartridge than the .38 Special for service use and the .357 sixgun was...
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Cylinder & Slide Upgrades For The Kahr CW40 Pistol
I’ve been carrying my trusty Kahr CW40 around for several years and have never had any cause to doubt its accuracy or reliability. It’s a rhetorical question, but can something that is already good be...
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