I had handled Canik pistols a couple of years ago at the SHOT show and have a couple of friends that shoot them but was a bit skeptical of how the Century Arms imports were going to perform; after all, they have an MSRP below $325, how good of a gun should you expect at that price point?
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Clay’s Ultimate 10mm Ammo Buyers Guide
Published: June 21, 2019 Updated: June 21, 2019It has been an amazing year for us 10mm guys, at least on the gun front. Every company in the industry it seems has developed a new 10mm. Options abound in a way we have never seen. But with all this firearm development, how is the ammo?
G9 Bullets: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Published: March 9, 2019 Updated: March 9, 2019Still prepared to not be impressed, off to the range we went. We set up the first 18 inch thick target, I loaded up a 9mm, and then the sky cracked open. Ladies and gentlemen, I have never seen anything like the G9 performance out of a handgun. If you watch the film, you will see me at a rare loss for words. The terminal ballistics can only be described as devastating.
Olight PL-Mini2 Valkyrie: Best Pistol Light Ever?
Published: February 22, 2019 Updated: February 22, 2019The PL-Mini2 puts out an impressive 600 lumens and has a max. throw distance of 100 meters. It will fit on anything from a Springfield XDE to a Glock 17.
SIG FOXTROT365 Pistol Weapon Light Review
Published: January 13, 2019 Updated: January 13, 2019If you ever wondered about accessories for the rails on the dust cover of the Sig P365, wonder no more. The Sig Foxtrot365 weapon light is designed specifically for the Sig P365 pistol and utilizes the rails.
Apex Performance for your S&W M&P9
Published: July 20, 2018 Updated: July 20, 2018While it’s not a perfect, crisp as a Pringle 1911 trigger, it’s close. Very close. For a striker-fired pistol, it’s extraordinarily good. The flat face took me a few rounds to get used to, but when I allowed my finger to rest naturally on the trigger, migrating toward the lower end of the shoe as intended with the resulting increase in leverage, I grew to like it. For the final analysis, I applied the Lyman trigger gauge once more.
Glock 19X Accessorized
Published: July 14, 2018 Updated: July 14, 2018At any rate, I like the 19X so much that I bought the one that came in for review. And this week, I finally got around to the add-ons and mods I prefer.
First rattle out of the box, the sights that come as the only option on the 19X are weak sauce.
9mm Mag Pump Magazine Loader Review
Published: July 7, 2018 Updated: July 7, 2018The Mag Pump magazine loader is a pretty impressive engineering feat. To use it, push a magazine in, dump a box or handful of ammo in the hopper, and start pumping the handle. It’s literally that simple. The ammo doesn’t need to be oriented or sorted, the loader figures it out and puts it into your magazine in the correct orientation.
1791 Gunleather – Handcrafted American Holsters
Published: July 3, 2018 Updated: July 3, 2018Finding the right holster for the job is not easy and often frustrating. If you are like me then somewhere in the back of your closet or garage is a box of holsters that didn’t work out. The majority of my discarded holsters are for 1911s or revolvers- their weight and size make holster selection [...]
Making the SIG P320 Better with the Apex Tactical Specialties Trigger Kit – Review
Published: June 28, 2018 Updated: June 28, 2018The Apex Tactical Specialties SIG 320 Trigger Kit for factory upgraded models of the Sig Sauer P320 is a direct replacement to the factory trigger bar and curved trigger. Machined from billet steel and made in the free state of Arizona, the kit is easily installed without the need for tools or fixtures.