.45 ACP

Smith & Wesson made their big, new NRA Annual Meeting product announcement and it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser: meet the new S&W M&P Shield in .45 ACP.

Often when I travel, the gun I carry concealed is the only one I have. Ever had someone at your hotel room door, convinced they were at the right room? I have, and not cool. That’s why I carry a gun that I can actually shoot–The Springfield Armory XD-S.

GunsAmerica is proud to giveaway a matched pair of commemorative Auto-Ordnance .45 ACPs. This is the first part of the matched pair, a 1911A1. It is a compelling historical single action, but Auto-Ordnance is giving it away with a matching Thompson 1927A1. Read our review of the pistol here.

GunsAmerica is honored to bring you our latest giveaway: a matched set of classic .45 ACPs. One winner will get this 1927A1 Thompson, and a 1911A1. These commemorative beauties are being made in limited numbers to mark the 100th anniversary of Auto-Ordnance, and you could win. Check out the details…

If you keep a DA/SA pistol at home for self-defense or range use it makes a lot of sense to get a DA/SA subcompact pistol for concealed-carry, too.

The U.S. Army’s chief of staff Gen. Mark Milley recently gave a talk at the 2016 Future of War Conference slamming the process of the MHS program,

When it comes to .45 ACP expansion performance, and I’m talking about the heavy and comparatively slow 230-grain varieties, reliable expansion can be an iffy thing. What starts as a projectile capable of leveling a city block often ends with some percentage of unexpanded slow but heavy bullets. But the Sig? Hell’s bells. No way.

The Smith & Wesson M&P pistols don’t get as much love as they deserve. Now there’s a new M&P for those devotees who want to quiet down their range time. How well do the new .45 ACP M&Ps work? Read our review.

Thanks to a renewed interest in good factory triggers, a lot of shooters are coming around–or back around–to double-action/single-action pistols. These six pistols should be on your EDC shortlist if you’re considering DA/SA.