Smith & Wesson’s latest addition to the M&P SHIELD lineup is intended to reduce the barriers to shooting a semiautomatic handgun. The M&P 9 SHIELD EZ is touted as easy to use from all perspectives. Many have said it’s ideal for those with lower grip strength, like women and the elderly, but who wouldn’t want a gun that’s easier to use?
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9mm Micro Shootout – Sig P365 vs. Glock 43 vs. S&W Shield
BY Jeff Cramblit Published: April 4, 2020 { 138 comments }Sig has made the leap into the deep end of the pool to compete with the well-established pillars of the micro market, the Smith & Wesson Shield, and the Glock 43 9mms. It certainly looked and felt good, and it held more bullets than its rival competitors, but looks are sometimes deceiving. The true test is when you put a product side by side with its competitors and see how they stack up. So after a not so patient wait to get the newly popular P365 its time to get down to the range, scales and numbers to see how it does.
Review: CrossBreed SuperTuck
BY Kat Ainsworth Published: March 15, 2020 { 10 comments }Carrying your handgun every day sounds like a great plan when you’re a new gun owner. But once you get going you realize it isn’t as easy as you expected to find the right holster and belt to make carry comfortable and effective.
SIG P365XL, ROMEOZero and TLR-6 Combine to Optimize Concealed Carry
BY Mark Miller Published: March 7, 2020 { 25 comments }SIG’s P365XL is a sub-compact that performs like a full-size pistol. Big enough to handle serious self-defense but small enough to carry concealed. The optics ready XL model features an enhanced frame, flat trigger and increased barrel length while retaining the concealability of the original P365.
Essential Concealed Carry Tips for Women…& Men
BY Kat Ainsworth Published: February 29, 2020 { 3 comments }These are the tips and tricks you, as a woman, can use to make your way through the world of concealed carry gun ownership. The great thing about them is they really do work across the board.
Stoeger STR-9 Review: The Everyman of Concealed Carry
BY Brian McCombie Published: February 9, 2020 { 4 comments }Probably best known in the United States for its workhorse M3500 inertia-driven shotgun, Stoeger Industries jumped into the concealed carry handgun market early in 2019 with the STR-9 pistol.
Trainer + Plinker: Ruger’s New Lite Rack LCP II in .22LR – SHOT Show 2020
BY Jordan Michaels Published: February 3, 2020 { 3 comments }The action is hammer-fired rather than striker-fired, and the trigger feels surprisingly crisp for such a small handgun. The .22 LR produces very little recoil, so new shooters shouldn’t have much trouble acclimating to it.
Calibrating Capacity: Amend2, Vuurwapen, Shield Arms Tweak Glocks & SIGs for CCW
BY Max Slowik Published: January 30, 2020 { 5 comments }Owners of SIG Sauer P320s just got a new subcompact option thanks to , and Glock 43 and 48 owners are getting another magazine option with Vuurwapen. Both are branching out into new territory. This isn’t just new territory for Amend2 and Vuurwapen, this is a new segment of the gun industry that a handful [...]
Galco Gunleather’s Fanny Pack: The Fastrax PAC – SHOT Show 2020
BY Riley Baxter Published: January 28, 2020 { 6 comments }The Fastrax PAC holds a variety of pistols in an internal holster. To access the pistol, you simply rip the zippered pouch open and pull the activation cord with your non-dominant hand. This action stands the pistol up in the Fastrax PAC, allowing you to draw vertically, free of obstruction, to address the threat.
Mossberg’s Higher Capacity Solution to Personal Defense: The Slim MC2c Pistol – Full Review – SHOT Show 2020
BY Jeff Cramblit Published: January 20, 2020 { 3 comments }Mossberg is primarily known as a long gun manufacturer, but the first firearm they produced 100 years ago was a handgun. The family-owned business is still at it, and they have a brand new pistol hitting the market.









