If revolvers get a bad rap for anything, it’s because in the ammo department they’re 1) relatively low capacity and 2) slow to reload when compared to almost all autos.
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Springfield’s Hammer-Fired XD-E Goes Big-Bore with .45 ACP Model
BY Max Slowik Updated: November 20, 2017The XD-E is a polymer-framed, hammer-fired single-stack .45 for everyday carry. It’s slim and light and affordably priced, too.
TrailBlazer’s LifeCard .22 LR: A Folding Credit Card-Sized Pistol — Full Review
BY Clay Martin Updated: November 16, 2017Real innovation in the firearms industry is a rarity, and some of what is innovative isn’t necessarily good. So it was with mixed emotions earlier this week I set out to review TrailBlazer’s LifeCard 22. Trailblazer Firearms is new to the business, and the LifeCard is their only product thus far. TrailBlazer is an appropriate moniker, this is definitely a different handgun. The company is based in Asheville, North Carolina. That region has been rife with what we shall term “ creative sauce” as long as I can remember.
Clay’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide: CCW Edition — Smith & Wesson, CrossBreed, Crimson Trace & More!
BY Clay Martin Updated: November 16, 2017As we move into the Holiday Season, let us not forget that you might be forced to give a local hooligan an early present in the form of flying lead and copper. And if your are not the CCW fanatic in your household, you may be wondering what to get them. Outside of a MAGA (Make America Great Again) hat, obviously, as GunsAmerica’s resident gift expert, I am going to make your life easy. Take notes — there will be a test at the end.
Top Five Reasons to Carry an Autoloading Pistol
BY Administrator Updated: November 15, 2017Ten to 20 years ago, it was a different era in firearms manufacturing. Then, many autoloading pistols were good and some were great.
Portable Packable Power: The Kahr S9 Compact 9mm
BY Will Dabbs Updated: November 9, 2017Always bring enough gun. That line writes well. It also embodies a great deal of well-reasoned tactical gravitas. If ever you should find yourself in the midst of a Real World balls-to-the-wall gunfight you don’t want to be the guy suffering a terminal case of pistol envy. However, I always thought that whoever first penned that idiom likely didn’t live in the American Deep South.
The Best Way to Conceal Carry — Two is One and One is None
BY Ed Head Updated: November 4, 2017“One is none, two is one.” I first heard this many years ago from some U.S. Navy SEALs I trained with. They were referring to doubling up on detonators for explosives but I’ve since applied this principle to knives, flashlights and, of course, concealed carry pistols. Another phrase you’ll hear tossed around is, “The fastest [...]
IWI Introducing the Masada Striker-Fired Pistol in 9mm
BY Max Slowik Updated: November 3, 2017The Masada is polymer-framed and striker-fired with fully-ambidextrous controls and three interchangeable backstraps, shipping in Q1 of 2018.
NEW: SAR 9 Full Review — SAR USA Imports Turkish Polymer Pistol
BY Patrick Kelley Updated: October 31, 2017Like you always do, you’ve done your “homework” and researched the crap out of your next purchase: be it a Smart TV, a camera, handgun or tires for your truck. And as a result of your data collection efforts, you eventually decide on an item knowing that it has “almost” all the features and qualities you had on your wish list. It is a pretty good bet that the guys who engineered the new SAR 9 from SAR USA have felt the same way.
Ruger’s Got 5 New Pocket Revolvers in .22 WMR through 9mm
BY Max Slowik Updated: October 31, 2017The new handguns all belong to the LCRx and SP101 series and are chambered for plinking and serious self-defense cartridges.