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Springfield SA-35 4″ Polished Review: Beauty That Shoots

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The Springfield SA-35 4″ Polished looks like a pistol you should handle with white gloves. Don’t. This glossy, walnut-gripped 9mm delivered smooth cycling, a 0.99-inch best group and enough carry appeal to earn a spot in my everyday rotation.

SIG P385 Deep Dive: SIG Answers Your Biggest Questions

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At SIG NEXT, I sat down with Eric McKenzie, SIG Sauer’s Director of Commercial Product Management, to dig into the technical details of the new P385. Instead of covering the basic specs again, I pulled questions directly from YouTube comments, Reddit threads, GunsAmerica, and other discussions where shooters were asking things SIG had not really [...]

FN 309 pistol with magazine

FN 309 MRD Review: 300 Rounds, Zero Malfunctions

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The FN 309 MRD looks like FN went bargain hunting in its own parts bin, but 300 malfunction-free rounds and surprising accuracy turned this oddball budget 9mm into a serious shooter.

Tenet Vesper 6.5

Tenet Vesper 6.5 Review: 9.77 Oz of Quiet

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The Tenet Vesper 6.5 weighs just 9.77 oz without its thread protector, yet it delivers the kind of sound suppression I expected to require a much longer, heavier can. After testing its weight, length, accuracy, sound, and Horizon Brake, this suppressor left me wondering how Tenet stuffed this much performance into such a light package.

SIG MCX-LTAW: The LVAW-Inspired MCX Clone Builders Have Been Waiting For

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The SIG MCX-LTAW brings the look and concept of a notable special-operations MCX configuration to the commercial market, pairing a 6.75-inch .300 Blackout barrel with a suppressor-compatible heat-shield handguard and current-generation MCX controls.

Midwest Industries 10.5" Combat Rail

Midwest Industries Combat Rail: Does It Hold Zero?

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The Midwest Industries 10.5” Combat Rail spent over 2 and a half years on my primary AR before I hung 10lb and 25lb weights from it to see what really happens to laser zero. It stayed lightweight, slim, affordable, and impressively dependable, but the deflection numbers reveal exactly where hard barricade pressure can matter.

He Cut Out an Appendix 120 Feet Underwater

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At 22, Navy medic Johnny Lipes faced an impossible choice aboard the submerged USS Seadragon: improvise an appendectomy with kitchen utensils and raw ether, or watch a crewmate die.

SIG Sauer P385: New FCU, Recoil System, MagStrap Grip and Five Models

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The SIG P385 is not another P320 variation. We shot SIG’s new modular 9mm platform at SIG NEXT 2026 to see what its new FCU, low bore axis, recoil system and MagStrap grip actually bring to the range.

SIG Sauer P211 Full Size and Carry: Lighter 2011-Style Pistols for 2026

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SIG just put the P211 on a serious diet. The new P211 Full Size and P211 Carry keep the double-stack capacity, single-action trigger and optic-ready architecture while trading the heavier configuration for an aluminum alloy frame and polymer grip module.

SIG Sauer P226-X Agency: Agency Arms P226 With Integrated Comp

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The SIG P226-X Agency takes the familiar P226 and turns up the performance with an integrated compensator, bull barrel, AX3 trigger and enclosed ROMEO-X optic. After shooting it at SIG NEXT 2026, this was the pistol that surprised me most.