Pistol

Time is ticking down to the NRA show, and we’ve got another new sub-compact pistol to look forward to. Beretta has announced their new APX Carry, a striker-fired, single-stack 9mm.

When a terrorist tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II by shooting him four times, the weapon was a Browning Hi-Power. But the story didn’t end the way you’d expect.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is making the move to 9mm Luger and issuing all-new compact and full-size Glock pistols to its personnel.

The Rock Island Armory PRO Match Ultra is a super-sized version of Browning’s eternal classic, the 1911. Competition-oriented, the PRO Match has a 5” Bull Barrel and a rail-free dust cover pushing weight forward for stability. The big steel double-stack frame holds sixteen rounds of versatile .40 Smith & Wesson, a round favored by both competitors and police agencies.

As we draw closer to NRA’s annual meeting in two weeks, Ruger has announced another new weapon, and it’s a welcome addition to their pistol lineup: The Security 9 compact, Model 3818.

The Springfield Armory Defender Series offers their proven, reliable guns at a discounted rate for a limited time. The first pistols available in the Defender Series are the XD 4” Full size and XD 3” Sub-Compact both in 9mm.

“Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan!”  The quote has been attributed to several people, including President John F. Kennedy.  I think the phrase is applicable to Kimber’s new EVO SP pistol.  The EVO SP, in general, is a successor to the ill-fated Solo.  First introduced in 2011, the Solo was a sub-compact, [...]

In this installment of our ongoing review of infamous assassination weapons, we probe the very depths of darkness and hate. The victim was a shock radio host, the assassins were dedicated white supremacists, and the weapon was an illegally converted full auto MAC10.

Smith & Wesson is expanding their very successful M&P Shield series with nine new models with longer slides and 4-inch barrels.