Beretta has continued to iterate on their surprisingly popular revival of the 80X Cheetah platform with this Tactical Special Edition. Built for real dirt-and-weather days, the new 80X Cheetah Tactical SA/DA .380 ACP now rocks a blacked-out slide, barrel, grips, and mag base pad against the bronz...
While it’s not bronzed in the literal sense of the word, Beretta continues expanding the modernized 80X Cheetah platform with the introduction of the newest Tactical Special Edition. The “80X Cheetah Tactical” is a dual-tone variant that layers additional “tactical” ...
More than a century after the debut of John Browning’s most celebrated handgun design, the year 2020 marked the beginning of Springfield Armory’s most recent 1911 makeover. Long known as a premium purveyor of the .45-caliber, two-time World War champ, Springfield’s catalog of 1911s had grow...
A machete attack inside Grand Central is a brutal reminder that New York’s “sensitive places” law does not stop violent criminals. It only leaves law-abiding citizens disarmed until armed police arrive after the damage is already done.
Military aircraft design of the Cold War era could be described as akin to physics, or, more specifically, to Newton’s Third Law of motion, which states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” From lessons learned in the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force determi...
The AK family of weapons is notorious, but the platform’s infamous partner is the 7.62×39 cartridge. Like Bonnie and Clyde, the AK’s reputation is inseparable from its chambering. That the cartridge is historically simple, robust, and effective is the key variable that makes the...
In the world of handgun optics, there are a few trends that are penetrating the industry right now. For one, people are in love with enclosed emitters. There are a bevy of benefits behind enclosed emitters that make them desirable to new and veteran shooters alike. Another trend is solar-powered ...
If you had asked me 30 years ago to recommend an inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster for a double-stack 1911 9mm, I would have thought you were completely out of your mind. Fitting that much gun into a low-profile holster seemed like a truly impossible task. Back in the early to mid-1990s, the dou...
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we talked about cool versus capable carry guns. If you happen to miss that article, be sure to click the link here. This week, we’ll start a multiple-part series about various holsters on the market and what's ...
Plano, a leader in hunting, fishing, and outdoor storage solutions, has brought out their newest system of outdoor organization. The new adventure-ready Plano GoNow storage system is an elevated outdoor gear storage and organization box system. The GoNow boxes are available in both a small and a ...