Glock: How The Polymer Pistol Changed the Handgun Market Forever
Glock helped push American handguns from revolvers and steel-framed pistols into the polymer, striker-fired era. This is how Glock changed the market.
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Alisha Curtin Talks Concealed Carry & Gun Owners Radio
Charlie Cook sits down with Alisha Curtin of San Diego Concealed Carry and Gun Owners Radio to talk about her path into firearms training, working with women shooters, California CCW instruction, and her first trip to SHOT Show.
Florida Tax Holiday Includes Guns, Ammo, Suppressors & Firearm Accessories
Florida lawmakers passed HB 7031E, a major tax package that includes a sales tax holiday for firearms, ammunition, suppressors, listed firearm accessories, and hunting, fishing, and camping supplies.
SIG Sauer P211 Goes Non-Comp With GT4 Carry and GT5 Full-Size
When SIG Sauer launched the P211 GTO in 2025, it made a statement: a steel-framed, double-stack 1911-architecture 9mm with an integrated compensator and the kind of fit and finish that makes serious competitors stop and take a second look. The obvious follow-up shot (pun intended) was: what...
AllOutdoor Review – GORUCK Aviator’s Kit Bag in X-PAC
The older I get, the less keen I am on having a different bag for every occasion. I’d much prefer to have one bag that does it all for traveling, work and everyday use. I’ve gone through a couple of dedicated flight bags, duffels and backpacks over the years and while most are excellent a...
Day 50 of the 100 Days of Silence Is a Complete Suppressed 9mm Carry Build — Here’s the $2,347.74 Prize Stack
The June 5 prize package carries a verified ARV of $2,347.74. It is built around a modular striker-fired duty pistol, a 2.7 ounce titanium 9mm suppressor, the Form 4 handled by Silencer Central, a PDW grip module, subsonic ammunition, and digital maintenance tracking from my app. Sponsor Ite...
Federal Imbues Peak Alloy Technology into the New 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak
Federal Premium has imbued their Peak Alloy Technology into a new cartridge that is scintillatingly hot in the new 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak. What Federal has effectively done with this new kid on the block is deploy their quality components – primers, powders, projectiles, and Peak Alloy casing...
PSA Rock Compact: 5.7 Carry Perfected?
The PSA Rock Compact brings 5.7x28mm performance into a smaller, carry-friendly pistol with 21-round capacity, low recoil, optics-ready features, and a reasonable price.
POTD: General Harding’s USMC 1911 – A General’s Sidearm
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1913-frame Colt Model 1911 in the USMC serial range, documented as owned by U.S. Army Major General Edwin Forrest Harding. He gifted it to a family friend named Robert James when James came home to Franklin, Ohio after the Korean War. Hardin...
TFB Review: Springfield Armory XD Mod.4 9mm OSP
The XD series of handguns from Springfield Armory have been available for over a quarter century: 25+ years now. Having seen multiple iterations and upgrades, this truly is a suite of varying pistols for evolving needs: XD, XD Mod.2, XDS, XDS Mod.2, XDM, XDM Elite, and the XD Mod.3 round out that...