FN’s 5.7x28mm was designed for a late-Cold-War problem: compact weapons that could outperform 9mm where armor, range, and controllability mattered. It never replaced 9mm, but NATO standardization proved the cartridge was more than a failed experiment.
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We are awash in good-quality budget red dots these days. Optics like the ROMEO5 and the Holosun 403 provide an effective, albeit bare-bones, optical option for a fair price. It wasn’t always that way. There was a time when you had to decide between spending a mortgage payment on an Aimpoint or ...
I used to love working at the VA hospital. Just like everything Uncle Sam does, the Veterans Administration is bloated, inefficient, and frustrating. However, back when I worked there as a physician we still had a proper crop of World War II veterans who needed inpatient care. That was Candyland ...
Enclosed emitters are gaining a lot of momentum and popularity nowadays, and Steiner has just dropped an updated version of theirs: the MPS 2.0 micro pistol sight. With newly enhanced features like larger buttons, better battery life, and the same price-point as before (no price increase for even...
The top-loading KelTec PR57 carries 21 rounds of 5.7x28mm while weighing only 19 ounces loaded. Our range testing produced tight groups at 25 yards and repeatable hits at 100.
The Springfield Armory Echelon has been the darling of Geneseo, Illinois ever since its inception for innumerable reasons. The supremely-clever optics mounting system, texturing/stippling that borders on coming from a Custom Shop, a chassis design for ultimate modularity, and flat out performance...
You don’t hear a lot about handgun hunting these days, and I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the rise of the autoloader—I’d argue there was more interest in handgun hunting when six-guns were the norm. Or maybe it’s just because hunters interested in the up-close-an...
I have covered the history of the Colt 1862 Police and its place in the Colt percussion revolver lineage in a four-part Curious Relics series right here on AllOutdoor. All four parts will be live by the time you’re reading this, so if you want the full backstory on what this Uberti 1862 Pol...