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Inspired by the popular CZ-75 design, this lightweight Turkish pistol is well-made and accurate, especially for the price.
November 15, 2013
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Designed for uniformed professionals, this full-size 1911 successfully blends custom features shooters want with the accuracy the job demands.
November 04, 2013
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John Moses Browning’s iconic handgun has been continuously improved during its more than 100 years of use, and its accuracy just keeps getting better.
September 11, 2013
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Back in the 70s, there was a great deal of experience behind police trainers and the procedures used to make competent handgunners out of rookie cops. For the most part instructors were teaching the use of wheelguns, one of the more forgiving handguns ever made. But the move to automatic pistols came along in that period and things changed. Police adopted autos, quickly deposing the DA/SA revolver. SigSauer/Beretta/S&W and a few other autos were the first guns of choice. Most of the guns of that day were cocked for the first shot by trigger pressure, with subsequent shots cocking when the slide recoiled and returned to battery. A first-class trainer, whose experience spans those early years to date, recently commented to me that it was actually easier to teach DA/SA autos when everyone was coming off revolver skills.
March 26, 2013
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With a little more care and craftsmanship in fit and finish, this Argentine offering could become a real competitor in the concealed-carry market.
October 16, 2012
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I know that it is considered unmanly, but we are all going to have to accept the necessity for reading the little book that comes with our new firearms. Modern automatic pistols are examples of advanced design and engineering, but they are also different from the handguns of years ago. I can clearly remember a time when all readily available pistols had single-action triggers and manual safeties, high on the left side of the frame. The operating procedure was pretty much the same for the all. But then the GIs started coming back with souvenir P38s and PPKs in their dufflebags and everything began to change. For the first time, we had semi-auto pistols with both DA and SA triggers in the same gun. It was all in the name of progress, but it could be confusing.
February 01, 2012
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A reader responded to a blog with his concerns over proper use of the terms “automatic” and “semi-automatic.” In terms of describing the type of action used in many magazine-fed firearms, automatic means continuous fire as long as the trigger is depressed and ammo is available in the gun. Semi-automatic means one shot for each trigger press and reset.
January 11, 2012
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