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The Rock Island Armory BBR 3.10 blends the styling, handling and chambering of the classic 1911 with the compact features and enhanced elements today's defensive shooters desire.

The story of the “high-capacity” M1911 pistol began more than a quarter-century ago. Once the province of small makers for action-pistol sports, the wide-body M1911, though not as popular the original single-stack, is still going strong.

FN America’s Military Collector Series just got a little shorter.

The Military Collector Series from FN America just got a little shorter.

A reader is puzzled by the fairly recent trend to call all 9 mm pistols and ammunition “9 mm Luger”—even jacketed hollow-point loads.

The announcement that the Para USA label is going away reflects inevitable changes in today’s business climate, but it forgot to mention a couple of great people.

The creators of the “double-stack” .45 are back and ready to turn up the heat in the M1911 consumer market. Meet the Para USA Elite Stainless, our latest Gun of the Week.

Associate Editor Joe Kurtenbach discusses the Para USA Elite Stainless, the latest addition to our Gun of the Week series.

Since the mid-1980s, Para-Ordnance, now Para USA, has been enhancing a classic American firearm, the M1911 semi-automatic pistol. Recent changes have kept Para out of the spotlight for several years, but now, with a fresh catalog of feature-filled guns, the creators of the “double-stack” .45 are back and ready to turn up the heat in the M1911 consumer market.