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Editor’s Rating: 8.0/10 Users’ Rating (Click a star to rate this gun.) Summary: Walt Rauch’s review, photos and rating of the Glock 43 pistol, plus user ratings, specs, pricing and a range report. (Click here to see all of Rauch’s handgun reviews.)
Editor’s Rating: 9.0/10 Users’ Rating (Click a star to rate this gun.)Summary: Jed Henson’s review of and rating for the Heckler & Koch VP9 pistol, including a description, range report, photos, pricing, specs and user ratings. (Click here to see all of Henson’s handgun reviews, handgun roundups and best-of articles.)
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In America, many of us gravitate toward the biggest, the baddest, the fastest. Hence the Corvette, Pamela Anderson, 60-inch TVs, Wild Turkey, Mike Tyson, the Kingda Ka roller coaster and the Super Bowl. This inclination has its adherents in the handgun world, too. Pistol power has been ratcheting up for, well, forever, and it’s due
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1911 pistol designed by John Browning and originally produced for the U.S. military. The 1911 is wildly popular today, with (at press time) 289 models under production by 25 manufacturers. Many of these manufacturers offer centennial-edition 1911s to commemorate the 100th anniversary. The design of these pistols
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Handguns chambered for .410-caliber shotshells have cultivated a growing fan base recently, particularly since heavyweight manufacturers Smith & Wesson (S&W) and Taurus introduced new .410-capable revolvers this year. It appears there’s just something about a pistol-sized shotgun that draws peoples’ interest. S&W and Taurus aren’t the only players in this market, of course, and neither
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This article pulls info for all semiauto 9mm pocketguns into one place. To make the cut, each pistol had to measure no more than 5.75″ long and 4.3″ tall. I came up with 13 guns by 10 manufacturers. Each pistol’s listing (below) is an excerpt from its main info page, which contains the gun’s full
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At last count, roughly 25 manufacturers are producing nearly 400 different 1911 models. They are available in a wide variety of calibers, including .45 ACP, 9mm, .38 Super, .40 SW and even .357 Magnum. Oh, and one really small cartridge: .22 LR. Why build the combat-oriented 1911 in diminutive .22 LR? Cost, for one thing.
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In recent years, pocketguns have surged in popularity. Numerous manufacturers now offer tiny handguns you can literally fit into a pocket, in a wide variety of calibers, actions, finishes, etc. This article pulls info for all semi-auto .380 ACP pocketguns into one place. To make the cut, each pistol had to measure no more than
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The CZ 75 is probably the second-most copied and/or sourced handgun in history behind only the Colt 1911 pistol. At least 11 manufacturers have produced CZ 75-style pistols in the past five years or so, in roughly 60 different models ranging from CZ-produced originals to outright clones to compacts built on polymer frames. And many
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Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time in gun-related forums, and I don’t know how many times I’ve seen a new-to-guns person post something along the lines of, “I’m looking to buy my first self-defense pistol, any advice?” Invariably, someone will respond, “Glock 19.” Sometimes with no explanation, just make and model. Brevity
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