At The Door
Let’s talk about home defense for a bit. Yes, I am shifting gears from competition for my next few posts. After delving deeper into my own situation and thinkin...
Category: handguns
My Time with an XD
Between August 2014 and May 2015 I put 4387 rounds through an XD 9 Tactical. That included a 3 day class (in the rain and mud) with Ben Stoeger that saw 1877 ro...
Ernest Langdon and the Beretta PX4
Way back when, a guy bought a SIG P220ST at a local gunshop. He then took that double action/single action (DA/SA) .45ACP and famously “tore down the hou...
Improving the J frame – Wilson Combat Custom Tune Spring Kit
Handguns are, by a wide margin, the most difficult firearms to shoot accurately due in part to their relatively small size and the inability to stabilize them a...
Merits and Misunderstandings of the Double Action Trigger
The success of the Glock family of pistols and the numerous variations on the polymer-framed, striker-fired theme that exist on the market today has led many to...
The 5 Greatest Military Pistols
The dawn of the semi-automatic pistol era changed the service handgun landscape forever. Up until the Mauser became the first self-loader to be widely used in c...
Where are all these high round count Hi-Points?
Yesterday I wrote a post about five terrible guns you should never buy; noticeably absent from the list were Hi-Points. While I’m not a big fan of the Hi-...
First Look: SIRT Pro Training Pistol
After reviewing a number of laser training systems, I now have the pleasure of testing Next Level Training’s SIRT Pro Training Pistol. I got a few minutes...
The Underrated Beretta 92
Yesterday afternoon Wilson Combat, purveyor of some of the most desirable custom 1911’s on the market, announced that they had paired up with Ernie Langdo...
Buying a Recalled Gun
A little over a year ago I wrote a post about a concealed carry pistol for which I had fallen. The XDs 3.3 9mm was introduced at SHOTShow 2013. I shot it, and a...