Question of the Day: Why Do They Call it a Slide Stop?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBVsy4cdSw After watching forty TV shows about killing Bambi (albeit on fast forward) and a NRA-supported program so dull it should have been named The Adventures of Ambien and Zolpidem, I am SO ready...

“They’re Extremely Amazed at the Magic That Occurs in the Instructor’s Finger”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stdPprSsQ8A I bet they are (2:04). Anyway, grasshopper, you must let the gun decide when it's ready to fire. Apparently.

Salute to the 1911. And Karl Lippard

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The U.S. Army adopted John Moses Browning's 1911 design one hundred years ago yesterday. Mazel Tov! While we can debate the 1911's modern day utility, there's no denying Browning's genius or his gun's combat...

Glock Gen4 G17, G19, G26 Preview

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Glock. Brick. Gen4 Glock. Less of a brick? While the Austrian gunmaker's flagged the fact that there's a new recoil reducer on board, the main question swirling around the latest iteration of Gaston Glocks...

Goldilocks Gun? Steyr Arms C9-A1 Handgun

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Other than anti-Glockism, why would a gun buyer opt for a Steyr over a Glock? After shooting the Steyr Arms C9-A1 at the Shot Show's desert demo grounds, I reckon the Steyr has a...

Gun Review: Nagant m1895 Revolver

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There’s a fatal flaw in revolver design: the cylinder gap. It’s dangerous to the shooter, wreaks havoc with night vision, and bleeds off enough gas that it significantly affects the muzzle velocity. Thankfully there’s...

Gun Show Loophole Jihad Spreads to Classified Ads

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"KSL.com will soon decide whether to keep, close or modify the handguns and firearms category of its free classified ad site, after rumors arose that the private sales could circumvent laws designed to keep...

MasterPiece Arms Protector .380 FTF

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFHXTFO_p1I I spent part of today working on the MasterPiece Arms Protector .380 review. Houston, we had a problem. The video above chronicles my second attempt to shoot the gun using PPU 94-grain FMJ .380...

Incendiary Image of the Day: Shack Attack Edition

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Huh? From what does Dish Network protect you? Cable envy? Still, no one ever went broke underestimating gun owners' inability to reject cognitive dissonance. Maybe it's a Montana thing. "I think it really, really...

Obscure Object of Desire: Coonan Classic .357 Magnum Automatic

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TTAG reported on the imminent return of Dan Coonan's .357 automatic back in July. Since then, the gun has been officially released to the general public. As promised, it sells for $1199. Add a...

Texas Moves to Make 1847 Walker Colt Revolver Official State Gun

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Now that Utah's broken the official state gun cherry, elevating the Browning M1911 to the bureaucratic equivalent of sainthood, other U.S. states want in. Arizona's still dithering about the Colt single-action army revolver. Meanwhile, Texans for...