Gun Review: Ruger SR22
Sturm, Ruger & Co. has been a major player in the .22 pistol market since its corporate coming out party in 1949. The company has been selling variations on the Ruger Standard pistol for...
Home Defense Firearms: A Long Gun Rebuttal
Reader Sean Counihan has a bone to pick with Nick Leghorn's recent piece on home defense and rifles:
First off, I would like to qualify that I am not an expert in this arena by...
Self Defense Tip: Don’t Use a Rifle
I've done a couple posts in the last few months talking about self defense rifles. Like this one. And this one. I wrote both articles because someone was looking for a self defense rifle...
Gun Review: GLOCK 19 Gen4 9mm Pistol
When Gaston Glock introduced his GLOCK 17 Austrian duty pistol made it to the USA, American gun-buying habits were transformed. Despite (or because of) the furore surrounding Glock's "plastic" pistol--supposedly invisible to airport metal...
First Time CHL: Concealed Carry Gun Choice. Help!
In my first post in this series on obtaining a Texas Concealed Handgun License (CHL), I decided I wanted a 1911 as my carry gun. Then I realized that my brain turns to goo when I have...
Gun Review: SCAR 17S (Semi-Auto Civilian SCAR-H)
The United States hasn't fielded a true .30 caliber battle rifle since Vietnam when the M-14 was replaced. And for good reason. A "full size" rifle cartridge like the 7.62 NATO has a lot...
Gear Review: Galco King Tuck Holster
“Untuck your shirt and put a man’s gun on your hip. Done.” said Robert Farago through teeth clenching a massive Honduran cigar stub. I was trying to explain why I preferred a pocket pistol...
Gun Review: Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun
Every now and then an invention completely redefines a genre. The iPhone. The microwave oven. Snuggies. The Kel-Tec KSG. While the 14+1 round shotgun doesn't instantly render current home defense scatterguns obsolete---wait. There's no...
SERPA Holsters Should Be Discontinued
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYvAxLX6OzE
I was at a competition pistol class last week in preparation for the FNH 3-Gun Championship (videos here) when something disturbing happened: the person next to me had a negligent discharge straight into the...
Ask TTAG: What About Self Defense Shotguns for Home Defense?
A reader writes:
I'm a new reader and was wondering if you've ever posted about home defense shotguns and what to look for when purchasing one. If not, would you be able to point me...
Gun Review: GLOCK 20 10mm Auto
Hype. It's a word synonymous with 10mm Auto. Developed by Col. Jeff Cooper, carried by Sonny Crockett, known in the firearms fraternity as "the cartridge the FBI couldn’t handle,” 10mm Auto has achieved near...
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 642
They only carry five rounds of .38 Spl +P ammunition and, at 15 ounces, they weigh about the same as some autoloaders that hold more rounds. At first blush, it might seem that Smith...