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I Went to the Range and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

August 19, 2011 by ttag

Everyone and their mother has tested the new Springfield XD(M) 5.25 Competition Series pistol. Except us. Rest assured TTAG will review the gun in full. Meanwhile, you can get your hands on one right now. Today. “Springfield Armory® is happy [and we’re happy that they’re happy] to announce your chance to ‘Test Drive’ an XD® & XD(M)® pistol for $10, and receive a FREE, XD(M)® 5.25 Competition Series t-shirt.” Wait. You pay $10 and get a free T-shirt? Define “free.” Something about nothing left to lose? Springfield’s “Test Drive” program runs from the 19th to the 23rd of August. The package deal includes . . .

Springfield Armory’s Hosting a Duel. (Not THAT kind of duel.)

May 8, 2011 by ttag

Every so often, a gun manufacturer comes up with a promotional idea that involves free stuff. (Here at TTAG, we like free stuff.) Unfortunately, we came away from the NRA shindig swag-less, as far as Springer is concerned. You, however, may be a little more lucky. SA’s holding a “duel” between their XDm 3.8 Compact … Read more

Gun Review: Springfield Armory XDm-45ACP

November 1, 2010 by Patrick Carrube

JM Browning was the greatest firearms designer who ever lived. The Utah-born gunmaker held 128 unique firearms patents. His work is one of the main reasons that I’m typing this review in English, and not German. Gaston Glock was a thermoplastic expert and a pretty amazing engineer in his own right. If Mr. Browning … Read more

Gun Review: Springfield XD-M 3.8 9mm

July 26, 2010 by Robert Farago

My mother has a “shit list.” You do NOT want to be on my mother’s shit list. She can make Devil’s Island seem like the Ritz Carlton. And once you’re on my mother’s shit list, you’re on it. It doesn’t matter if you suck up to her like a remora fish on a shark. There’s no coming back. I take the same approach to guns. If a firearm fails, I will never trust the gun again. It’s dead to me. Now clock the video above and imagine how I felt when the slide of my new carry gun, the Springfield XD-M, failed to lock back. The Apollo 13 astronauts were the last people to experience the same sort of sinking feeling about a mechanical malfunction. And yet . . .

How Many Bullets Do You Need in Your Home Defense Handgun?

July 25, 2010 by Robert Farago

A handgun is not a shotgun. A handgun doesn’t fire as much lead as a shotgun. A handgun is harder to aim than a shotgun. Provided the shotgun in question is loaded with double ought buck and fired from a relatively close distance, the disparity in lethality is so great that many security experts pose the following question: what’s the main purpose of a home defense handgun? To fight your way to your shotgun. This much is true: if you’re trying to stop someone from killing yourself or your loved ones using a handgun, you’re going to need to pull the trigger more than once. So you’ll need more than one bullet. But how many?

Gun Review: Springfield Armory M1A Scout Squad

July 14, 2010 by Bryan Hyde

Che Guevara wore a Rolex GMT Master. He also drove a Norton motorcycle. He would have loved the Springfield Armory M1A Scout Squad rifle. Like the watch and the bike, it’s a high-quality heavyweight; a well-crafted precision instrument whose durability inspires confidence. OK, maybe not so much the Norton. And on second thought, maybe it’s a good thing that the Cuban revolutionary didn’t have 7.62 caliber Springfield Armory M1A Scout Squad. Meanwhile, lucky you.

Hollywood Hooey: The Phantom (SyFy)

June 21, 2010 by ttag

I’m blowing off a little steam tonight, watching the SyFy network, with one of their original movies – an updating of the Phantom franchise as what was apparently a two-part miniseries – as the video equivalent of cotton candy (no nutritional value). I’m in the middle of this live-action comic book, when the faithful family retainer tells the 22nd Kit Walker all about his daddy’s guns. “They’re a Colt 1911,” he says, and opens a case to reveal what are clearly marked as Springfield Armory 1911s. (Note to Springfield Armory: next time you boys in P.R. are gonna do a product placement in a movie, you might want to make sure the script doesn’t mention your competitors, even when showing your products.) The faithful retainer goes on to say “custom modified to chamber a 451 Magnum instead of the standard .45 ACP.” Um wait a tick…four fifty ONE Magnum? Whaaa?

What Makes a 1911, a 1911?

April 22, 2010 by ttag

Gun Review: Springfield Loaded 1911-A1

February 2, 2025March 18, 2010 by admin

When you think about handguns that have made their mark in the public’s mind, there is, hands down, no firearm more iconic than the venerable creation of John Browning, the Model 1911-AI. Call it a “1911,” a “Colt .45 auto” or a “Navy .45,” this was the gun that got us through WWII, the Korean War, and just about every conflict since. But if you’re late to the party, you might not realize that 1911s were not always held in such reverence. Nope. After WWII, a huge number of surplus 1911s flooded the market. Some good. Many of them not so good. In fact, it was far more likely to find a 1911 that wouldn’t even run, than it was to find one that was a lean, mean, fightin’ machine. As well, there were certain design idiosyncrasies that made the 1911 less than fun to shoot – especially the combo of grip safety and hammer that had a nasty tendency to take a bite out of your shooting hand at inappropriate times.

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