Building on its hugely popular SAR9 pistol platform, SAR Firearms refined the design and released the GEN3. The striker-fired pistol has been designed and engineered with sports shooters and personal defense customers in mind. For this reason, SAR enhanced it with premium features to promote enhanced comfort, handling, and accuracy.
Stoeger Industries brought some big bore action to this year’s SHOT Show with its new STR-45 chambered in .45 ACP. Building on the popularity of the STR-9 series, the STR-45 will be familiar to fans of the STR series. Not to mention, the new offering delivers 13+1 rounds of the
Another SHOT Show is in the bag, and, as always, Athlon Outdoors was in attendance. The show is 18 acres (13.9 miles of aisles), with 2,500 exhibitors showcasing their latest guns, gear, and more. This year, Combat Handguns unleashed me with the orders to root out the best full-size handguns
What do you get when you take an Army Vet who is also a competitive shooter and former law enforcement officer and put him in the same room with an aerospace engineer with a manufacturing background? You get one incredibly badass pistol from a company with one of the most
Known for its popular theme-based 1911 series, SK Customs collaborates with Springfield Armory to release the Michelangelo. First in the upcoming Italian Renaissance series, to run through 2024, it will have a limited run of 250 pieces. The 1911 showcases iconic works of the historic artist and inventor with 24K
Ever since John Moses Browning invented the iconic 1911 and the U.S. Army adopted it into service on March 29, 1911, the world has seen hundreds if not thousands of different 1911s come to market. Nearly all those different guns have had the exact same design with some minor changes
It seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same. In 2020, I wrote an article on a Colt Classic 1911 that was being offered by Nighthawk Custom. Nighthawk took the Classic model and upgraded it without losing the Colt flavor. 1911 fans loved the pistols, and
Last April, Kimber introduced their KDS9c pistol, and it was an immediate success. The gun possesses a hammer-fired, 1911 fire-control group and a tapered double-column magazine. This gives its user a 15 + 1 capacity of 9mm rounds. And now, the new KDS9c Rail from Kimber takes the popular platform
Who doesn’t love the HK MP5? There is just something cathartic about giving the charging handle a slap and hitting the giggle switch. Since its beginning, Military Armament Corporation has had its eye on the iconic platform and has now released its version with the MAC 5 and 5K. The
