Category Archives: Handguns

The Five-Yard Roundup

A No-Nonsense 10-Shot, 4-Stage Defensive Test By Massad Ayoob For 20 years now, master trainer Tom Givens has run his

Old Colts Are Forever Massad Ayoob Photos: Gail Pepin I don’t know a lot of folks still driving their ancestors’

You Gotta Focus! By Massad Ayoob When I started teaching cops in 1972, they weren’t actually bad at quick draw.

By Massad Ayoob Photos: Gail Pepin On January 22, 2018, GLOCK released its newest pistol to the public — the

An Easy-To-Manipulate Delight By Jeff John Nine to Five ain’t just a movie title: The S&W Shield EZ isn’t much

Muzzle Blast Basics By Will Dabbs, MD No matter how you slice it, day or night, muzzle flash looks super

By John Taffin We’ve all come across a particularly interesting classic gun we wished could talk. But sometimes they do

By Tank Hoover You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mr. Fliiiinch…!” Dr. Seuss nails

SP101 Match Champion By Massad Ayoob Photos: Gail Pepin The SP101 Match Champion is a handsome, ruggedly built .357. Built

By Massad Ayoob Tim Smith, editor of Airgun Hobbyist, was devoting a whole issue to safety and asked me why

A Little Perspective, Please … By Massad Ayoob In 1968 pickings were slim for new handguns. In the “US Pistols

Expensive Handguns Aren’t Necessarily Better! By Massad Ayoob For 2017, my training year ended in mid-December with a third-level class

A Bargain-Priced Detective Special Proves Its Inner Beauty By Massad Ayoob So there I was in one of my favorite

When “WANT” Trumps NEED By Massad Ayoob I am Uncle Mas, and I am one of you, so don’t try