Semi-Auto Handguns

Let’s get this up front: the semi-automatic modern sporting rifle (MSR) is easily the most popular rifle platform in the United States today, and one...

For years, I didn’t care for the Model 1911 pistol for a combination of reasons. The specimens I had a chance to fire as a much younger fellow weren’t...

The guys at Ruger make me crazy — it’s probably not that difficult — because it seems every time I turn around, they’ve lifted the cover on another...

When the National Rifle Association (NRA) met earlier this month for its annual meeting in Dallas, the timing for FN could not have been better. Days...

From its beginnings in the late 1980s, Kahr Arms has been a dynamic innovator in the realm of concealable handguns. The compact, finely engineered models...

Chambered for the potent 9mm cartridge, which has gone through a serious phase of evolution over the past two decades thanks to advances in propellants and...

I shot the new SIG SAUER’s 9mm P210 Target model, and in my all-too-short visit, I managed to get a very favorable impression of this slick semi-auto.

The HK VP9 is a full-size pistol in 15-shot 9mm and .40 S&W (called the VP40, capacity is 13). Ours is basic black, but other versions have frames in grey,...

It always warms my shooting spirit to see things turn out the way they are supposed to.

One of the Big Things at the 2017 NRA Show in Atlanta was Springfield Armory’s new polymer-frame XD-E, the company’s first double-action semi-automatic...

There isn’t any real reason why anybody would need to pack a .300 AAC AR pocket howitzer in a shoulder rig for personal protection. However, you also...

Our editorial director Roy Huntington first called my attention to the Honor Guard pistol at SHOT Show and introduced me to the guy responsible for it, Gary...

Outpost 20, May 14, 1918, 2 a.m. Pvt. Henry Johnson and Pvt. Needham Roberts were manning the forward observation post in the Argonne Forest in the...

Christmas comes but once a year they say. But if you do it right, once a year is more than enough. To use an overworked, semi-obnoxious piece of...

A lot of engineering has gone into “shoehorning” the 9mm Luger into the 1911 frame designed for the .45 ACP. The simplest solution (albeit initially the...

If by some miracle there had been a machine with the magic X-ray capability allowing a look in to my handgunnin’ heart 25 years ago, the largest chamber...

Springfield Armory first introduced the Croatian-made HS200 as their flagship XD pistol in 2002. It was my first lengthy exposure to a striker-fired...

We live in the strangest of times. Terrorism can strike anywhere and anytime. Civil unrest turns neighborhoods into war zones and weather-gone-wild...

I like the 9mm M9 service pistol. It’s been in GI holsters now for over 30 years, it’s fought wars and pacified the streets of many of our cities in...

The genius of John Browning can be seen not only by the fact his basic 1911 design is still going strong after more than a century, but also because so many...

Women face several challenges when it comes to concealed carry.

I recently reconstructed a gentleman’s left hand after he had an unfortunate encounter with a belligerent canine. The dog’s owner arrived before things...

The Springfield Armory XD series has come a long way since it began as the re-branded Croatian HS2000. We've seen the superb XD(M), a refinement springing...

When it comes to personal defense handguns, a person’s innate proclivities are put on display. Some folks swear by revolvers while others will fill their...