| 1996 American Handgunner Magazine Articles
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| ITEM | article title | author | issue date | firearm | subject | page |
| HJF9641 | Sixgunner, The | Taffin, John | Jan/Feb 1996 | Years of big bore shooting take their toll on a shooter’s wrists | 41 | |
| HJF9642 | Ayoob Files, The | Ayoob, Massad | Jan/Feb 1996 | Lessons of the Lost: Mistakes in self-defense shootings | 42 | |
| HJF9652 | Air Hammerli | Baiocco, Sam | Jan/Feb 1996 | Air Hammerli | Totally off-scale Swiss air pistol drives tacks | 52 |
| HJF9658 | IPSC North American Championships | Hopkins, Cameron | Jan/Feb 1996 | Pop a few Advil, and the Nolan Ryan of IPSC wins again | 58 | |
| HJF9664 | Ultra-Compact .45 | Petty, Charles | Jan/Feb 1996 | Ultra-Compact .45 | New sub-compact carry guns from Springfield Armory | 64 |
| HJF9670 | Test Report: Star Ultrastar | Petty, Charles | Jan/Feb 1996 | Star Ultrastar | Polymer pocket pistol provides potent performance | 70 |
| HJF9672 | Taffin Tests | Taffin, John | Jan/Feb 1996 | .44 Special | The classic .44 Special is still this sixgunner’s all-time favorite | 72 |
| HJF9676 | Die Yuppie Scum! | Ayoob, Massad | Jan/Feb 1996 | A realistic survival match where the target shoots back | 76 | |
| HJF9680 | Better Shooting | Anderson, Dave | Jan/Feb 1996 | Physical conditioning for the shooting sports | 80 | |
| HJF9684 | Test Report: Ruger Single Six | Taffin, John | Jan/Feb 1996 | Ruger Single Six | Strap one on and let your mind take you to a simpler time | 84 |
| HJF9696 | American Handgunner’s Club 100 | Jan/Feb 1996 | A roster of the top 100 pistolsmiths in America | 96 | ||
| HJF96115 | American Handgunner Postal Match | Roberts, John | Jan/Feb 1996 | Aussie shooter captures honors in world’s biggest IPSC match | 115 | |
| HJA9643 | Sixgunner, The | Taffin, John | July/August 1996 | .50 AE | How about a lightweight .50 AE for your ultimate packin’ pistol | 43 |
| HJA9644 | Test Report: Ruger Old Army | Taffin, John | July/August 1996 | Ruger Old Army | Blackpowder “modern classic” is a real shooter | 44 |
| HJA9646 | Ayoob Files, The | Ayoob, Massad | July/August 1996 | Death of a street cop | 46 | |
| HJA9648 | Taffin Tests | Taffin, John | July/August 1996 | .308 Winchester | Range testing the .308 Win. in handgun barrel lengths | 48 |
| HJA9653 | Have a Gun | Tillman, Barrett | July/August 1996 | The first rule in a gunfight and the world’s most embarrassing | 53 | |
| HJA9654 | Experts Pick the Best Carry Guns | A.H. Staff | July/August 1996 | Seven of our editors give you a no BS recommendation | 54 | |
| HJA9656 | An Armed Society is a Polite Society | Ayoob, Massad | July/August 1996 | Etiquette for carrying a concealed handgun | 56 | |
| HJA9658 | (Not) Seeing is Believing | Petty, Charles | July/August 1996 | A buyer’s guide to holsters for concealed carry | 58 | |
| HJA9660 | Full Circle on Concealed Carry | Van Schuyver, Mark | July/August 1996 | How a first-time CCW holder came to choose his holster | 60 | |
| HJA9661 | Shoot, Don’t Shoot | Wenner, Joan | July/August 1996 | The legal aspects of self-defense shooting | 61 | |
| HJA9662 | Mini Glocks | Ayoob, Massad | July/August 1996 | Hottest carry guns on the streets right now, chopped Glocks | 62 | |
| HJA9668 | Hired Gun | Leatham, Nyle | July/August 1996 | What is it really like to be a pro shooter | 68 | |
| HJA9672 | Seecamp! | Ayoob, Massad | July/August 1996 | Seecamp | Why there’s such a lot of fuss over such a little gun | 72 |
| HJA9678 | The Amazing Ultramatic | Adam, Rob | July/August 1996 | Ultramatic | New and different, it is also severely “reliability challenged” | 78 |
| HJA9680 | Better Shooting | Anderson, Dave | July/August 1996 | Manual of arms for properly loading and unloading a handgun | 80 | |
| HMA9634 | Ayoob Files, The | Ayoob, Massad | March/April 1996 | Using a knife for self-defense raises different issues than using a gun | 34 | |
| HMA9644 | Taffin Tests | Taffin, John | March/April 1996 | .22 Hornet | Going way back to the .22 Hornet, it’s still a hot performer | 44 |
| HMA9648 | Combat Shooting | Anderson, Dave | March/April 1996 | Jerry Barnhart wins the U.S. Nationals with a tactical combat pistol | 48 | |
| HMA9653 | Test Report: Ruger Vaquero | Taffin, John | March/April 1996 | Ruger Vaquero | An overnight classic is born | 53 |
| HMA9660 | Colt Tactical Model | Hopkins, Cameron | March/April 1996 | Gov’t Model | A new version of the Gov’t Model is a tour de force of top features | 60 |
| HMA9654 | Cowboy Action Shooting | Tillman, Barrett | March/April 1996 | Recreating the romance of the Old West at a shooting match | 54 | |
| HMA9668 | 1995 IHMSA Internationals | Scotto, Mary | March/April 1996 | The biggest match in the handgun world | 68 | |
| HMA9674 | What Went Wrong in Quincy? | Hopkins, Cameron | March/April 1996 | The Masters disintegrates in the worst scandal in shooting sports history | 74 | |
| HMA9677 | Better Shooting | Anderson, Dave | March/April 1996 | Physical conditioning for the shooting sports | 77 | |
| HMA9651 | Guns & Gear of the Limited Nationals | Adam, Rob | March/April 1996 | Limiting the arms race was the intent, is it working | 51 | |
| HMA96114 | Test Report: Black Hills Ammo | Williams, Dick | March/April 1996 | Hard-hitting hunting loads for big game | 114 | |
| HMA96115 | Sixgunner, The | Taffin, John | March/April 1996 | Factory loaded .44 Magnum hunting loads | 115 | |
| HMJ9636 | Ayoob Files, The | Ayoob, Massad | May/June 1996 | He lives in a chicken coop and he shoots drunks | 36 | |
| HMJ9638 | Better Shooting | Anderson, Dave | May/June 1996 | Build a shooter’s library with Dave’s favorite reads | 38 | |
| HMJ9646 | Taffin Tests | Taffin, John | May/June 1996 | .300 Whisper | Range testing the .300 Whisper for hunting and silhouette | 46 |
| HMJ9648 | Sixgunner, The | Taffin, John | May/June 1996 | How to personalize your sixguns with inexpensive custom touches | 48 | |
| HMJ9650 | Mr. .45 | Rychetnik, Joe | May/June 1996 | The dean of pistolsmiths, Armand Swenson, will tune no more | 50 | |
| HMJ9654 | S&W Pocket Rocket | Petty, Charles | May/June 1996 | .357 J-frame Centennial | Smith rechambers their little J-frame Centennial into a potent .357 Magnum | 54 |
| HMJ9660 | USPSA Open Nationals | Anderson, Dave | May/June 1996 | Rob Leatham roars back with a stunning come from behind victory | 60 | |
| HMJ9663 | Broken Gun Ranch Rugers | Petty, Charles | May/June 1996 | Ruger “Colt grip” .22 | Customizing the Ruger “Colt grip” into a great combat plinker | 63 |
| HMJ9664 | Pistolsmith Profile: Mike Watkins | Cannon, Jerry | May/June 1996 | Secretary of the Pistolsmiths Guild, a 1911 specialist | 64 | |
| HMJ9668 | Para-Ordnance Stainless | Ayoob, Massad | May/June 1996 | Para-Ordnance high capacity 1911 | The originator of the high capacity 1911 now offers a rugged stainless finish | 68 |
| HMJ9672 | Is This the Best Kit Gun? | Cumpston, Mike | May/June 1996 | S&W Model 60-4 | S&W Model 60-4 gets the author’s vote as the best trail/camp pistol | 72 |
| HMJ9674 | Ciener Government Model Conversion | James, Frank | May/June 1996 | New top .22 top end for 1911 pistols | 74 | |
| HMJ9677 | Test Report: Pro Load 100 | Hopkins, Cameron | May/June 1996 | Clever new reloading tool to take the swelling out of IPSC brass | 77 | |
| HMJ9666 | 1996 Guild Gun | AH Staff | May/June 1996 | Ruger Vaquero | A sensational tour de force of custom gunsmithing talent— and you could win it. | 66 |
| HND9684 | Timeless .22 | Rees, Clair | Noc/Dec 1996 | Ruger Mark II | Bill Ruger’s first gun, and still his best | 84 |
| HND9639 | Better Shooting | Anderson, Dave | Nov/Dec 1996 | How to shoot groups from a rest with a handgun | 39 | |
| HND9656 | Ed Brown’s Classic .45 | Hopkins, Cameron | Nov/Dec 1996 | Classic .45 | The legendary gunsmith Ed Brown is back | 56 |
| HND9660 | The Million Dollar Man | Anderson, Dave | Nov/Dec 1996 | Rob Leatham highest paid shooter in the world | 60 | |
| HND9666 | Firearms Finishing School | Barrkman, Robert | Nov/Dec 1996 | Everything you need to know about today’s high-tech gun finishes | 66 | |
| HND9670 | SIG P-229 | Arnold, Dave | Nov/Dec 1996 | SIG P-229 | A veteran street cop critiques this Swiss compact | 70 |
| HND9678 | Race Gun on Steroids | Harris, Jim | Nov/Dec 1996 | Silhouette Guns | Check out these silhouette guns | 78 |
| HND9682 | Stainless Steel Luger | Petty, Charles | Nov/Dec 1996 | Stainless Steel Luger | 82 | |
| HND9686 | Concealed Carry for Working Stiffs | Fox, John | Nov/Dec 1996 | Forget those Glocks and 1911s, these are the guns you can carry | 86 | |
| HND9688 | 1996 Single Stack Classic | Leatham, Nyle | Nov/Dec 1996 | Insight and analysis of the past 20 years of handgun development | 88 | |
| HND9690 | Ayoob Files, The | Ayoob, Massad | Nov/Dec 1996 | SWAT Raid goes bad you shoot the perp and win the lawsuit | 90 | |
| HND9691 | Test Report: Pro-Series 95 Pistols | Petty, Charles | Nov/Dec 1996 | Stoeger Pro-Series 95 | Stoeger’s rendition of the High Standard | 91 |
| HND9392 | Sixgunner, The | Taffin, John | Nov/Dec 1996 | John’s idea of the perfect revolver for law enforcement | 92 | |
| HND96116 | Taffin Tests | Taffin, John | Nov/Dec 1996 | Slicked up duty guns from Teddy Jacobson | 116 | |
| HND9684 | Timeless .22 | Rees, Clair | Nov/Dec 1996 | Ruger Mk. II .22 | The Ruger Mk. II plinker was Bill Ruger’s first gun— and still his best! | 84 |
| HSO9684 | Auto-Mag | Hopkins, Cameron | Sep/Oct 1996 | .44 AMP autoloader | This futuristic .44 AMP is still ahead of its time | 72 |
| HSO9640 | 20 Years of O.A.H.A.F | Taffin, John | Sept/Oct 1996 | The men who shaped the handgun world we know today | 40 | |
| HSO9660 | Taffin Tests | Taffin, John | Sept/Oct 1996 | Muzzle brakes from Mag-Na-Port and T/C | 60 | |
| HSO9664 | Top Ten Most Significant New Handguns | A.H. Staff | Sept/Oct 1996 | The best guns since 1976 | 64 | |
| HSO9670 | Ayoob Files, The | Ayoob, Massad | Sept/Oct 1996 | Senseless killing at a gang party | 70 | |
| HSO9682 | Massad Ayoob Looks Back | Ayoob, Massad | Sept/Oct 1996 | 119/120 issues, Ayoob offers his perspective | 82 | |
| HSO9684 | Charlie Petty is a Writer | Petty, Charlie | Sept/Oct 1996 | Petty’s first article was published in AH | 84 | |
| HSO9686 | Top 10 Most Significant New Developments | A.H. Staff | Sept/Oct 1996 | The invention of polymer handguns tech tops the list | 86 | |
| HSO9690 | Top 10 Most Influential Handgunners | A.H. Staff | Sept/Oct 1996 | Jeff Cooper wins unanimous first place votes | 90 | |
| HSO9694 | Happy Birthday Handgunner | Power, Ron | Sept/Oct 1996 | Pistolsmith remembers life before AH | 94 | |
| HSO9696 | Dave Anderson’s Retrospective | Anderson, Dave | Sept/Oct 1996 | Insight and analysis of the past 20 years of handgun development | 96 | |
| HSO9698 | A Hunter Remembers | Jones, J.D. | Sept/Oct 1996 | One of only two writers from Vol. 1, No. 1 reflects on the past 20 years | 98 | |
| HSO96100 | View from the Ivory Tower | Hopkins, Cameron | Sept/Oct 1996 | Perspective of the editor for 12 of the last 20 years of AH | 100 | |
| HSO96106 | Sixgunner, The | Taffin, John | Sept/Oct 1996 | Hunting handguns are a memorable cougar chase | 106 | |
| HSO9672 | Auto-Mag | Hopkins, Cameron | Sept/Oct 1996 | .44 AMP autoloader | This futuristic .44 AMP autoloader was ahead of its time in 1976. It still is. | 72 |
| HSO9692 | Jeff Cooper on 20 Years of IPSC | Cooper, Jeff | Sept/Oct 1996 | The founder and Honorary Lifetime Chairman looks back. | 92 | |
| HAN9608 | Taurus .44 Magnum | Taffin, John | AH Annual 1996 | Taurus Model 44 | The Bull goes big bore with the Model 44. | 8 |
| HAN9618 | Freedom Arms Model 555 | Taffin, John | AH Annual 1996 | Freedom Arms Model 555 | Now you can have the brute force of the awesome .50 AE in a revolver. Big bore. | 18 |
| HAN9622 | The Automag V | Taffin, John | AH Annual 1996 | Automag V | This .50 caliber autoloader is a one-of-a-kind gun. Big bore. | 22 |
| HAN9643 | Custom .50 AE | Taffin, John | AH Annual 1996 | Custom .50 AE | Bowen Classic Arms brings big bores to perfection. | 43 |
| HAN9614 | Leather for Undercover Carry | Huntington, Roy | AH Annual 1996 | After choosing the right gun, the most important aspect of CCW is a holster. | 14 | |
| HAN9639 | How to Pick a Concealed Carry Weapon | Petty, Charles E. | AH Annual 1996 | A carry gun is your constant companion— how do you make the right choice? CCW. | 39 | |
| HAN9644 | Handgunner’s Guide to Concealed Carry | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1996 | Practical tactical CCW tips from our self-defense expert. | 44 | |
| HAN9659 | Wild West Action: The Match | Taffin, John | AH Annual 1996 | An inside look at one of the fastest growing gun games— Cowboy Action Shooting. CAS. | 59 | |
| HAN9662 | Wild West Action: The Guns | Taffin, John | AH Annual 1996 | The single action revolver is king of Cowboy Action Shooting. CAS. | 62 | |
| HAN9678 | Simple Yet Satisfying | Scotto. Mary | AH Annual 1996 | The game of silhouette is easy to learn, challenging and fun. | 78 | |
| HAN9691 | Delightful Pastime | Leatham, Nyle | AH Annual 1996 | Created to simulate tactical encounters, IPSC shooting is really a heck of a lot of fun. | 91 | |
| HAN9623 | Kel-Tec P-11 | Petty, Charles E. | AH Annual 1996 | Kel-Tec P-11 | This 9mm hideout gun may be this year’s best bargain. | 23 |
| HAN9627 | Top 10 Handguns | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1996 | Guns you can trust when your life is at risk. | 27 | |
| HAN9635 | 200 Yard Handguns | Rees, Clair | AH Annual 1996 | Leave your rifle at home, these long range guns can take game with the best of them. | 35 | |
| HAN9650 | Custom Ruger 22/45 | Arnold, Dave | AH Annual 1996 | Custom Ruger 22/45 | Broken Gun Ranch’s custom gun combines America’s favorite .45 and .22 pistols. | 50 |
| HAN9652 | Thunder Ranch Special | James, Frank W. | AH Annual 1996 | Bill Wilson Thunder Ranch Special .45 | Bill Wilson’s custom tactical pistol created for America’s premier shooting school. | 52 |
| HAN9677 | D&L Sports | Anderson, Dave | AH Annual 1996 | Versatility is the trademark of this hard-working gunsmith. | 77 | |
| HAN9684 | Magnum .22s | Rees, Clair | AH Annual 1996 | Rimfires chambered in .22 WRM generate power and accuracy worthy of respect. | 84 | |
| HAN9699 | Club 100 | AH Annual 1996 | A listing of the top pistolsmiths in America. | 99 | ||
| HAN96108 | Modernizing the 1911 | Anderson, Dave | AH Annual 1996 | HK-USP | If John Browning were alive today, the HK-USP is the kind of gun he’d be making. | 108 |
| HAN96113 | Defensive Debacles | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1996 | Valuable lessons can be learned from the mistakes of others. | 113 | |
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