| 2002 American Handgunner Magazine Articles
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| ITEM | article title | author | issue date | firearm | subject | page |
| HJF0224 | Taffin Tests | John Taffin | Jan/Feb 2002 | .360 | New .360 Dan Wesson Revolver Cartridge Takes Full Advantage Of Its Size | 24 |
| HHF0226 | Better Shooting | Dave Anderson | Jan/Feb 2002 | |
Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness | 26 |
| HJF0232 | The Ayoob Files | Massad Ayoob | Jan/Feb 2002 | |
Sneak Attack: Small Arms At Pearl Harbor | 32 |
| HJF0236 | Taurus PT 145 | Charles Cutshaw | Jan/Feb 2002 | PT 145 | A Subcompact .45 ACP Carry Gun With Surprising Good Features. | 36 |
| HJF0238 | Super Duty | Charles E. Petty | Jan/Feb 2002 | .45 ACP | Pistolsmith Fred Craig Creates A Super Stout .45 ACP To Handle The Hottest Loads. | 38 |
| HJF0240 | World Shoot-Off Championship | Dave Anderson | Jan/Feb 2002 | |
Fast guns blaze a the STI/American Handgunner man-on-man match. | 40 |
| HJF0246 | Commanche Raid! | Charles E. Petty | Jan/Feb 2002 | |
The new Monolith version of the Les Baer Commanche Model. | 46 |
| HJF0254 | Goodbye Old Friends | John Taffin | Jan/Feb 2002 | Smith & Wesson | Hail and farewell to three classic sixguns now laid to rest by Smith & Wesson. | 54 |
| HJF0261 | Spec-Tacticals | Pat Covert | Jan/Feb 2002 | |
Custom knifemake Allen Elishewitz’s spectacular tacticals offer practical design and innovative construction. | 61 |
| HJF0264 | The Sixgunner | John Taffin | Jan/Feb 2002 | First and second generation Colts offer great value in today’s market. | 64 | |
| HMA0236 | State Of The Bullet | Charles E. Petty | Mar/Apr 2002 | Handgun Ammuntion in 2002 | 36 | |
| HMA0239 | Better Shooting | Dave Anderson | Mar/Apr 2002 | Shooting Up To The Gun. | 39 | |
| HMA0242 | The Sixgunner | John Taffin | Mar/Apr 2002 | Elmer Wasn’t Lying: The Truth About Long Range Sixgunning. | 42 | |
| HMA0246 | Taffin Tests | John Taffin | Mar/Apr 2002 | The Miraculous Cure For All That Ails You: .22 Plinking. | 46 | |
| HMA0248 | Guns & Ivory | Joe Coogan | Mar/Apr 2002 | Colt | What Better Way To Embllish A Collection Of Colts Than With Ivory Grips From A Tusker You Shot. | 48 |
| HMA0252 | The Luger And The Kid | J.D. Jones | Mar/Apr 2002 | |
The storied history of a family heirloom from the Great War. | 52 |
| HMA0255 | Wilson CQB | Dave Anderson | Mar/Apr 2002 | .45 CQB | A Serious Five-Inch For Those Who Demand A Battle-Tough .45. | 55 |
| HMA0262 | Lane Pearce An His Amazing Grips | Mike Cumpston | Mar/Apr 2002 | Meet Lan Pearce and his amazing American success story. | 62 | |
| HMA0265 | Cyber Blades | Pat Covert | Mar/Apr 2002 | Knife.Art.com offers the leading custom knives online, plus special limited editions from the top bladesmiths. | 65 | |
| HMA0268 | USPSA Nationals 2001 | Michael Bane | Mar/Apr 2002 | One of the best nail-biters in IPSC history. | 68 | |
| HMA0274 | The Ayoob Files | Massad Ayoob | Mar/Apr 2002 | An Urban Gunfighter: The Lesson Of Lance Thomas. | 74 | |
| HMA0296 | Steel Weapons: Jeff Cooper On knives | Steve Tarani | Mar/Apr 2002 | The guru of the 1911 is also a collector of edged weapons and a student of the art of the blade. | 96 | |
| HMJ0238 | The Sixgunner | John Taffin | May/June 2002 | The “Other Lawman’s” Great Holster Design | 38 | |
| HMJ0240 | In Search Of The Revolverist’s Magic Wand | Mike Cumpston | May/June 2002 | |
Gary Reeder assists in the search for the perfect revolver. | 40 |
| HMJ0244 | Range War At The Tin Star Ranch | John Taffin | May/June 2002 | A shoot-out erupts down in the Lone Star State. | 44 | |
| HMJ0248 | The Legend Of Big Red | John Taffin | May/June 2002 | Ruger’s Super Redhawk boosts a legacy as big as its bore. | 48 | |
| HMJ0250 | Better Shooting | Dave Anderson | May/June 2002 | The Plaxco Method to improve your IPSC classification. | 50 | |
| HMJ0252 | Texas Steel | Pat Covert | May/June 2002 | |
Brad Duncan and his remarkable combat folders. | 52 |
| HMJ0254 | Taurus Today | Charles Cutshaw | May/June 2002 | The “revolver company” from Brazil is doing amazing things with semi-automatics. | 54 | |
| HMJ0262 | The Ayoob Files | Massad Ayoob | May/June 2002 | When airline pilots draw guns. | 62 | |
| HMJ0263 | Taffin Tests | John Taffin | May/June 2002 | Upgrading replica sixguns with replica stocks. | 63 | |
| HMJ0266 | Ayoob Vs. The Machine | Massad Ayoob & Charles Petty | May/June 2002 | Ayoob says he can shoot as well as a Ransom Rest. We ask him to put up or shut up. | 66 | |
| HJA0222 | Better Shooting | Dave Anderson | July/Aug 2002 | |
The three “No Evils” and other timely tips to hang your hat on. | 22 |
| HJA0238 | Testing Big Bore Handguns | John Taffin | July/Aug 2002 | .454 Casull Vs. .500 Nitro Express – An the winner is...? | 38 | |
| HJA0240 | The Ayoob Files | Massad Ayoob | July/Aug 2002 | Furtive movement shooting: The Rober Bauthues case. | 40 | |
| HJA0241 | The Sixgunner | John Taffin | July/Aug 2002 | Leather and Ivory as fine art – Taffin tells how to collect on a budget. | 41 | |
| HJA0242 | Hail Of Lead | Mike Cumpston | July/Aug 2002 | Ahead of its time? Ten-shot Classic LeMat revolver. | 42 | |
| HJA0248 | AO Sight System: Big Dots | Roy Huntington | July/Aug 2002 | Bold and beautiful, AO’s big dots are 7/24-capable. | 48 | |
| HJA0250 | The Liebenberg Legacy | Cameron Hopkins | July/Aug 2002 | Not just another pretty face, Liebenberg’s work gives a new meaning to ”perfect.” | 50 | |
| HJA0258 | A Hawkish Hankering | Pat Covert | July/Aug 2002 | Tough and functional, these custom blades beg to be put to work. | 58 | |
| HJA0261 | The New Sixguns Of Dan Wesson Arms | John Taffin | July/Aug 2002 | Superbly accurate, these newest renditions show their heritage proudly. | 61 | |
| HJA0267 | Taffin Tests | John Taffin | July/Aug 2002 | A deft touch with a chamber reamer can turn a lemon into a tack-driver. | 67 | |
| HJA0276 | Steel Challenge 2001 | Mike Dalton | July/Aug 2002 | Koeing makes it three. Who will make it four? | 76 | |
| HSO0226 | The Ayoob Files | Massad Ayoob | Sept/Oct 2002 | |
Relic rifle vs. shotgun and 1911: A barricaded cop-killer showdown. | 26 |
| HSO0242 | Better Shooting | Dave Anderson | Sept/Oct 2002 | How to shoot the big boomers without breaking anything in the process | 42 | |
| HSO0244 | Bowen Classic Arms | Roy Huntington | Sept/Oct 2002 | |
Careful, you might just hurt yourself when you see these beauties from BCA! | 44 |
| HSO0254 | Petty’s Pocket Picks | Charles E. Petty | Sept/Oct 2002 | |
Protect your tender parts with these must -have pocket-gun protectors. | 54 |
| HSO0256 | Symphony In Steel | Pat Covert | Sep/Oct 2002 | Bud Nealey’s well-tuned steel rings true. | 56 | |
| HSO0258 | Walther’s P-99 & P-22 | Charles Petty | Sept/Oct 2002 | Down-sized delights — Walther’s P-22 brings a new meaning to the term “Mini-Gun.” | 58 | |
| HSO0268 | The Sixgunner | John Taffin | Sept/Oct 2002 | Hell, he was there — The Sixgunner recalls Elmer Keith. | 68 | |
| HSO0270 | France: Biting The Bullet On Gun Laws | J.J. Josephs | Sept/Oct 2002 | Of bullets and berets: Some problems — different language. | 70 | |
| HSO0272 | Customized CZ52 | David Fortier | Sept/Oct 2002 | This Czech blaster is built like a Russian T-34 — but with panache. | 72 | |
| HSO0276 | Taffin Tests | John Taffin | Sept/Oct 2002 | Taurus’ pair of perfect playmates: .22s for fun and performance. | 76 | |
| HSO0278 | Marvelous Perfection | Dave Anderson | Sept/Oct 2002 | This slip-on bit of mystery from Marvel turns any 1911 frame into a .22 match-winner! | 78 | |
| HSO0284 | Winter Range 2002 | John Taffin | Sept/Oct 2002 | Ka-Boom! Sixguns, blak powder and the old west. What more could you ask for? | 84 | |
| HSO0286 | Presidental Smith & Wesson | A.H. Staff | Sept/Oct 2002 | |
$549,000 fir a .32? | 86 |
| HND0240 | The Sixgunner | John Taffin | Nov/Dec 2002 | |
Chic Gaylord? Berns -Martin? Taffin remembers some good, gone, gunleather. | 40 |
| HND0242 | The Ayoob Files | Massad Ayoob | Nov/Dec 2002 | The retreat requirements: Unfair in the heat of a self-defense struggle? | 42 | |
| HND0250 | Better Shooting | Dave Anderson | Nov/Dec 2002 | Movie gun madness: What the movies can teach us about gun-handling. | 50 | |
| HND0252 | Can Semantics Get You Killed? | Massad Ayoob | Nov/Dec 2002 | DAO? “Safe-Action?”: Who cares, anyway? If it works, use it. | 52 | |
| HND0256 | Women's Impressions | Gila Hays | Nov/Dec 2002 | Demystify those first-day shooting school jitters. Here's the true scoop. | 56 | |
| HND0260 | Super Govenment Models | Charles Petty | Nov/Dec 2002 | |
When the “Super” was only a .38 Special — with a twist. | 60 |
| HND0264 | Born Of Steel | Pat Covert | Nov/Dec 2002 | Ryan Wilson qualifies as “Young Steel“ when it comes to his custom knives. | 64 | |
| HND0266 | Handgun Safeties | Charles Petty | Nov/Dec 2002 | Re-inventing the wheel: Firing pin safeties are old school. | 66 | |
| HND0268 | Handguns Of Note | A.H. Staff | Nov/Dec 2002 | John Wesley Hardin’s personal artifacts sell for $168,000! | 68 | |
| HND0270 | The SIG 228 Grows Up | Dave Spaudling | Nov/Dec 2002 | SIG 228 | Slick and serious, this custm Robarized P-228 us a twi-tone street fighter. | 70 |
| HND0278 | Quik-Shok Ammo | Charles Petty | Nov/Dec 2002 | Is this triple-play projectile a good thing? | 78 | |
| HND0280 | My Dog Ate My Gun | Mike Cumpston | Nov/Dec 2002 | And other true adventure stories from the S&W Customer Serivce Desk. | 80 | |
| HND0283 | Smith & Wesson’s 41 | Sam Fadala | Nov/Dec 2002 | S&W 41 | There are reasons some designs endure. Fadala reminds us why. | 83 |
| HND0288 | Guns With A Past | Gary Paul Johnston | Nov/Dec 2002 | Grady Pardue’s fighting pistols are the real thing— a lawman’s legacy. | 88 | |
| HND0290 | Smith & Wesson Model 952 | Charles Petty | Nov/Dec 2002 | S&W 952 | What makes the nine shine? This nifty, ultra-accurate autoloader does. | 90 |
| HND0294 | Tetra Gun Test Tough | John Morrison | Nov/Dec 2002 | Just another slippery goo? Morrison gives you the true scoop. | 94 | |
| HND0296 | William B. Ruger | Roy Huntington | Nov/Dec 2002 | |
In memorium: America loses a firearms legend. | 96 |
| HAN0207 | Taffin’s Turkey Takes | John Taffin | AH Annual 2002 | |
Hunting turkeys with shotgun is difficult enough, but try taking them with a handgun! Taffin tells us how. | 7 |
| HAN0212 | Selecting Your First Defensive Firearm | Massad Ayoob | AH Annual 2002 | What every neophyte needs to know. | 12 | |
| HAN0222 | Guns Of The Cognoscenti | Andy Stanford | AH Annual 2002 | |
A nationally-known firearms trainer shares his thoughts on five pistols you can trust. | 22 |
| HAN0229 | A Trio Of Trial Guns From Andy Horvath | John Taffin | AH Annual 2002 | Good things do come in small packages, as these small-frame single actions prove. | 29 | |
| HAN0236 | STI International | Dave Anderson | AH Annual 2002 | |
Steller Pistols From The Lone Star State. | 36 |
| HAN0247 | New Generation Gents | Pat Covert | AH Annual 2002 | The new look in high-tech tacticals. | 47 | |
| HAN0252 | Handguns For The Wild Places | Charles Karwan | AH Annual 2002 | Most days in the wilds are pleasant and peaceful, but the savvy outdoorsman knows that he can not dial 911 when danger threatens. | 52 | |
| HAN0264 | 1851 Navy The Gunfighter’s Colt | Jim Gardner | AH Annual 2002 | Colt | Colt percussion revolvers changed the world, and the Navy Colt just may have been the best of that breed. | 64 |
| HAN0274 | Alabnama’s Steel Magnolias | Charles Cutshaw | AH Annual 2002 | Purty little guns for purty liitle ladies, way down deep in Dixie. | 74 | |
| HAN0280 | State Of The Gunsmith | Alex Hamilton | AH Annual 2002 | Take an inside look at the life of the gunsmith from the other side of the counter. | 80 | |
| HAN0284 | Springfield Armory’s X-Treme Duty | Roy Huntington | AH Annual 2002 | There’s a new duty pistol in town, and Huntington says it’s ready to roll. | 84 | |
| HAN0294 | Practical Handgun Hunting | J.D. Jones | AH Annual 2002 | |
Handgun hunting is a challenge that demands you properly prepare for it. | 94 |
| HAN02113 | Catalog of Currently Manufactured Handguns | A.H. Staff | AH Annaul 2002 | 113 | ||
| HAN0298 | Pioneers Of Pistolsmithing The Government Model Colt | Charles E. Petty | AH Annaul 2002 | Colt 1911 | A look back at the genesis of the custom 1911 pistol. | 98 |
| HTA0211 | Steyr Models | Dave Anderson | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Steyr | This super-compact auto fits the same tactical role as a snubnose .38 revolver. | 11 |
| HTA0222 | The Perilous Price Of “Open Carry” | Massad Ayoob | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | There are some jurisdictions where private citizens can carry handguns openly, but not concealed. | 22 | |
| HTA0229 | Surgical Speed Shooting | Andy Stanford | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | The post modern doctrine of practical pistolcraft with a dynamic shooting stance. | 29 | |
| HTA0237 | Strider Knives | Darryl Bolke | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | With a company slogan of “high speed tools for hardcore individuals.“ it’s no wonder custom blade makers Duane Dwyer and Mick Strider produce the toughest fighting knives on the planet. | 37 | |
| HTA0252 | Motorcycle Shooters | Barrett Tillman | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Sophisticated training and rigorous “Muzzle Awareness” are the keys to training motorcycle cops how to shoot. | 52 | |
| HTA0258 | Mastering The Mini-Glocks | Massad Ayoob | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Glocks | Expert tips on accessorizing and shooting the ultra-compact Glock pistols! | 58 |
| HTA0274 | Kimber Series II | Massad Ayoob | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Kimber | A new firing-pin safety renders the Kimber 1911 “drop safe.” | 74 |
| HTA0276 | Defensive Tactics: Weapon Retention And Weapon Take-Away | James Williams | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Key elements of the combact mindset. | 76 | |
| HTA0282 | Springfield Armory Updates The 1911A1 | Massad Ayoob | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Kimber is not alone in updating the venerable 1911 pistol. Its chief rival, Springfield Armory, had introduced at least three meaningful innovations this year. | 82 | |
| HTA0285 | The Heckler & Koch UPS: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Charles Cutshaw | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Specifically designed for the U.S. market, the “universal self-loading pistol” is one of the most advanced and versatile pistols for service,self-defense or competition. | 85 | |
| HTA02103 | Plan B" The Defensive Use Of A Combat Folder | James Williams | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | Plan A is carry a defensive handgun. But sometimes a pistol is not available, and now it’s time to use techniques developed by the ancient samurai to save your life with your pocket knife. | 103 | |
| HTA02110 | Down & Dirty .380 | Massad Ayoob | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | The new Guardian .380 from North American Arms is, we really admit, the absolute smallest caliber suitable for self-defense. | 110 | |
| HTA02119 | Catalog Of Currently Manufactured Handguns | A.H. Staff | AH Tactical Annual 2002 | 119 | ||
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