SEMI-AUTO HANDGUNS

Ramping up the game with an aluminum frame! Special Assignment Editor Roy Huntington reviews Rock Island Armory's new 9mm handgun that features a...

Handgun competitions don’t teach one how to fight, but they do an excellent job of burning in basic gun handling skills like trigger control, malfunction...

The “Buds” as they were fondly called, had all the features and benefits of something like a bigger S&W auto of the time, but were shrunk for shirt...

John Taffin's dream 1911 pistols in .38 Super from Volkmann Precision. Those two Luke Volkmann .45 ACP pistols were the Combatant Carry and the Custom...

During the Roaring 20s, police were armed primarily with .38 Special revolvers whose ammunition would not penetrate car bodies. Colt’s answer to this...

Did you know federal law requires marksmanship training courses to be held annually at the National Matches?

There’s a new pocket pistol in town and, hold on to your shorts, it’s … affordable!

The Walther P38 wasn’t the first 9mm: The honor goes to the P08 Luger which, like later German service pistols, mostly came to the U.S.

As two to three generations have grown up with little or no experience with revolvers, it seems they drift away from wheel guns toward what they’re more...

Springfield Armory’s new 1911 Emissary dares to bridge the gap between defensive and custom pistols. The .45 semi-auto has a foundation of forged steel in...

The .45 ACP 1911 Emissary blends form and function seamlessly in a defensive-minded handgun loaded with custom-grade features.

The thing about pistol red dot sights is it doesn’t matter where you put them on the gun. Whether on the back of the slide, or more forward like some type...

Special Assignments editor Roy Huntington reviews Ruger's new LCP MAX and compares it to the other pistols in the LCP family.

Special Assignments Editor Roy Huntington looks very quickly at the just released Ruger LCP MAX. Full review and accuracy test coming up!

Ruger’s recent addition to the LCP Family has greater capacity and more features than others in the line. The pocket-sized .380 is ideal for personal...

Armscor, the parent company of Rock Island Armory, manufactures more 1911s than any other company in the world.

Lone Wolf Arms introduces the Lightweight Tactical Defense (LTD) Pistol Line. Unlike many other GLOCK-pattern alternatives on the market, the LTD is not...

Ramping up the game with an aluminum frame! Special Assignment Editor Roy Huntington reviews Rock Island Armory's new 9mm handgun that features a...

I’m not new to firearms, just to handguns. If you ask me about service rifle reloading, natural point of aim, or reading mirage, I can help you....

In September 2019, Springfield Armory raised the bar for micro compact carry pistols with the Hellcat.

It was a Tuesday night in December 1954. I specifically remember the day as every Tuesday I took the bus to town to pay my paper bill. My paper route had...

Do you want to build your own handgun from a kit? Tom McHale shows you how to convert the 80 Percent Arms GST-9 into a functioning and legal handgun using...

Do you want to build your own handgun from a kit? Tom McHale shows you how to convert the 80 Percent Arms GST-9 into a functioning and legal handgun using...

The SAR 9X Platinum is a complete defensive or range plinking solution in a box.

Those of us who care about such obscure things like founders of modern gun companies likely have the name Carl Walther burned into our collection of neurons...

A new tradition as manufacturer of the U.S. Army’s official sidearm, SIG SAUER will present two custom M17 Best Ranger Competition Trophy pistols to the...

American Handgunner Editor Tom McHale takes a First Look at the new TaurusTX 22 Competition model and finds it has more uses than just competition.

No, while all these guns tell a story, none are in my collection. Sigh … But I do know the stories of all but one, and strangely I did own it at one time.

Chambered in 9mm with 13/15+1 capacity, Suzi Huntington takes a closer first look at Mossberg's follow-up to the MC1sc — the feature-rich, compact and...

Celebrating their 10-year anniversary, Cabot Guns has unveiled a collection of eight one-of-a-kind 1911s, all featuring Damascus steel and chambered in the...