Spend some time with a 1911 on the range with a mediocre trigger, and you’ll endure the experience. Swap over and send a few rounds down range with a customized 1911 with a “worked” trigger, and you’ll never go back....

The hottest trend in firearms over the past four years is the semi-auto micro-compact, and Kimber’s recently-released R7 Mako joins the frenzy. This trend really got started when Sig Sauer’s P365 launched with its sub-4-inch barrel, 4-inch height, 6-inch length,...

Testing a pistol thoroughly as prep for writing a magazine review involves a mundane protocol to put each firearm on a relatively equal footing for evaluation. It never gets boring. And after reviewing a few thousand guns, finding something creative...

Traveling for work lost some of the allure it brought 30 years ago. But I still look forward to the annual Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous each October. One of my assignments was to sift through hundreds of new products to find...

What do you get when you cross a mechanical genius with a Tasmanian devil? Well, you get someone who looks and acts a whole lot like Derek Peterson. These days, with ammunition—specifically hunting and precision fodder—rather scarce, the savvy handloader...

The rumor has become fact: Hornady has expanded its Precision Rifle Cartridge family to 7mm. During the recent Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous earlier this month in Felt, Idaho, several writers got a chance to send some rounds down range, shooting the...

Subcompact performers from 9mm to .45 ACP that hit every mark!

A quick walk through a well-stocked gun shop with today’s semi-automatic pistols might seem daunting - especially when it comes to understanding how semi-automatic pistols work. However, a mental dash through firearms history will help sort things out. Let’s go...

A select-few gun scribes gathered in Nashville, Tennessee last week for some trigger time the Beretta APX A1 FS 9mm pistol. Leading up to the Beretta APX A1 FS Beretta first launched their APX series of pistols in 2017 in...

A prevalent misconception exists among the general public, and the majority of gun owners, that silencers are illegal. Lump machine guns and short-barreled rifles into that questionable group, too. Time to get informed.