June 2011 Archives › Handguns

The Ruger SR40c is a striker-fired pistol that’s less than seven inches long overall and weighs just a hair over 23 ounces.

Last December I was invited to a Ruger event at the famed Gunsite shooting facility—-conveniently located near Ruger’s Prescott, AZ,…»

Hornady Critical Defense Ammo

Scott Rupp covers the Hornady Critical Defense round and its effectiveness for personal defense.

The author’s three-screw Ruger Blackhawk is the lone .41 Magnum in his arsenal—a fact that needs to be changed.

  Like many people, I root for the underdog, and that tendency spills over into my gun choices. Favorite shotgun…»

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Richard Nance gives you his take on dealing with multiple attackers using spread fire.

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It was Dave Spaulding who gave me the idea, and in fact I bought a gun entirely due to a…»

J. Scott Rupp, editor in chief of Handguns magazine and executive producer for Handguns TV, used a Thompson/Center Encore Pro Hunter on a number of hunts and found it to be an accurate and versatile gun.

By J. Scott Rupp On three recent hunts for Handguns TV I’ve been shooting a Thompson/Center Encore Pro Hunter. It’s…»

Handgun hunting is a real challenge because the shooting is more difficult and therefore you have to get closer.

In the end it was a case of so close but yet so far. by J. Scott Rupp Two previous…»

Sig Sauer Handguns

Sig Sauer makes an impressive first impression with the new P238. It was such a good impression that SIG came…»

Ruger LC9 Handgun

G&A Technical Editor Dick Metcalf shoots Ruger’s smallest 9mm semi-auto.