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The Importance of Basic Pistol Maintenance

Cleaning and maintaining your handguns is just as important as training on the range. Keep

Walt Rauch

Handgun Maintenance Tips for Everyday Carry

Whether you take your gun off (holster and all) every night, rarely carry concealed or

James Tarr

5 Best Pistol Cleaning Kits

Handgun maintenance is just as important as range training. Here are five pistol cleaning kits

Handguns Staff

Rock Island Armory All-Metal, Striker-Fired STK100 Full Review

Rock Island Armory's striker-fired STK100 9mm handgun sports an aluminum, not polymer, frame

Keith Wood

Best High-Lumen Rail-Mounted Pistol Lights

New technology has greatly improved output in rail-mounted white lights for pistols. Here are

Handguns Staff

Glock 43X MOS 9mm Pistol: Full Review

The Glock 43X MOS 9mm brings red-dot accuracy to everyday carry; here's a full review.

Brad Fitzpatrick

CrossBreed Rogue Concealed-Carry Holster: First Look

We test the new everyday-carry Crossbreed Rogue holster with the Springfield Armory Hellcat.

Handguns Staff

Best Defensive Ammo: 9mm vs. .40 S&W vs. .45 ACP

The debate on which is the best defensive pistol caliber continues.

Payton Miller

High Standard Vintage Field Guns: Should You Buy One?

While High Standard was known for their target pistols, their under-appreciated field guns are

Payton Miller

Great Self-Defense Handgun Training: Force-on-Force Scenarios

Force-on-force scenarios are the missing link in handgun training for personal defense and

Richard Nance

Feature-Packed Stoeger STR-9S Combat 9mm Pistol: Full Review

The Stoeger STR-9S Combat 9mm provides 20+1 capacity and is feature-packed to set the new

Keith Wood

Beretta APX A1 Carry: Full Review

Beretta's APX A1 carry 9mm shows that this historic brand isn't standing still in today's CCW

Brad Fitzpatrick

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