Taurus is introducing a new model of the Defender revolver that is based on the popular original model. This new version, like the original before it, is developed specifically for personal defense practitioners who want the solid performance and simplicity of a revolver. The Defender is a five-shot revolver chambered in …

Given the perpetually argumentative nature of many in the gun community—the 9 mm Luger versus .45 ACP debate now continues on into its second century—it speaks volumes that virtually no one questions the 12 gauge’s status as a devastatingly effective fight-stopper. Just don’t make the mistake of opening the floor …

Firearm: Smith & Wesson CSX (MSRP: $609) With the recent spate of micro-9 mm, double-stack pistols, one can be forgiven for lumping Smith & Wesson’s new CSX pistol into that group. Alternately, one might be tempted to think the CSX is Smith & Wesson’s take on the micro-9 mm 1911, like …

This year’s elk meat is safely in the freezer, the mule-deer season is just a good memory, and even the whitetail rut in your favorite deer woods is over. You still hunger to spend time outdoors, and what better way than hunting predators across the wide expanses of the Desert Southwest? You’ll have an …

President Joe Biden (D) recently had some interesting things to say about some of the most-popular handguns in the nation, the Second Amendment, and more at a recent press conference. For starters, Biden called the Glock, which is one of the most-popular handguns sold today, a “weapon of war.” He did …

President Joe Biden traveled to New York City for a media event to try and show America he’s doing something about rampant crime. Instead, he blamed the Second Amendment and lawful gun owners, said nothing about holding criminals to account and repeated the same tired lies about the firearm industry …

Last Friday, NRA-ILA filed an amicus curiae (or friend of the court) brief in support of a petition to have the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rehear a challenge to ATF’s 2018 rule that classified bump stocks as machineguns. A three judge panel of the Fifth Circuit upheld ATF’s rule …

Comfort and concealability are usually hard to achieve at the same time for outside the waistband holsters. Typically, they offer one or the other, rarely both. But N8 Tactical somehow found the magic combination with their Pro-Lock G2 Holster, an OWB designed for optimum security, easy concealability, and comfortable wear. At its …

Royal Tiger Imports (RTI) turned the heads of the American military surplus rifle market in 2020 when the company announced what it had found and acquired in the Ethiopian desert. In forgotten storage facilities, literal stacks of 20th century service rifles were left abandoned and covered in dust. These arms came from …

s we turn the page on 2021 and step into a new year, let’s take a few minutes to look back at what this year had to offer in one of the fastest growing defensive handgun categories: the ‘Micro Nine’ carry pistol. But to appreciate what these guns have to …