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The 1911: Retro Romance The 1911: Retro Romance

The 1911: Retro Romance

November 11, 2024
By Tamara Keel So… here we are. As I type this, it’s the year 2024, and I’m fixin’ to talk about why the basic M1911-patterned USGI pistol, as designed before the grandfathers of almost anybody reading this piece had been born. Why does almost every pistol manufacturer toss out their own riff on the 1911? The simplistic answer is...

Would I use the Taurus TX22 for Competition?

Competition
By Jason Baird According to Taurus’ website, “The Taurus TX™ 22 is most advanced 22LR rimfire pistol on the market. Engineered to deliver best-in-class accuracy and reliability...

Pocket Pistols: The Case For Pocket Poppers

Gear
By Tamara Keel In a perfect world, every decent citizen would have the raw pistol-shooting skills of a B-class USPSA competitor, have taken dozens of hours of scenario-ba...

Shooting a Handgun For the First Time

Training
Shooting a Handgun For the First Time by Andy Grossman Stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something new is one of the hardest things to do in this crazy thing we call...

A Pair to Draw To

Outdoors
by Larry Weishuhn Hunting seasons looms on the horizon here in Texas. Mourning dove hunting is practically here. Big game seasons are opening elsewhere and numerous have a...

Taurus 327 Defender T.O.R.O. Review

Gear
by Kevin McPherson The .32 caliber revolver has seen a bit of a revival in 2024. Taurus already catalogs the 327, a small frame revolver chambered in the .327 Federal Magnum wi...

Must Have Gun Range Accessories

Gear
Throughout my time at a top-tier gun range in Colorado, I witnessed a wide array of setups and accessories that people carried for their shooting sessions. From using shopping b...

Taurus Deputy Review

Gear
By William Bell One of the most iconic firearms during the era of the Old West was the single action revolver. It was epitomized by the Colt Single Action Army (SAA), a s...

A Love Affair With Handgun Hunting

Journal
Fall hunting seasons are a few short weeks away. I can hardly wait and am quickly getting prepared. My Mossberg 6.5 PRC and 7mm PRC rifles are topped with Stealth Vision scopes...

First Time At The Gun Range

Gear
by Anne Conrad If you're new to the shooting range, it can feel overwhelming at first. Remembering some key tips can help make your experience more comfortable for you ...

Hit the Woods: Handgun Hunting for Women

Outdoors
by Kat Ainsworth Stevens Handgun hunting is on the rise, and that doesn’t only apply to the guys that choose to swap out their rifles for pistols. For years now women h...

Getting The Most out of your self-defense training

Training
by Mark Luell In a world where time and money are scarce, finding ample resources for self-defense skill development seems like a luxury. This challenge necessitates a ...

Lernts!

Journal
Lessons learned are not always pleasant nor “easy”. In a reasonably long career of hunting I have my share of some of those “lernts”! One of my first happened when I was a m...

The 5 Best Accessories For Your Pistol in 2024

Gear
by Brady Kirkpatrick Accessorizing your pistol is one of the most exciting parts of buying a new one. It’s a clean slate—a blank canvas. And you get to decide if...

Summer

Outdoors
“Seeing many fawns on your lease out west?” Questioned David Cotton. “Here in Northeast Texas we’ve thankfully seen a lot of them. And, we’re starting to see what looks like th...

Taurus 856 T.O.R.O. Review

Outdoors
By Tamara Keel Optically-sighted revolvers, in and of themselves, are not new things. You’ve been able to buy scope-mounting kits for medium- and large-frame revolvers ...

Advantages of A Revolver: They Still Make Sense

Outdoors
By Kevin McPherson Semi-automatic handguns with polymer frames and double-digit magazine capacities are certainly the “most carried” of contemporary handguns. That said...

The Right Levers

Journal
By Larry Weishuhn “Daddy…can I borrow your .30-30…if you’re not hunting this afternoon?” I had practiced that line no less than thirty or forty times before I finally ...

Heritage Roscoe Review

Outdoors
Heritage Manufacturing has been producing economical .22 single action (SA) revolvers for many years; now they are breaking into the concealed carry revolver market with a short...

How to Summer Vacation in the US with your Carry Gun

Outdoors
As the Summer travel season inches closer, Americans are more likely than at any other time of year to take to the road, sky, or water as part of their plans. Often this means c...

The Most Effective Martial Art for Self Defense

Training
Martial Arts vs Combat Sports Finding the perfect martial art for self-defense can feel like an impossible task. Many people turn to disciplines like Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu...

Effective Self Defense

Training
By Andy Grossman Self-defense is not for the weak because the weak become victims. The most important thing to remember in life is you can and must fight back. Even i...

The Low Ready Position

Training
Written by Chris Cypert Any set of gun handling rules worth abiding by include these two constants: Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, and always keep yo...

How to Defend Yourself Against a Bigger Attacker

Journal
Written by Mark Luell A common line of questions in the personal-protection space revolve around defending yourself from a larger and stronger attacker. This is a valid...

Becoming A Hog Pistoleero!

Journal
Looking for a bit of a challenge? Might I suggest hunting wild hogs with a handgun and more specifically doing so with a Taurus Raging Hunter revolver! Why a pistol ...