Handguns

In the August 2023 print version of Gun Tests, our staff covered three simple ways to secure firearms inside car cabins, solutions that provided...

The Beretta 92 series is a capable, reliable, and inherently accurate pistol due to the short-recoil design.

The G47 was originally developed for the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2019, and in 2023, Glock made the G47 MOS available to the commercial market. It is the same size as the Glock G17 with a 4.5-inch barrel and full-size polymer frame.

Springfield Armory has a long history of building 1911 pistols, and the DS Prodigy has many 1911 characteristics, such as the 1911 grip angle, thumb safety, grip safety, and sliding trigger.

Excellent grip and trigger, which makes the pistol easier to shoot well. Accuracy was exceptional. Recoil is very controllable in rapid fire, and the slide pulse is nice. The Trijicon is a benchmark for red-dot optics. We like the auto on, automatic illumination adjustment, and manual-adjust dot brightness.

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We had a reader ask for a review of this SDS, and we are glad he asked. The SDS is made by Tisas in Turkey and looked like an M1911A1 fresh off the assembly line circa 1943. In the hard case were two steel magazines, an extra set of checkered plastic grips, bushing wrench, and cleaning rod and brush.

The Rock Island Armory wore a well-executed matte-black Parkerized finish and smooth wood grips. It takes design cues from both the M1911 and M1911A1 and is perhaps the most bastardized of the GI 1911 tested.

The Taylor’s gun had a nice Parkerized matte-black finish and checkered wood grips that felt slightly fat in hand.

When was the original M1911 adopted by the U.S. Military? As you might guess, the year was 1911, and the first model, the M1911,...

Magnum Research has introduced its third handgun influenced by Norse warrior culture, the “Viking L5 Desert Eagle.” Norse long swords taken from archeological digs inspired...

The Smith & Wesson 640 Pro doesn’t use the company’s controversial action lock, which isn’t desirable on a hard-use Magnum revolver. While problems are few on most wheelguns, one is too many in personal defense.