Springfield’s XD(M) 3.8 Compact .40 offers outstanding performance at a reasonable price Story and Photos by Dave Spaulding As with people, good genes typically make for good guns. I’ll explain. The first XD pistol I handled was called the HS2000, and it was manufactured in Croatia by HS Produkt. Its design can be traced back … Continue reading »
This U.S.-made .45 is everything you’d expect from the folks who gave us the Redhawk, Blackhawk, SR9, LC9 and, of course, the No. 1 Story and Photos by Dave Workman First, there were the jagged pieces of broken clay targets, and then a tin can to pepper, and after that, a broken section of … Continue reading »
After a two-year hiatus, Steyr’s popular, reliable MA-1 is back on our shores By Dave Workman First impressions are important—with people, cars and all kinds of other things, and especially with firearms. When Steyr announced in late 2010 that it was bringing back the MA-1 and SA-1 semi-auto pistols, chambered in 9mm, .357 SIG and … Continue reading »
A reliable, accurate self-defense semi-auto with lots of firepower Story and Photos by Jerry Catania Smith & Wesson has introduced a new series of semi-automatic pistols called the Smith & Wesson Self Defense Series. Built on the basic Sigma platform and initially made in 9mm and 40 S&W—and named the SD9 and SD40 respectively—these pistols … Continue reading »
By Leroy Thompson The U.S. Joint Combat Pistol Trials, which began in 2005 under the auspices of USSOCOM, did not really result in the adoption of a new military handgun. However, the R&D carried out by various handgun manufacturers to provide guns that met the JCP bid specs has carried over to some of the … Continue reading »
