handguns



Iraqveteran8888 to ATF: Braces Are in Common Use and Have No Effect on Crime

Courtesy Iraqveteran8888 ED: Eric Blandford — better known to many in the gun world as Iraqveteran8888 — isn’t any happier about the ATF’s current jihad against pistol stabilizing braces than the rest of us. Like…


Obscure Object of Desire: The Soviet Stechkin Machine Pistol

Courtesy Logan Metesh Developed in 1949, the Stechkin is a select-fire, straight blowback pistol chambered in 9x18mm that’s capable of firing 750 rounds per minute accurately out to a distance of 200 meters. Or so…



Want to Be A More Accurate Shooter? Practice Good Trigger Management

  Good trigger management is one of the first things I work on with my students. It’s a fundamental part of shooting that will lead you to better control over your handgun and, ultimately, more…




The Guns of Welwyn: Five Incredible Weapons of the British Special Operations Executive

Remote Control Pistol apparatus. Photo courtesy of timelapse.dk By Justin Black of Spycraft101 At the onset of the Second World War, the British Special Operations Executive formed several different research and development branches spread throughout…


Obscure Object of Desire: Chinese Contract Inglis Hi-Power 9mm Pistol

During World War II, the Canadian firm John Inglis & Co. manufactured approximately 150,000+ samples of the iconic FN Browning Hi-Power pistol. When the last batch in active service was declared to be surplus by…