We have been trained to think that all 9mm striker-firer pistols need to have a polymer frame. The truth is metal frame, 9mm strike-firer pistols have always been a thing. The first—the original 9mm pistol—was…
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I still remember coming of age as a shooter when the polymer revolution happened. I went from shooting K-Frame S&W Revolvers and Beretta Wonder-Nines to those crazy Austrian Polymer Pistols that everyone thought wouldn’t catch…
Jeremy S. for TTAG There’s no firing a gun without denting a primer (if you aren’t sure what that means, start with how a gun works). There are two primary ways to do that: hammer…
Courtesy SIG SAUER Well this news won’t please the woke crowd at all. Yesterday Karen Attiah, the global opinions editor of the Washington Post, published an op-ed declaring that, much like the Washington Redskins, the…
Introduced last summer, the Springfield Armory Hellcat is billed as the” smallest highest-capacity 9mm in the world,” packing 11+1 rounds (13+1 with extended magazine) in a 3-inch-barreled micro pistol that weighs 18.3 ounces, empty. (Photo:…
For those who have been holding out for an FDE Hellcat, your ship has come in. (Photos: Springfield Armory) CHECK OUT DEALS ON HELLCATS One of the most popular micro-compact 9mm pistols in the country…
Introduced in fall 2019, the Hellcat caught the attention of the industry with its small stature but impressive capacity. Boasting 13+1 rounds with an extended mag and 11+1 with the flush fit mag, the Hellcat…