Handguns

Professional operators constantly train, civilian shooters should obtain this same mindset when it comes to self-defense. Here are three skill sets with shooting drills that are certain to improve a shooter's capabilities when it matters most.

Choosing a concealed carry gun is really about reaching the right balance for you. You have to consider size, power, efficiency and capacity in your deliberations, and each variable affects the others. Here are 23 pro-con arguments to consider in the eternal autoloader vs. revolver debate.

Here are 4 simple tips to help you avoid being a victim of assault or home burglary that I learned in over 27 years as a cop dealing with the aftermath.

Judgment, speed and accuracy are all key in scoring well at the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals. Get an idea what the shooting competition is like with this series of first-person videos.

There has been a sea change legislatively and culturally in America the past quarter century concerning the right to bear arms. The right to carry continues to win out across the country with more and more states fully recognizing the civil right.

Many people prefer the AK-47 platform to the AR-15, while others view it on par with ARs. Others say it's outdated. Watch this video demonstration of an Arsenal SLR-107FR AK-47 in action and make up your own mind.

To get everything out of a smooth bore when it matters most means feeding it the right loads. Here’s some top choices for defensive shotgun ammunition certain to come through in the most dire situations.

The concealed carry color code is a great awareness tool used by street-wise cops that can help you be alert to threats and match force with the threat appropriately.

Sterile lab testing in ballistic gelatin is great, but the ultimate laboratory is the street. Here are the loads that seem to be doing best there, input written in blood from gunfights police departments have experienced with defensive ammunition.

Precision shooting at close range is definitely more than a point-and-shoot affair. Understanding how to holdover for offset will get your shots on target.

In this Glock 42 review, World Champion shooter Jerry Miculek puts the new handgun through its paces like only Jerry can. The handgun review includes close and long range tests (up to 110 yards), reliability with different ammo and how it stacks up against similar concealed carry guns on the market.

Joseph Terry answers the question: "My CCW instructor used the term “dual force” but did not explain it. What does it mean?"

With Lilliputian dimensions, the Glock 42 is inherently easy to stow on your person. But the newly released .380 automatic might have just become more concealable with CrossBreed Holsters announcing a line tailored to the handgun.

The super-slim Bersa BP9CC pistol, chambered in 9mm, will thrill concealed carry fans.

Massad Ayoob argues that when it comes to gun safety in the home, you can’t childproof your guns, so you have to gunproof your children.

The Boberg XR9-S looks kind of funny. The ejection port is situated rearward and the magazine looks backwards. But when you understand how it works, you realize this thing is the ideal concealed carry handgun.