When you’ve carried a handgun long enough—on your belt, under your jacket, in a chest rig, inside a waistband—you... The post ...

Across the years I've owned a number of Glock pistols. I have a couple in my gun safe as I type this. I've also been a fan of the .45ACP since I was introduced to it in the Army (back in the day). The ...

Back in 1985 when the Glock Model 17 9mm “came on the scene” in America, a great many folks simply weren’t impressed. When the handgun was adopted by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department ...

Key point: It is the standard handgun caliber for NATO members. The 9mm Luger, invented before the Great War, is one of the longest-serving gun calibers in history. Introduced in 1901, it has served ...

For Marine special operators, the never-ending debate over whether the 9mm or .45-caliber round is the more powerful bullet has been settled. Previously, the classic .45-caliber Colt 1911 was one of ...

I have received a lot of email responses from my July 3 article on the Army’s Modular Handgun System praising .45 caliber as far superior to 9mm. Pistol-caliber choices are personal and everybody has ...

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Here’s What You Need To Remember: Glock handguns are named neither for the year nor the caliber. For a company that has produced handguns for less than 40 years, the Austrian-based Glock has managed ...

This article, "The First-Generation GAP," appeared originally in the June 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman ...

The handgun a Saudi aviation trainee used to kill three people and wound eight others at Naval Air Station Pensacola was purchased lawfully in Florida, according to the FBI. Rachel Rojas, special ...