Handguns - My Gun Culture

Born to ‘Loose’: The Tale of a Criminal’s Rock Island Armory M1911

By Tom McHale|2025-04-03T12:59:24-04:00April 3rd, 2025|

Discover Dr. Will Dabbs’ journey of acquiring a confiscated Rock Island Armory M1911 with a criminal past. Explore how this unique firearm’s history and custom features make it a standout piece in his collection

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Putting the Standard Manufacturing Damascus 1911 to the Test at Gunsite Academy

By Tom McHale|2025-04-03T12:56:17-04:00April 3rd, 2025|

Explore Jeremy Clough’s in-depth review of the $6,000 Standard Manufacturing Damascus 1911, as he examines its craftsmanship, performance, and the legacy of Damascus steel during testing at Gunsite Academy.

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Honoring John Taffin: The Quest for the Perfect Packin’ Pistol

By Tom McHale|2025-04-02T11:29:18-04:00April 2nd, 2025|

Explore Jeff “Tank” Hoover’s homage to John Taffin and the enduring legacy of the “Perfect Packin’ Pistol.” Discover the characteristics that define an ideal PPP and learn about Lipsey’s special edition revolver crafted in Taffin’s honor.

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Reality and Fiction Meet: The Guns of James Bond, 007

By Tom McHale|2025-01-31T16:10:24-05:00January 31st, 2025|

Sometimes reality reads like fiction. Iam Fleming, author of the James Bond series, has an interesting “real life” serving as a spy himself. In fact, he was involved in that incredible story of World War II’s Operation Mincemeat.

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Practically Useless? The Ultimate “Hand” Gun

By Tom McHale|2024-12-30T16:53:52-05:00December 30th, 2024|

A look at the Haight glove gun: an impractical wartime invention that sounded great on paper.

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A Holster Full of Boom: The Automag III .30 Carbine

By Tom McHale|2024-11-08T15:14:59-05:00November 8th, 2024|

Revolvers chambered in the .30 Carbine cartridge have a reputation for range-clearing levels of boom! One reader suggested when we wants the range to himself, he breaks out a .30 Carbine handgun. Clayton Walker has a great story here about an interesting version of the Automag III chambered in, you guessed it, .30 Carbine.

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Pistols in the Wild Blue Yonder

By Tom McHale|2024-04-16T10:41:08-04:00April 16th, 2024|

Tom L. has access to an amazing collection of vintage photos. I'm always amazed at the stuff he comes up with. Love this pictorial story on pistols carried by aircrews. America pioneered the aircraft, and shortly after Americans took flight, they took firearms aloft with them. And while machine guns captured most of the attention, growing ever larger in the amount and the caliber of automatic weapons fitted to flying war machines, airborne Americans never lost their fascination with handguns.

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Carry Options: Day-by-Day Concealed Carry Choices

By Tom McHale|2024-03-28T14:34:21-04:00March 28th, 2024|

I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. I’m talking about the carry guns that actually get daily “out-and-about” concealed carry use. Around here, we spend a lot of time talking about (and testing) a wide variety of guns and gear, so excepting the days spent doing formal evaluations of new carry guns and holster rigs, I thought it might be helpful to share the guns that have more recently occupied the lion’s share of my more discretionary carry time.

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Apparatus Insignis: Remington’s Double Derringer, An Idea Too Good To Die

By Tom McHale|2024-03-21T09:49:43-04:00March 21st, 2024|

From a new regular column in American Handgunner, the Apparatus Insignis feature dives into the history, engineering, functions and obscura of interesting guns from the past and sometimes present.

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The Vudoo Gun Works Möbius 1911 Pistol: Premium Guns Made Different

By Tom McHale|2024-02-25T13:47:33-05:00February 25th, 2024|

I ran across the folks at Vudoo Gun Works a little over a year ago and was intrigued by their manufacturing approach. The company makes high-end guns but has come up with some interesting manufacturing techniques to bring the price point down. Make no mistake, you'll still pay a pretty penny for a very nice gun, but had it been made using more traditional techniques, you'd be adding a grand or so to the price.

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