Get Out! Surviving The LA Wildfires
What would you do if you had minutes to grab your most important possessions and vacate before your home was consumed by fire?
PSA 5.7 Rock: High-Speed, Low-Recoil Fun Without the High Price Tag
I review the PSA 5.7 Rock, highlighting its low recoil, impressive accuracy, and budget-friendly price under $400. Made in America, this pistol features a 23-round magazine, striker-fired design, and GLOCK-compatible sights, making it a standout choice for shooters seeking performance without breaking the bank.
Sneak Peek: Must-Have Guns and Gear for 2025
Explore these top picks from the 2025 SHOT Show, featuring innovative firearms and gear like North American Arms’ belt buckle revolver and the limited-edition Korth Bitcoin Revolver. Get the scoop on this year’s must-have shooting accessories.
A Look at Ruger’s New RXM Pistol
Recently I got my hands on the new Ruger RXM Pistol. A collaborative effort with the team at Magpul, the RXM uses a swappable Magpul frame, Glock-compatible magazines and maintains compatibility throughout with the Glock Gen 3 platform. That means you can choose from the vast array of aftermarket sights, stops, barrels, slides, and more.
Apparatus Insignis: Remington’s Double Derringer, An Idea Too Good To Die
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.
The Art of Reviewing a Semi-Auto Pistol – American Handgunner
Reviewing guns is 38% objective, 54% subjective, and 93% opinion. Those of you who aced Trigonometry might have figured out we blew right past the 100% limit, but that just goes to show that evaluating a gun isn’t an entirely quantifiable exercise. Now that I think about it, there is a word for a perfectly objective gun review. Specifications.
Fizzics ‘R Us
I’m not a physicist, but I did read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. He attempts to explain such things as how, at the moment before the Big Bang, all of the matter and energy in the known universe was contained in a space a trillionth the size of the period that ends this sentence. Now that I think about it, trying to wrap my head around stuff like that is likely why I’m not a physicist. I can’t even comprehend a miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup being packed into a wrapper that small, much less the sum total of all stuff that ever existed anywhere in the cosmos.While the deGrasse Tysons and Hawkings of the world can ponder the great expanse in their studies, we mere mortals can make more practical use of the physical sciences for our shooting activities.
Gun Cranks TV – Coolest Shooting Products and Tips. And hunting with AR Shotguns…
Should you hunt with an AR shotgun? And our favorite shooting tips and gear. Resident
New! Springfield’s Hi-Power SA 35, New Take on a Classic
Now you can have an iconic Hi-Power of your own, and one you’ll want to
New Gun Review: Mossberg MC2sc Carry Pistol
Optics ready and big capacity in a small package. American Handgunner Editor tom McHale spends the day at Gunsite Shooting Academy reviewing Mossberg's newly released MC2sc compact handgun.