AR-15s
10 Guns Worth Keeping
There are many “keepers” in life. The most important keeper in the home is watching TV in another room as…Read More >
Tag: .40 S&W Guns and Ammunition
.40 S&W Guns and Ammunition
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Concealed Carry
SIG Carry Guns: What Do SAS and SRT Mean?
There are good-quality handguns, decent affordable handguns and then there are cheap guns. The SIG P-Series offers excellent reliability, accuracy…Read More >
Concealed Carry
Commonality Among Handguns
A friend of mine is very knowledgeable concerning handguns. He owns a number of excellent handguns including a Colt .38…Read More >
Firearms
Throwback Thursday—Beretta’s PX4 Storm Pistol
The Beretta PX4 Storm is solid investment from a vendor well-known for quality and reliability. From the rotating barrel to fantastic ergonomics, the Storm is a worthwhile investment for both police and civilian personal defense use.
Firearms
Glock 23 — Compact Size, Full-Power Protection
Choosing a handgun for self-defense should never involve a compromise. Thanks to the innovative minds at Glock, you can get full-sized firepower and feel from a compact pistol!
Firearms
GLOCK 22s and 23s Just Keep On Banging
Looking back at the performances of the Glock Forties over the years, I was taken by how consistently they’ve shot, handled, and carried, and how steady the pricing has been.
Firearms
SHOT Show 2014 Special Edition Day 4: New Handguns
Cheaper Than Dirt! staffers covering the 2014 SHOT Show in Las Vegas have added their final set of articles about new handguns introduced at the show. In this edition are details about The View, a new compact DA concealed-carry small-framed revolver from Taurus named for its distinctive translucent polycarbonate right side plate, and 5-inch versions of the Walther PPQ M2 pistol.
Firearms
SHOT Show 2014 Special Edition Day 3: New Handguns
Cheaper Than Dirt! staffers covering the 2014 SHOT Show in Las Vegas have added a third day of articles about new handguns introduced at the show. In this edition are details about Kahr Arms’ CT4543 and full-frame CT40 and CT45 and Magnum Research’s 3-inch ultra-compact 1911, the Undercover DE1911U. Also, Para USA has new 9mm 1911-patterned handguns out, and Remington surprises the firearms industry again with the introduction of the new R51 compact 9mm semi-auto.
News
SHOT 2014 — Kahr CT 40 and CT 45
Now as the market is saturated with affordable and even cheap, small defensive handguns, Kahr Arms has introduced two new full-sized pistols that it hopes will grab a portion of the market share. The “aggressively-priced” CT 40 and CT 45 are double-action only, striker-fired polymer pistols that operate from a locked breech with a Browning-style recoil lug. The barrel on both is 4 inches long with a 1-16 right hand twist and the single-stack magazine holds 7 rounds. Each gun is shipped with only one magazine. The CT 40 is chambered for .40 S&W and the CT .45 for .45 ACP.
Ammunition
Liberty Ammunition Increases Production in Response to Lead Shortage
The lead smelting plant, Doe Run, in Herculaneum, Missouri, will cease operations in the next couple of weeks. The loss of another domestic facility will certainly cause an additional strain the price of secondary lead—and lead-based ammunition. It is hard at this point to say how much of a strain, but hold on to your wallets. However, there is some good news coming out of all of this.