Spring is upon us and that means more of us are venturing out to the gun range to hone our shooting skills. For many of us, that starts with rimfire rifles like those chambered in .22 Long Rifle. Yet, we don’t want youth and miniature versions of firearms to practice with, we want the real ...
At NRAAM 2026 in Houston, Texas, Hop stopped by to speak to Caleb Giddings about the brand new Taurus RPC pistol: Taurus’ latest entry into the pistol-caliber carbine market. Designed to offer a compact, affordable, and suppressor-ready platform, the RPC is entering the market at a time whe...
My very first handgun was a Springfield Armory XD in 9mm. It was around 2007, I was shopping for a home-defense solution and I’d read positive reviews about the XD line in American Rifleman and Guns & Ammo magazines. At decision time, it wasn’t much of a competiti...
We recently covered the Canadian military's adoption of a new carbine, the CMAR . That announcement was shortly followed by word that a Colt scope would round out the package: the CMAR 1-6 . Colt's new line of civilian optics has now been released, so we can take a look at what th...
FN America is changing things up in the pistol dot world at NRAAM 2026 with the new FN Pureview, the first holographic pistol dot to hit the market. This is a fully enclosed holographic dot that uses FN’s proprietary ImageGuide technology to create the holographic projection on a single fla...
This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. Pistollo 77°: Lever-Delayed Blowback 9mm — NRA 2026 We got hands on it at NRAAM 2026, and it’s definitely not your typical pistol-caliber setup. At its core, this...
This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. FN PureView: First Holographic Pistol Red Dot — NRA 2026 The new FN PUREVIEW isn’t just another micro red dot trying to squeeze into an already crowded market. FN ...
This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. Apocalypse MAX: Cabot’s Boldest 1911 Yet — NRA 2026 If you’ve ever handled one of their pistols before, you already know the deal. Cabot Guns doesn’t really bu...
Handgun-mounted red dot sights have been around for a long time. I was first exposed to them in the late ’90s mounted on USPSA Open guns. These flat-shooting, compensated, red dot-adorned pistols ran fast when they were running, and Open shooters were most often at the top of the list at the en...
I’ve been chasing that ever-changing goal of a faster draw. How fast can I draw and fire a shot into the target? With a goal of getting it in under 1 second, I’ve been racing the clock daily. Sometimes with dry fire, sometimes with live. I’ve used the TitanX a lot to get my draw […] T...