handgun reviews

The CZ 75 Legend brings back the classic all-steel CZ 75 with a DA/SA trigger, traditional controls and few concessions to modern handgun trends. After 450 rounds, we found out whether the old-school design still holds up.

The SIG P211 GTO brings P320 magazine compatibility, a factory compensator and a surprisingly crisp Series 80-style trigger to the double-stack 1911 world. After more than 1,000 rounds, here’s what stood out.

The Beretta B22 Jaguar Tac Metal was accurate enough to keep the range session going through the July heat—and well past lunchtime.

Langdon Tactical’s tuned Beretta 80X combines mild recoil, an excellent DA/SA trigger and strong 15-yard accuracy, but is it worth the premium price tag?

The Langdon Tactical CZ P-09 F Nocturne elevates an already great pistol with a superb trigger, custom refinements, and a Holosun EPS-RD-6 optic.

The threaded-barreled Ruger RXM brings together three industry heavyweights and was built from the start to run smoothly and quietly.

One remained iron-sighted; the other wore a milled slide and Trijicon RMR. Nearly 600 combined rounds later, both GLOCK 43Xs finished without a malfunction and earned perfect proficiency scores.

The double-stack 1911 market is crowded and increasingly expensive. Kimber’s $1,100 DS Warrior LW enters with familiar controls, 20-round capacity and a grip that came alive during controlled pairs and reload drills.

Will Dabbs spent years believing Army aircrews needed something more capable than a service pistol if they went down behind enemy lines. Decades later, Springfield might've finally delivered. He took the 5.5-inch, 32-round 9mm Springfield SAINT Victor PDW to the range to test its recoil, control and reliability.

Brian McCombie expected the Taurus Deputy’s Old West styling to be the story. Then he started changing cylinders and feeding the same six-gun 9mm, .38 Special and .357 Magnum. Across rested groups and offhand shooting, the Deputy proved more practical than its cowboy profile suggested.

The original Echelon had already set a high bar. Then Springfield shortened the slide to four inches and mounted an Aimpoint COA deep in the A-CUT. Three 9mm loads would show whether this carry-focused version gave anything up.

Polymer-framed, optics-ready pistols have become the concealed-carry default. Brad Fitzpatrick carried and range-tested the opposite: 29.8 ounces of forged steel, walnut grips and a single-action trigger. Five 9mm loads at 25 yards would show whether the shortened SA-35 still earns room in a modern holster.

Most .380 pistols shrink the gun around the cartridge. Taurus went the other way, reviving the Model 58 as a full-size, 15-round alternative—and we put that idea through a 200-round range test.

Beretta answered the striker-fired era with a hammer-fired pistol whose barrel rotates a quarter turn instead of tilting. Langdon Tactical spent a decade refining it. The result runs like a Swiss watch—and costs the same as one too.

Ruger and Magpul spent three years building a $499 answer to the Glock 19. Here's how 18 of them performed against 20,000 rounds in a single week.

Hudson Arms had the hottest gun at SHOT Show 2017 and was bankrupt inside of two years. Daniel Defense bought the patents and spent four years rebuilding the H9 so thoroughly that exactly one part carries over. We took it to the range to see what survived.

Will Dabbs has carried a gun every waking hour for decades and long ago made peace with the discomfort. Then KelTec sent him a 13-ounce pistol that holds 21 rounds and loads from the top like a Mauser. Months later, he's struggling to go back.

Is the Staccato HD C3.6 worth the hype? We test this premium 2011-style CCW pistol for accuracy, reliability, and performance.

The CZ-USA P-10 C Ported's integrated compensator is designed to improve accuracy, but how did it perform on the range?

The PSA JAKL 9 brings plenty of attitude to a compact home-defense package. We outfitted PSA’s latest guard dog and took it to the range to see whether its handling and accuracy matched the promise.