S&W Bodyguard 2.0 vs Ruger LCP Max: Best Pocket .380 for EDC (2026)
Two of the best high-capacity micro .380 pocket pistols compared on trigger, sights, capacity, and price to help you pick the right EDC .380.
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The 5 Summer Carry Holsters We Wore for 90 Days (2026 Field Guide)
Five summer carry holsters tested over 90 days in 88°F+ heat: PHLster Enigma, Tier 1 Axis Elite, CrossBreed Reckoning, Sticky MD-4, and the one that didn’t make the cut. Field guide for hot-weather concealed carriers.
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P365 X-Macro vs Springfield Echelon 4.0C: The 17+1 Carry Question (2026)
P365 X-Macro vs Springfield Echelon 4.0C: 250-round head-to-head, six weeks of carry, and the printing test. The 17+1 question, the grip argument, and the optic interface that picks the next decade.
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Honest Review: Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 2.0
This might just be one of the top-selling pistols of 2024, and it’s only just hitting stores now! Even though the original Smith & Wesson Bodyguard was popular, it seems everyone who owned one had a love-hate relationship with it, including myself. On one side you had to love a pistol that was micro size,…
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Honest Review: Magnum Research Baby Eagle III
An heir is born! The Magnum Research Baby Eagle III has one impressive set of grandparents. From the tried-and-true, combat-proven CZ-75 design, which inspired the Israeli Weapon Industries Jericho 941, which then inspired the all-metal Baby Eagle. The all-metal Baby Eagle engendered the third-generation, polymer-framed Baby Eagle III, the lightest and most refined Baby Eagle…
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Okay, Boomer: Is the Beretta 92 Still Relevant?
Double action/single action all-metal pistols are no longer in vogue. Once the Beretta M9 pistol lost the U.S. military contract to a polymer single-action striker-fired pistol, the Tackleberry types moved on to the next high-speed, low-drag gear. I wonder if this is how the hardcore 1911 fanatics felt back in the 1980’s when they were…
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Honest Review: Keltec P15M (M is for METAL!)
Did you know that Keltec makes two different versions of the P15 pistol? One is a polymer version called the P15, followed up by the P15 Metal. If I were king of the world, I would have named the newer metal version the M15, and kept the P15 for the polymer version, but I’m not…
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Honest Review: Springfield Echelon (Good, Bad & Ugly)
Yes, the Springfield Echelon is a good pistol. The full-size Echelon is a striker-fired 9mm built around a removable stainless steel chassis, with a deep optics cut that takes most red dots without an adapter plate and magazines of 17 and 20 rounds. Its main drawback is size: this is a duty pistol, not a…
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6 Hilariously Wrong Hollywood Gun Tropes
The use of guns in movies and tv shows have always gone hand in hand with each other. From dramas to action flicks, guns are used so often in Hollywood that it blows the mind how they can still get it wrong. The depiction of firearms use in movies is often inaccurate and misleading. From…
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Front Sight, Back Pocket: Stoeger STR9-C Pistol
This year, concealed carriers who keep one eye on the front sight and the other on their wallets rejoice! There are now four new models in Stoeger’s STR-9 pistol line! The STR-9 is the base platform for all Stoeger STR-9 series handguns, ranging from the STR-9F Full-Size to the new STR-9MC Micro-Compact. For 2023, Stoeger…
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Eoin May Reviews: Tisas A1 1911 Pistol
Love 1911-style handguns but hate the price? After 121 years, one could say that the 1911 platform has been well-proven. Rock-solid and accurate, the 1911’s storied reliability is matched only by its storied price … usually at least 50% higher than a comparably sized striker-fired concealed-carry piece. Inflation and consumer demand haven’t helped lower that…
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Honest Review: Kimber Mako R7 CCW Pistol
I confess to one of those people who is perpetually late to any given event. But that’s not always a bad thing. Sometimes by showing up late, you miss a fight, or at the very least, you’re not the first person to do something stupid. Kimber America must feel the same way, as they were…
