The Springfield Echelon has quickly become one of the most talked-about striker-fired pistols in the modern handgun market. It is not just another polymer-frame 9mm with an optic cut. Springfield built the Echelon around a modular chassis system, strong optics integration, aggressive slide geometry, ambidextrous controls, and several size/configuration options that make the lineup a…
Osight XE vs XR: Which Enclosed RMR Red Dot Should You Choose? The Osight XE and Osight XR are two of the most interesting enclosed pistol optics in the Osight lineup. At a quick glance, they look very similar. Both are enclosed-emitter red dots. Both use the RMR footprint. Both offer a 2/6 MOA dot…
Kimber has more than one answer for buyers looking for a compact 9mm carry pistol. Two of the biggest names in that conversation are the Kimber CDS9 and the Kimber Micro 9. At first glance, they may look like they belong in the same general category. Both are compact Kimber 9mm pistols. Both are built…
Kimber has spent decades building its name around the 1911 platform, but the modern Kimber handgun lineup is a lot broader than a basic single-stack .45 ACP pistol. Today, a buyer looking at Kimber may be comparing a traditional 1911, a modern high-capacity 2K11, or the shorter 2K11 Pro. That is where the confusion starts.…
The Canik Prime Radian is not just another MC9 color variant. It is Canik taking the already-impressive METE MC9 Prime platform and giving it the factory Radian treatment: RAMJET barrel, AFTERBURNER compensator, Radian BACKSTRAP+MAGWELL, Night Fision tritium sights, an optic-ready slide, and a 17+1 round carry package. That matters because the Prime Radian is aimed…
The Sig Sauer P226 is one of those pistols that has earned its reputation the hard way. It is not the newest design. It is not the smallest carry gun. It is not trying to be a polymer micro-compact pistol. The P226 is a full-size, metal-frame handgun with decades of military, law enforcement, duty, and…
The Sig Sauer MCX family can get confusing fast. You have the MCX, MCX SPEAR LT, MCX Rattler, MCX Rattler LT, MCX-SPEAR, pistols, rifles, SBRs, 300 Blackout models, 5.56 NATO models, 7.62×39 models, 7.62×51 models, and then the MPX sitting right next to all of it as SIG Sauer’s 9mm platform. That is a lot…
The Sig Sauer P320 is one of the most important handguns of the last decade. It is modular. It is widely adopted. It became the basis for the U.S. military’s M17 and M18 pistols. It helped push the handgun industry toward fire-control-unit-based designs. It also gave civilian shooters, law enforcement agencies, and military users a…
The Sig Sauer P365 family has gotten big enough that “which P365 should I buy?” is no longer a simple question. At this point, the P365 lineup includes the original micro-compact P365, the P365X, P365 XL, P365 XMacro, P365 XMacro Comp, P365 Fuse, P365 AXG Legion, P365-380, ROSE models, manual-safety variants, 10-round compliant versions, and…
Over the past few weeks, we’ve started to make a bit of a name for ourselves in the gun space through giveaways, a little drama, and plenty of controlled chaos as we work to grow our small company and push things forward in our own way. During that time, we’ve been fortunate to work with…