The Government Model pistol, caliber .45, Model 1911/1911A1, generates a substantial amount of recoil and muzzle blast, with its five-inch barrel and net weight of thirty-eight ounces or so, as ...

One of the best design elements of the Ruger LC Carbine in .45 ACP is that it accepts Glock-pattern magazines, as the grip is sized to accept double-stack magazines that fit the Glock 21.

Most modern pistols are chambered in nine-millimeter, .40 Smith & Wesson and .45 ACP. Pistols have several advantages in a home-defense situation. Pistols, with the exception of the 1911A1 ...

The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and .38 caliber revolvers. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic ...

The Walther PPK/S 9 millimeter short. It's been coded to your palm print, so only you can fire it. Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.” ...

As many of my readers and most of my friends know, I favor a model 1911 Colts semi-automatic pistol or a reliable clone ...

45”: the FP-45 (as in Flare Projector Caliber .45) Liberator, aka the OSS Liberator. The Liberator pistol was designed in May 1942 by George J. Hyde Sr., a German-born American machinist and ...