American Handgunner Magazine

08/09/2025

Gear up for fall!

Guns and the gear to carry and outfit them. Check out 2025’s latest.

08/08/2025

Imagine if you will, it’s 1976. It’s the Bicentennial of our country. Disco was king, Jimmy Carter was elected president, bell-bottoms were the rage, and Pet Rocks were the craze, showing us how gullible we were. Despite these crazy generational flops and follies, there was one meaningful and positive event happening: the Fourth Annual Outstanding American Handgunner Awards.

Imagine if you will, it’s 1976. It’s the Bicentennial of our Country. Disco was King, Jimmy Carter was elected President, bell-bottoms were the rage, and Pet Rocks were the craze, showing us how gullible we were.

08/07/2025

The Rost Martin RM1C compact is slightly smaller than the G***K 19 but larger in performance.

Although the poly-framed striker-fired market is large, the Toomers figured there’s always room for a quality U.S.-made pistol “full of features” priced competitively. The RM RM1C proudly infers its ‘Made in the USA’ quality with its Dallas, Texas brand roll-marked on the slide as proof of...

08/06/2025

If we’re lucky, someone enters our lives, influencing us like no other. Dick “Sixshot” Thompson is one of those people to me.

If we’re lucky, someone enters our lives, influencing us like no other. Dick Thompson, aka ‘Sixshot’ is one of those people to me. Dire circumstances have a tendency to bring people together, whether the other person knows it or not.

08/05/2025

In case you missed it: Ta**us has reintroduced one of its most powerful and versatile revolvers.

Ta**us has reintroduced one of its most powerful and versatile revolvers — the Raging Judge 513 — with a limited-production model.

08/04/2025

Thinking while fighting.

Thinking with a gun in your hand is a critical element in self-defense training. In the world of tactical self-defense training today, serious students speak of “the three Cognitive Johns:” in alphabetical order John Hearne, John Holschen, and John Murphy. They earned the “Cognitive” nicknam...

08/03/2025

If a woman is at a disadvantage against an unarmed attacker, imagine how much more she is endangered against an armed one or against multiple attackers. And that makes fair the question “Who could possibly be against evening the odds with an equalizer?”

08/02/2025

The Ta**us 817 is a rugged and compact revolver chambered in .38 Special +P with a 7-round capacity and all-stainless-steel construction.

08/01/2025

From Winnipeg to Winnie-the-Pooh 🐻

In the summer of 1914, the entire planet was getting energized for combat. Most of a 1914-era army’s mobility still came from horses. As a result, cavalry units came equipped with organic veterinary support. One of those Canadian military veterinarians was a man named Harry Coleburn.

07/31/2025

Carry optics are all the rage. They’re no longer in their infancy but are still in their adolescence: They can be troublesome at times and rebel against their owners. Rain can have a negative effect on open emitters, batteries can fail and we see screws shearing on mounting plates.

Behold the response from Aimpoint.

Carry optics are all the rage. Behold the response from Aimpoint. The gold standard manufacturer of optical sights for carbines has introduced the COA. This rugged unit has the desirable closed emitter, is a manageable size, and promises a 50,000-hour battery life.

07/30/2025

“Beware the man carrying a sixgun; he’s likely skilled with it and doesn’t fool around!” This is the basis for American Fighting Revolver.

With a profusion of polymer-framed striker-fired pistols chambered for the ubiquitous 9mm cartridge, you’d think they have a non-stop breeding cycle comparable to mink or jackrabbits

07/29/2025

Should you customize your hunter?

So … you purchased a new handgun and are ready to hit the woods. Is it field ready right out of the box? Or should you consider a fewmodifications to enhance the performance, accuracy and enjoyment of your handgun?