American Handgunner

American Handgunner is a magazine that focuses on handguns and related activities in the United States, including handgun hunting, competitive shooting, reloading, and tactical knives. It is closely associated with Guns and American Cop. The magazine primarily features reviews of firearms, ammunition, knives, and shooting equipment. It also provides valuable insights on gunsmithing, historical topics, gun collecting, and self-defense, along with updates on gun rights. Each issue includes several highlighted articles and profiles of key figures in the firearms industry, as well as announcements about new products.

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Any Way You Cut It

1 week ago | americanhandgunner.com | Dave Workman

Let’s talk about homicide; you know, murder most foul (or otherwise), slayings, killings, whatever you want to call it. Ultimately, somebody ends up at room temperature and — ideally, anyway — somebody else ends up in prison. Who gets the blame for this mayhem? When a firearm is involved, part of the credit goes to something called “gun violence.” Use any other weapon, including feet, fists, elbows, knees or strangling hands, the perp takes sole responsibility.
Trigger Control Refresher Course

1 week ago | americanhandgunner.com | Jeff "Tank" Hoover

Shooting a handgun is a diminishing skill. To continue shooting accurately, one must shoot regularly. Even dry firing helps maintain some modem of recall if live fire is impossible.
Flush Fit, No Fuss:

1 week ago | americanhandgunner.com | Erick Gelhaus

After 15 years of shooting with dots on my duty and personal carry pistols, I am always willing to try something that will make the installation and set-up process easier. When that something comes from a business I am already familiar with — from years of buying and using their products — it is all the better. And when they are made in America, it’s a no-brainer. Enter XS Sights with their Minimalist OR and optic plate bundle.
Good Housekeeping

Nov 1, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Dave Workman

For those with a reloading bench (we’ll get to the other housecleaning in a minute), do yourself a favor by occasionally dusting things off. Pro tip: In order to keep dust off your valuable press, cover it with a big plastic litter bag when not in use. I’ve been doing this for years, and it has saved me some grief on occasion. Back when I was a junior in high school, my science teacher reminded us, “We live in a world of dust.” Don’t believe me?
Situational Accuracy: Good Shot or Not?

Oct 31, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Jeff "Tank" Hoover

An accurate shooter is described as one who hits what they’re shooting at. It’s as simple as that. Just as there are many different makes, models and styles of guns, there are many kinds of different shooting venues. Each shooting venue involves different skill sets to be considered successful or “good” for the given task. This isn’t a “how-to” article by any means, but more of a let’s “think about it” type of piece. Accuracy is affected by time, distance and stress.
Rental Car Chronicles

Oct 30, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Will Dabbs

I spent eight years on active duty as an Army officer, which involved a great deal of travel. Truth be known, all that time away from home was the biggest reason Uncle Sam and I amicably parted company. I realized I could either be an Army helicopter pilot or I could be a husband and father, but I couldn’t be both. I don’t regret the decision. Most of those trips were to unpleasant places. Once there, the transportation I used typically sported rotors, tracks, and/or belt-fed automatic weapons.
Ayoob Files: Lessons From Gunfighter Bud Ballew

Oct 30, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Massad Ayoob

Situation: A fast hand with a sixgun teaches us survival lessons right up to the moment of his own death. Lesson: Get the first solid hit. Get something between you and incoming fire. And don’t believe your own publicity and get in over your head. According to one source, “The Dust Bowl era of Oklahoma was still very much the Wild West, and Bud Ballew was its most controversial and effective deputy sheriff.
Einhand: The One-Handed Autoloading Pistol

Oct 29, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Frank Jardim

This is a story about the practical genius of Witold Chylewski, who patented a fully workable solution to the pocket autoloading pistol’s most obvious weakness in contrast to the pocket double action revolver when used as a personal defense weapon. Chylewski was awarded the first of two patents for his invention in 1914, on the eve of World War I. By this time, autoloaders had already usurped the revolver in a military role in the United States, Germany, Austria and Belgium.
Review: The Steyr M9-A2 MF Pistol

Oct 28, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Will Dabbs

The SteyrSteyr M9-A2 MF is the latest iteration of one of the most advanced polymer-framed combat handguns in the world. Sporting innovative design, peerless reliability, and flawless execution, the M9-A2 MF is a simply magnificent piece of iron. It may be the best tactical pistol you’ve potentially never heard of. There are some fascinating reasons for that.
Always Cheat Always Win

Oct 24, 2024 | americanhandgunner.com | Clint Smith

Consider using logic when you read this. I want you to think about it and apply it; coldly and with no small amount of critical thinking. One of the definitions of logic is, “a sensible, rational thought and argument rather than ideas that are influenced by emotion or whim.” So, it seems emotion, knee-jerk over-reaction or fashionable whim do not enter into the picture.