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1 week ago | gundigest.com | Patrick Sweeney

If you really want to put the hurt on something, like a big critter, a 12-gauge slug does that. And here I will be speaking only of the 12-gauge variety, because while the 20 can come close, the rest … meh. The 16-gauge is so rare that it might not even exist, and 28 and .410 slugs are pointless. First, what’s a slug? Simply put: a single projectile, not a payload of shot or buckshot. And the shotgun slug goes back a long way.

1 week ago | gundigest.com | Dave Merrill

Every few years we see a technological leap in optics, even though these feats aren’t always immediately obvious to the non-nerds among us. Sometimes these take place in the form of advanced coatings or novel approaches to increasing contrast or reducing optic aberrations, but occasionally it’s much more conspicuous … or maybe not so much. In fact, if you don’t know what you’re looking at here you might mistake it for a large dot optic or perhaps a prismatic.

2 weeks ago | gundigest.com | Adam Borisenko

The Vortex Defender red dot series has been out for a couple of years now and currently features three different model sizes—the Defender-CCW, the Defender-ST and the Defender-XL. Now, Vortex is adding a green dot variant of each to its catalog. There isn’t much more to be said about the new Defender optics that we didn’t cover when discussing the red dot versions, as they’re identical besides the color of their 3-MOA reticles.

2 weeks ago | gundigest.com | Adam Borisenko

.380 ACP has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance recently, and Taurus has responded by bringing back the once-discontinued Model 58. Featuring some minor modernizations and improvements, the compact .380 carry-sized pistol now boasts a larger magazine capacity, an aluminum frame and an ambidextrous safety/decocker that allows for cocked and locked carry. The Taurus 58 features a 4-inch barrel, a DA/SA trigger and a 15-round magazine (two are included).

2 weeks ago | gundigest.com | Patrick Sweeney

Before we get to making mockery of those who insist on “the best trigger possible” in a firearm to be used for defense, we need to lay out the parameters of just what it is we’re talking about. In truth, most triggers are good enough. Most, even those that are deemed “beyond hope” by the cognoscenti will actually do the job when required. But “good enough” is a small comfort. And this is, after all, America … where we have choices. You just want to be careful what you choose.