Shooting Illustrated

1 week ago | shootingillustrated.com | Jay Grazio

Firearm: Springfield Armory TRP 1911 AOS 9 mm (MSRP: $1,999)Springfield Armory added several 9 mm chamberings to the TRP line in 2025, and we’ve chosen the 4.25-inch barrel, AOS-equipped version for today’s kit. This is a marked departure for Springfield Armory, as all previous TRP pistols have been chambered in .45 ACP, providing yet another data point toward the ubiquity of 9 mm. Fear not, those who prefer their 1911s in .45 ACP, there are plenty of TRP variants in the old standard.

1 week ago | shootingillustrated.com | Guy Sagi

Federal Ammunition has been awarded contracts to supply several Canadian law enforcement organizations with handgun and rifle ammunition for training and duty purposes. The agreements will supply the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada, Correctional Services Canada and Canada Border Services Agency with up to 10 million rounds of 9mm training, 9mm duty handgun and .308 Win. rifle ammunition over a 5-year timeframe.

1 week ago | shootingillustrated.com | Guy Sagi

The Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) has selected the Heckler & Koch USA VP9 for issue to its sworn officers. The 1,100-officer department is currently in the process of transitioning to the 9mm-chambered HK VP9 as its official sidearm. OKCPD previously issued a combination of several different handguns. This purchase represents a consolidation of those various products to a single model.

1 week ago | shootingillustrated.com | Jim Wilson

Not long ago, I went to an area gun show and, of course, took a couple of guns to trade. At the safety table were two middle-age deputy sheriffs, nice guys. I handed one a double-action Smith & Wesson revolver and gave the other a double-action Colt revolver. The first deputy held the gun and just stared at it; he clearly didn’t know how to open it. I told him to push forward on that little button right there. He did, and the second deputy started pushing forward on the cylinder release on the Colt.

1 week ago | shootingillustrated.com | Richard Mann

The new 8.6 BLK cartridge looks to be a step closer to the general-purpose role the .300 BLK was originally intended to fill. When Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) introduced the .300 AAC Blackout (BLK) cartridge a decade and a half ago, it started something. Prior to the BLK, subsonic, centerfire-rifle shooting was mostly a handloading-only proposition with cartridges never intended to deliver subsonic performance.