CCW (Concealed Carry)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 17, 2023 And, just to round out DefenseReview’s (DR) coverage of FN America’s products at SHOT Show 2023, we give you the striker-fired FN 545 Tactical .45 ACP pistol that’s both optics and suppressor-ready. The FN 545 Tactical gives you an “unmatched” 18+1 rounds of firepower, which is A LOT of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 24, 2023 Not to long ago, DefenseReview (DR) did a quick piece on the new 5.7x28mm Smith and Wesson S&W 5.7 series pistols, but FN’s been making a pistol that caliber forever, and they may have just perfected it. Meet the new FN Five-seveN MRD MK3 in Black and FDE (Flat …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 11, 2023 DefenseReview (DR) recently ran into our friend, competitive pistol shooting champion and legend Todd Jarrett, at the Staccato booth at SHOT Show 2023, and he was kind enough to take us through the new Staccato CS high-capacity compact/sub-compact 9mm combat/tactical 1911 pistol, as well as the slightly larger and …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): Smith & Wesson (S&W) November 9, 2022 Smith and Wesson just released their “best-performing micro-compact to date” using “next-gen EZ technology, low recoil impulse, and versatile magazine capacity all in a compact footprint” for the “ultimate CCW” pistol. it’s called the Equalizer, and it provides the end-user with up to …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Images Credit: Arms Unlimited and TAG Firearms September 19, 2022 Here at DefenseReview (DR), we have a soft spot for folding firearms that actually work (see “Related Articles” section below), and the B&T KH9 Covert FDE 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO semi-auto folding combat/tactical pistol with telescoping arm brace/pistol stabilizing brace looks like part, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): Wilson Combat & Scattergun Technologies August 31, 2022 Well, this one’s interesting. Wilson Combat just released an interesting solid-body-aluminum-frame high-capacity 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO combat/tactical 1911 commander-length pistol called the SFT9, and it looks pretty good, at least in the company’s promotional video on it (see below). DefenseReview (DR) likes high-capacity …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): Thunder Beast Arms Corporation August 15, 2022 A company called Thunder Beast Arms Corporation (TBAC) just introduced a very interesting new lightweight, modular and full-auto-capable .300BLK (Blackout)/9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) silencer/sound suppressor called the Fly 9 (or Fly9), and it’s definitely worth checking out. The Fly9 muzzle can utilizes a …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 7, 2022 A company called Empire is offering a highly customized SIG SAUER P320 9mmm combat/tactical pistol package called The Pointman P320 AXG – Redline, and it looks pretty interesting. DefenseReview’s (DR) been covering the P320 for quite some time now (see “Related Articles” section below), and this is one of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 31, 2022 DefenseReview’s (DR) been covering IWI (Israel Weapon Industries) products for years now (see “Related Articles” below), as we find them interesting. So, we were happy to see that IWI’s just released an interesting pistol called the Masada Tactical. The IWI Masada Tactical is a polymer-framed, striker-fired high-capacity 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): Smith & Wesson (S&W), Federal and Speer April 24, 2022