Pistols

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 May 10, 2023 While we’re on the subject of FN pistols, we should definitely mention the new striker-fired FN 510 Tactical 10mm Auto combat/tactical pistol with mini red dot combat optic and suppressor-height night sights that Chris Johnson of FN America was kind enough to show DefenseReview (DR) at SHOT Show 2023. …

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 April 5, 2023 DefenseReview (DR) didn’t just get to view and handle the new Glock 47 (G47) MOS at SHOT Show 2023. Oh, no. We also got to take a look at the new Glock 20 (G20) Gen5 MOS Standard 10mm Auto and Glock 21 (G21) Gen5 MOS Standard .45 ACP combat/tactical …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 31, 2023 Developed for United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel, the new Glock 47 MOS (or, G47 MOS) 9mm combat/tactical pistol is ultra-versatile/modular, since it’s essentially a full-sized Gen5 Glock pistol that “offers the same reliability and performance as the G17 Gen5 MOS, with a shortened dust cover and …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): Smith & Wesson (S&W) March 6, 2023 DefenseReview’s (DR) been on a bit of an extended vacation, but now we’re back. We thought we’d kick things off in 2023 with two very short videos on the new Smith and Wesson (S&W) 5.7 (5.7x28mm) Pistol’s rotary barrel recoil mechanism and trigger …

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 October 31, 2022 DefenseReview (DR) recently saw some photos of the Cobalt (blue) Cerakote variant of the Fabryka Broni (FB) VIS-100 M1 high-capacity 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm pistol, and it really caught our attention. Normally we like our pistols like a lot of people like their coffee, or like the Kardashian sisters like their …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): RISE Armament Ocotober 11, 2022 As long as we’re on the subject of TFB (TheFirearmBlog.com) videos on cool new products at TriggerCon 2022, we might as well also cover the interesting new Trailblazer Firearms Pivot Ultracompact Folding Rifle, a 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO semi-auto folding Glock carbine that must be seen …