By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com October 15, 2015 Last updated on 10/16/15. While DefenseReview (DR) likes a number of pistol brands, we’re primarily Glock guys over here, Specifically Gen-3 Glock guys, since the Gen-3 Glock pistol design is still the simplest, most robust/rugged, and most field-maintainable design that we’ve found, so far, and we still don’t completely …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 27, 2015 Last updated on 8/27/15. Back in January (2015), right before SHOT Show 2015, DefenseReview (DR) published a piece on the Ashbury Precision Ordnance (APO) Custom Shop (APOCS), which is building some very cool custom combat/tactical pistols with the Trijicon RMR (Ruggedized Miniature Reflex) LED mini red dot sight combat optic …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) July 18, 2015 While we’re on the subject of new Strike Industries (SI) tactical handguards/rail systems, we should probably also mention the SI VIPER Handguard carbine-length tactical handguard, which is designed to upgrade a M4/M4A1-style tactical AR (AR-15) carbine/SBR with A2 sight/gas block. The SI Viper Handguard, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) July 16, 2015 Last updated on 7/18/15. Strike Industries (SI) recently released the SI Mega Fins XL modular tactical AR (AR-15) rail system in both KeyMod and M-LOK variants, and will soon be releasing dual-interface-design SI SI LINK Rail Sections, which are MIL-STD-1913 “Picatinny” rail sections that …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 26,2015 Back in March, DefenseReview (DR) covered the release of the new Glock 43 single-stack, slim-line 9mm pistol, as well as our thoughts on it. Well, hickok45 of YouTube video fame just recently got his hands on three of them, and published a video on his fun little range session with …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 8, 2015 Last updated on 4/13/15. The Beretta APX wasn’t the only Beretta pistol DefenseReview (DR) got to handle at Beretta Tactical Summit 2015. We actually got to shoot the new Beretta M9A3 high-capacity DA/SA semi-auto 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol during a combat/tactical pistol shooting class with (awesome) tactical/technical shooting …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 7, 2015 Last updated on 4/13/15. DefenseReview (DR) got to view and handle the new Beretta M9A3 high-capacity combat/tactical 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol at SHOT Show 2015, and we came away pretty impressed with it. It sports a smaller, straight-backed grip, a threaded barrel for mounting a muzzle can (silencer/sound …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 5, 2015 Last updated on 4/11/15. Back in late February, Rob Curtis of Military.com GearScout wrote a detailed heads-up article on the Beretta APX polymer-frame, striker-fired semi-auto 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO)/.40 S&W pistol right after it was introduced at International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2015. The piece covered all the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries March 23, 2015 Strike Industries (SI) recently announced the release of the new SI AR (AR-15)-Enhanced Bolt Catch (AR-EBC), which is a very nicely-designed enlarged AR bolt catch/release button/”ping-pong paddle” for enhanced weapon-handling ergonomics, i.e., greater ease and speed of operation. The SI AR-EBC is aesthetically attractive, and …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Glock, Inc. March 20,2015 Glock just released information on their new single-stack “slim-line” 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO sub-compact pistol, called the Glock 43 (G43)–and they’ve got a nice new website specifically for it. FINALLY. This is BIG news, for which DefenseReview (DR) has been waiting a LONG time, long before the Glock …