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 Image(s) Credit(s): Smith & Wesson (S&W), Federal and Speer April 24, 2022

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 6, 2021 Speaking (or in this case, writing) of interesting and cool new little concealed carry (CCW) combat/tactical pistols, the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield Plus 9mm/.40 S&W sub-compact pistol looks interesting to us. While we here at DefenseReview (DR) are primarily Glock guys, we DO like other manufacturers’ products, and …

By David Crane January 14, 2018 Last updated on 1/15/18. DefenseReview (DR) received the following press release last Monday. Looks like the new SIG SAUER P365 striker-fired high-capacity sub-compact high-capacity 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol is designed to go head to head against the Glock 43 (G43), and perhaps even the Glock 19 (G19) as well, in the CCW (concealed …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Hecker & Koch (HK) April 27, 2017 A few days agao, Heckler & Koch USA (HK USA) issued a press release on the new HK VP9SK striker-fired sub-compact (also written “subcompact”) 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO combat/tactical pistol, and even from the mediocre company photos of it, the new pistol still looks …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 15, 2017 Last updated on 3/16/17. DefenseReview (DR) got to view and handle the new CZ P-10 C compact striker-fired semi-auto 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) combat/tactical pistol at SHOT Show 2017, and we came away VERY impressed with it. It would appear to be very well designed, with a terrific trigger, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 2, 2017 Last month, on January 14th, DefenseReview (DR) published a quick piece on the Hudson H9 striker-fired 9mm pistol right before we left for SHOT Show 2017. Well, we got to test-fire a prototype H9 at SHOT Show 2017 Industry Day at the Range, and we found the new pistol …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Hudson Mfg., Recoil Magazine, and Shooting Illustrated Magazine January 14, 2017 The Hudson H9 9mm pistol, recently revealed by Hudson Manufacturing and Recoil Magazine on the cusp of SHOT Show 2017 is arguably a perfect ballistic metaphor for President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s promise/pledge to make America great again. The essential …

By Jeff Gurwitch September 2, 2016 Last updated on 9/02/16. I’ll admit it, up until very recently, when it came to kydex holsters, I was a Raven Concealment guy all the way. After all, Raven Concealment Systems was the first company that really seemed to take the market by storm with their great designs (particularly the Phantom Modular Holster series), …