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 Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) June 8, 2016 If you’re a Glock pistol(s) lover like we are here at DR (DefenseReview.com), then you might like this little item made by Strike Industries. It’s the SI QD Slide Cover Plate (back plate) for Glock pistols, and it’s designed to ease and quicken the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 24, 2015 Gun Nuts Media and Load Out Room (LOR) recently published pieces (see here and here) on U.S. Naval Special Warfare’s (NSW) adoption/procurement of the Glock 19 (G19) compact high-capacity 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol as the official sidearm/secondary weapon of the USN SPECWAR operators, i.e., Navy SEAL’s, thus replacing the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) November 29, 2015 As long as we’re on the subject of new Strike Industries (SI) products for Glock pistols, we should also mention the SI Enhanced Magazine Plate (EMP) for Glock 43 for the G43 “Slim-Line” single-stack sub-compact 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol magazines, and the SI …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) November 27, 2015 If you’re currently rockin’ a Glock, Strike Industries (SI) has the right tool for you in stock, and its market success is a virtual lock…so don’t mock. It’s called the SI Glock All In One Tool, or AIO Tool, and it’s essentially the Swiss …

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 Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries March 17,2015 Strike Industries (SI) recently introduced the new SI two-piece drop-in G2 AR Mega Fins heptagonal free-float KeyMod modular tactical handguard/Mil-Std-1913 “Picatinny” rail system with “extremely solid lock-up”. The new SI G2 Mega Fins rail can be installed in minutes with no gunsmithing required. G2 AR Mega …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) March 4, 2015 Last updated on 3/06/15. If you’re not quite ready to go all high-end with an Arsenal Democracy AD Blackside or Zev Technologies GlockWORX customized Glock combat/tactical pistol package, then you might want to look at the Strike Industries SI G.U.M., or Gun Universal (Optics) …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 17, 2015 Last updated on 2/22/15. A small boutique weapons builder called Arsenal Democracy (AD) is currently on a tactical tear, building and customizing combat/tactical pistols and AR (AR-15/AR-10/SR-25) rifle/carbine/SBR’s (Short Barreled Rifles) for military Special Operations Forces (SOF) assaulters/operators, law enforcement SWAT operators, and civilian tactical shooters, but we’re going …