Other Semiauto Handguns

  • Shooting the Glock 19: Part II

    This report is intended to be read after “Shooting the Glock 19”.  It is a follow-up or “addendum” sort of thing to it.  Here’s the link to the previous article for those who might be interested: http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/shooting_the_glock_19.htm The Glock 19 used in this segment of the saga is not the same one used for the initial report. It differs

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  • Shooting the Glock 19

    Over the last four decades I have been fortunate enough to have owned many handguns and a large percentage of these were chambered in 9x19mm.  My very first was a 1918 DWM Luger which had been given to me by a friend of the family.  It sported a 3 5/8” barrel and remnants of nickel-plating. That was the first

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  • Shooting the CZ Kadet .22 LR Conversion

    Hello. Back in 1996, I bought a CZ Kadet .22 LR conversion for use on a Pre-B CZ-75. If memory serves, it came with a couple of 10-shot magazines. Though I understand it is not always the case, the Kadet unit slid right onto my CZ-75 frame with no problems at all. The magazine locked into place

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  • Pocket Guns: Glock 26 vs. S&W J-frame Snub?

    Pocket carry using a readily-concealable handgun almost always results in the choice of either a double-action revolver or a compact semiautomatic or so it seems from the emails I’ve received over the years.  A small contingent uses derringers but they are in the minority compared to revolver or semiauto users. Some who choose the S&W J-frame are

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  • Falcon Industries 1911 Ergo Grips

    Hello. A friend of mine dropped by the other day to show me a new 1911-pattern pistol he’d just purchased and I noted that the textured stocks he had on it really offered a secure grip. I asked about them and he said that they were bought via Brownells’ site for about $25.00 a pop.

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  • Range Report: Bersa Series 95 (Nickled)

    Hello. A while back, a fellow wanted to sell a Bersa Series 95 that he had purchased new and had fired but 200 factory rounds through. It would come with one extra magazine at what I thought was a fair price. The pistol was as described and he tossed in a box of Fiocchi 90-gr.

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  • The Defensive Makarov  Revisited

    Hello. A good while back I penned out a thing called “A Case FOR the Defensive Makarov” and after receiving several queries concerning how “appropriate” the 9x18mm Makarov is as a defensive arm, I decided that a follow-up piece might be of service. My perception of why the Makarov remains so popular with many shooters

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