2 HANDGUNS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019
8 LETTERS
12 SPEEDLOADS
- 2 easy ways to upgrade a
revolver - Champion Vanquish muffs
16 EN GARDE
RICHARD NANCE
There’s a lot of advice out there
on handgun basics. Here’s how
to pick what’s right for you.
20 ESSENTIALS
JAMES TARR
Speer’s new Gold Dot G2 ammo
is now commercially available,
and it’s a great round.64 BACK PAGE
BEAUTIES
STAN TRZONIEC
SIG Stainelss Super TargetFEATURES
24 VERSATILITYCHAMP
ByJAMESTARR
ThenewTX22fromTaurusisaninexpensive,do-it-all.
semiautowithsomeexcellentfeatures.34 RETURNOF A CLASSIC
ByJAMESTARR
WaltherbringsbacktheiconicPPK/S.380Auto,andit’snow
maderighthereinthegoodol’USofA.42 A STANDOUT 1911
ByKEITHWOOD
EdBrownhasintroducedtheKC9,anoutstandingandmore
affordable 1911 in9mm.50 STOEGERTHROWSA STRIKE
ByBRADFITZPATRICK
A companyknownmoreforshotgunsfiresonerightdownthe
middlewiththeSTR-9,its firststriker-firedsemiautomatic.CONTENTS
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 | VOLUME 33, NUMBER 5 | PUBLISHED BIMONTHLY | http://www.handguns.com
DEPARTMENTS
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FIRING LINE
REPORT
56 DAVIDSON’S/
ARMSCOR
1911-A1 ROCK
STANDARD FS DS
By STAN TRZONIEC60 SMITH & WESSON
MODEL 610
By J. SCOTT RUPP