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  • Point of Aim

    By Steve Quinlan Let’s Get Tactical  With the new year just around the corner and the latest gun models nearing their debut at the 2012 SHOT Show, the editors of Gun World have been putting in some serious overtime to … Continue reading »

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  • S&W’s New VTAC M&P Pistol

    A well-tanned version of a leading seller—with real day/night sights    Story and Photos by Denis Prisbrey Smith & Wesson’s M&P pistol line, introduced in 2005, incorporated lessons learned from the earlier Sigmas that were the company’s first poly pistol … Continue reading »

  • Smith & Wesson’s N-frame handguns were enormously popular during the 1970s with the “Dirty Harry” craze. This is Workman’s Model 57 in .41 Magnum.
  • Fifty Years of Handguns

    From the ‘hand cannon’ to the ‘plastic pistol,’ we’ve come a long way since Gun World was born  Story and photos by Dave Workman Golden anniversaries are times of great reflection for some, and grand celebration for others. The last 50 … Continue reading »