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A Modern Integrally Suppressed Pistol for Everyone: The SilencerCo Maxim 9

August 20, 2025 Ian McCollum 40

SilencerCo announced the Maxim-9 pistol in late 2015. Having gone through some huge growth of the past few years, the company wanted to expand its capabilities and thought that the time was right for a […]

Fox .32: Police Prototype of CZ’s First Pistol

July 18, 2025 Ian McCollum 23

Alois Tomiška, best know for the Little Tom pistol, was one of the original founders of the South Bohemia Armory, which became CZ of Strakonice. The first pistol produced by the company was his “Fox” […]

FK Brno 7.5mm at the BackUp Gun Match

July 5, 2025 Ian McCollum 45

The FK Brno is a take on the classic CZ75 pistol made in the Czech Republic. It was originally released as a boutique steel-framed gun, and then later as a much more affordable polymer-framed model. […]

Prodynamic II: A New High-End Competition Pistol

June 16, 2025 Ian McCollum 46

Proarmis is a Slovenian pistol manufacturer that has introduced a new high-end competition pistol (priced at approximately €4000). The first example has arrived in the US, and I had the chance to borrow it for […]

Modern Stocked Pistol: B&T’s Universal Service Weapon (USW)

June 9, 2025 Ian McCollum 31

The genesis of the B&T USW was a two and a half hour car ride home from a youth hockey game, when Karl Brugger and a friend were thinking about how to improve police effectiveness […]

“Kevin” – A Czech Pocket Pistol With a Weird Delay Trick

June 6, 2025 Ian McCollum 62

The “Kevin” (sometimes called a ZP-98) was developed by Czech gunsmith Antonín Zendl and introduced at the IWA show in 2007. It was a micro-compact pocket pistol chambered for either .380 ACP or 9mm Makarov […]

Beretta Model 1934: Italy’s Unassuming Workhorse Service Pistol

May 16, 2025 Ian McCollum 23

The Beretta Model 34 was basically the final iteration of a design by Tullio Marengoni that began all the way back in 1915. That pistol was updated in the early 1920s, and that one was […]

Glock 26: Glock’s First Sub-Compact Pistol

May 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 36

The Glock 26 was introduced in 1995 alongside the Glock 27. These were sub-compact pistols with 3.43 inch barrels chambered for 9x19mm (the 26) and .40 S&W (the 27). These were Glock’s first foray into. […]

Dutch Navy Luger: From World War One to the End of Neutrality

May 12, 2025 Ian McCollum 2

The Dutch Navy first acquired Luger pistols in 1918 specifically for its aviators. They has 12 German P04 Lugers taken from a German submarine stranded in the (neutral) Netherlands, and 28 more were purchased from […]

P38K: The Real One, not the Nazi Fantasy Piece

May 5, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

The P38K is both a fantasy WWII concept and also a real pistol made in small numbers by Walther in the 1970s. The idea is simple; just cut down the barrel on a P38 to […]