Recently added articles from American Handgunner:

Jack Weaver.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Usilton, William ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You did it again ("Jack Weaver," May/June 2008). Excellent article and an outstanding photo spread. You gave it to the right writer, ...

More on Jack.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Miller, Billy ... I was filled with nostalgia reading the great article on Jack Weaver. Having read Jeff Cooper throughout my formative years of the 1960s, it was great to read about Jack Weaver and the history of what we now call modern pistol craft. The picture of the young gunmen--Jack Weaver, Jeff ...

Offensive? Us?(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Wilwol, Lin ... I find the article by John Connor (Guncrank Diaries, May/June 2008) and pictures/illustrations depicting sexy women in American Handgunner inappropriate and offensive. With a growing female and youth following in the shooting sports, shooting magazines are viewed by people of all ages and ...

Guncrank.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Rau, Bill ... Who would have ever thought you would read a love story in a gun magazine ("Guncrank: Guns & Men," March/April 2008)? As a recent new subscriber, I've enjoyed your magazine more than any others I've read over the years, but the story by Helena Connor ...

The finger.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Taggart, Kenneth M. ... As a subscriber to several of the most prominent firearms-related publications, I often notice criticism of ads or pictures in which the model's finger is shown on the trigger. Such was the case in a letter which criticized the Kahr Arms ad in your Jan/Feb 2008 issue. As a person with ...

Lady shooter.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Gentry, Mary ... I keep pawing through the March/April issue of American Handgunner, concentrating on the cover story on the S&W TR 325 .45 ACP revolver. Nobody in my neck of the woods has one in stock, so I can't put my hands on the real deal unless I special order one. So before I put my money down I ...

Pretty pictures.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Esplanade, Carl ... Got the latest issue (May/June 2008) and wanted to compliment you on your new photographer, Mr. Pittman. I've always admired Mr. Nagata's work, and found Mr. Pittman's to be something new and subtly different. I can see the standard remains high at Handgunner, regardless ...

The dark side.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Gary ... For years I've been firmly in the auto camp, barely tolerating pictures of wheel guns on your pages and lamenting them taking up space at my favorite local gun shop. Oh, what a happy life I was enjoying. Then, one dark and stormy day the mailman leaves the latest issue of Handgunner ....

Personal defense.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Wopshall, P. ... A perfect score and standing ovation for your first time at the "firing line" with the American Handgunner Personal Defense Special Edition on the newsstands. If I had to pick Just One issue of any "gun" magazine to read, reread, keep, share with others, pass along to friends, etc., from ...

Blow hards.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Feinstein, Robert B. ... First, I wanted to compliment you in general on the continued excellence of American Handgunner magazine, and in particular the article, "Who are these guys?" (March/April 2008). It was interesting to read about the different backgrounds/career paths of your team of writers and your ...

Blow hards. <TIGun porn.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Lutter, Dave ... When I came across your March/April 2008 cover story on S&W's collaboration with Clint Smith on the Thunder Ranch Defensive Revolver, I knew I was seeing gun porn! This is a good lookin', hard hittin' personal/home defense wheel gun from the Performance Center boys at Smith that ...

Poor triggers.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Mactye, Greg ... I read a number of lesser gun magazines, all of which too often anger me when they publish a two-page article on some new whiz-bang super-gun, using nothing more than the manufacturer's advertising blurbs and fantastic claims that this is "the" new thing in guns. I enjoy Handgunner's ...

Killing machine.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Kincaid, James ... I found myself chuckling reading Mike's article on his fun with airsoft guns (Shooting Iron, Jan/Feb 2008). I too thought at the age of 56 I had grown out of playing with toys till one day I was working in my shop and a pesky horsefly was bugging me. I remembered the airsoft gun my kids ...

Met Connor.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Miller, J.J. ... I was on a plane in the business section last week and as I got settled in I started looking around at my fellow passengers. In amongst the usual suits tied to the latest new fangled phone/PDA/laptop combo-with-earpiece I noticed a rather large muscular fellow dressed in jeans. He almost ...

Arm's-length.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)

Jul 01, 2008; Orenberg, Edwin L. ... I'm writing to ask you a question I haven't been able to find an answer to. Back in 1975 when I went through the Arizona Police Academy, we were taught to keep the flashlight out to the side, arms length for night work. It has changed so the light is in front of the officer and makes him a ...

Nyle remembered.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)

Jul 01, 2008; Liston, Steve ... I worked at the newspaper photo lab with Nyle Leatham starting in my sophomore year in high school in 1959 and through college. I completely agree with Dave Anderson (May/June 2008) when he wrote, "I came to respect him as much as any man I ever knew." Nyle also taught me about ...

.50 B&M AK.(HANDGUN HUNTING: TIPS, TECHNIQUES AND POLITICAL-INCORRECTNESS)

Jul 01, 2008; Jones, J.D. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I was 13 years old when I fired my first .50 BMG at Camp McCoy Wisconsin, courtesy of a friendly Lieutenant. I shot most of a belt and destroyed a large hunk of concrete. I can still shut my eyes and visualize the concrete chunks and dust flying. Little ...

5-shot bulls-eye.(CARRY OPTIONS: FROM CLASSICS TO CUTTING EDGE IN CARRY METHODS)

Jul 01, 2008; Reese, Sammy ... Some people are born with talent, others with desire--a rare few both. John Ralston isn't a well known name, yet. However, when the world gets a look and feel of his custom made holsters, he won't have a moment of free time. Both John and I have been fortunate to have great ...

Simply great quality.(CARRY OPTIONS: FROM CLASSICS TO CUTTING EDGE IN CARRY METHODS)

Jul 01, 2008; Reese, Sammy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I've said it before and probably will say it again, the smells associated with finished leather holsters are almost as good as the smell of baking chocolate chip cookies--well, almost. I'm not alone, American COP editor Dave Douglas stuck his nose in the ...

Ruger 22 charger!(TAFFIN TESTS: THE SIXGUNNER HIMSELF: GUNS, GEAR AND MORE)

Jul 01, 2008; Taffin, John ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The .22 is our oldest cartridge, dating back to 1857 when the first cartridge firing revolver, the Smith & Wesson seven-shot, tip-up, Model #1 chambered in .22 Short was introduced. Over the past century and a half the .22 has also become our most popular ...