A large part of what drives sales for all gun shops is handguns for personal protection in the home as well as competition and “contingency planning.” It's this market the Springfield XD MOD.2 Tactical pistol is intended to appeal to most.

American Outdoor Brands Corporation has purchased LaserLyte to add to its Electro-Optics Division, Crimson Trace.

Removing the slide release on a 1911A1 handgun is part of the field-stripping process and upgrading the slide release with a new one is quite easy, too.

Avoid the compromise of a pistol and $200 tax stamp of the NFA with the CAA Roni Brace, which elevates your pistol from backup weapon to fighting gun.

The Jacksonville, Arkansas, Police Department, with 56 sworn officers protecting 30,000 citizens, has transitioned to the SIG SAUER P320 as its official duty firearm.

Howard Leight by Honeywell has agreed to be the official eye and hearing protection sponsor for the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s First Shots program.

Personal defense weapons, commonly referred to as PDWs, are a red-hot category of immense interest by retailers and distributors.

Good news for smaller shop owners: used guns (if not neglected or banged up) can be purchased relatively cheap, cleaned up and resold for a tidy profit.

Legendary firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch has just introduced a .40 version of its VP series of striker fired pistols.

The 2011 series takes everything that’s great about the good old 1911 and brings it into the modern age, delivering a gun with a solid foundation, time-tested performance, and all of today’s customization features that high-level competitors require to reach their potential.