We’ve talked a lot about budget concealed-carry firearms. It’s easy to understand why. When you’re on a budget, it’s easy to purchase a bad gun, so knowing which guns are well-made and budget-friendly is valuable. What about expensive guns? What are the best high-priced guns? If you start spending a little extra money, you...
My first ever real carry gun was a Bersa .380 ACP. I was a broke Marine who had just turned 21 and had Walther eyes but a Bersa budget. In all fairness, little Bersa served me well. It was the standard Thunder .380. Over the years, my carry guns evolved and grew, as did...
We exist in a firearms market where there are more choices than ever before. It’s a great market to be in, and we’ve seen the price of firearms fall, and we’ve seen budget firearms continually get better. There was a time when a Raven .25 ACP was a budget gun, but the performance of...
Best-of lists can be lots and lots of fun, and most best-of lists around guns focus on a single caliber. While that’s fun, I’ve always thought, why not a best-of list that gives you the best guns from various calibers? With that in mind, I set out to ponder, gather opinions from friends, and...
Ludwig Wilhelm Seecamp, aka Louis Seecamp, was an interesting guy. He immigrated from Germany after the war. In Germany, he had trained as a gunsmith, and when he landed in 1959, he first worked as a gun designer for Mossberg. He then opened up a shop and produced customized M1911s that used a double-action...
The times they are changing can be applied to the modern world of .380 pistols. Or maybe, the phrase, what’s old is new again works better. I’m not quite sure. Pick one because I need to get to the point. The .380 ACP market used to be one of pocket pistols like the KelTec...
