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SHOT Show 2025 Delivers Two New 9mm Revolvers

March 10, 2025January 26, 2025 by Travis Pike

I’m a fan of 9mm revolvers. What helped me learn how to shoot snub nose revolvers was an LCR in 9mm. The price of revolver ammo, like .38 Special, remains high, and 9mm makes it a fair bit easier to shoot. Plus, there are plenty of defensive ammo options, and you can use reduced recoil … Read more

Hammer Time: Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day

November 26, 2018 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

So…there’s a Diamondback in this pocket dump and a Menovade S.T.U.B., the latter of which is certainly a unique tanto blade. It’s the hammer I can’t stop staring at, though. Is this meant to be a statement about the fact that more people are killed by hammers annually than by rifles? Is this gun owner … Read more

Gun Review: Diamondback DB FS Nine

April 30, 2014 by Jeremy S.

The DB FS Nine for this review was provided by The Kentucky Gun Company.

Diamondback Firearms, best known for its pocket-sized micro pistols, the DB380 and DB9, has just entered the full-sized pistol market with the release of the DB FS Nine. This striker-fired, polymer-framed contender is certainly gunning for a share of the GLOCK/XD/M&P/et al market. The DB FS Nine looks good and it stacks up on paper, but its ace in the hole is an MSRP well below the competition. That’s all good and well, but how does it shoot? Find out after the jump…

Just Arrived: Diamondback DB FS Nine

April 24, 2014 by Jeremy S.

Diamondback Firearms recently announced its first entry into the full-size pistol market with the DB FS Nine. Kentucky Gun Co — currently selling the gun for $364.99 — was gracious enough to loan one to TTAG for testing, and it looks like I’m going to be pulling the trigger. This weekend I’ll be putting at least 500 rounds through it to feel it out and to start working on the full review. Watch this space. In the meantime, a couple more photos and Diamondback’s presser are after the jump…

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