Why I Shoot .40 S&W Ammunition With My Unmodified 10mm GLOCK 20 Pistol

First there was 10mm Auto. The FBI chose a watered-down loading — a 180 grain bullet at 975 fps instead of more like 1,300 fps — and a large-frame Smith & Wesson pistol through which to shoot it. By the time the contract went through, Tom Campbell, a Smith employee, had realized that the powder … Read more

A New Mexico Bear Attack Finally Stopped With a GLOCK 10mm Pistol

On morning of July 25, 2018, Bridger Petrini was out near the Colorado border, working his dogs for the upcoming New Mexico bear season. He had purchased his professional guide service eight years earlier from his father, who started it in 1985. Bear season would open in less than three weeks, and the dogs had … Read more

Gear Review: Lone Wolf Alpha Wolf Threaded Barrel for GLOCK 20 (10mm)

With big game hunting season in full swing, I’ve spent a good amount of time with the GLOCK 20C I’m accustomed to carrying when recreating outdoors. This pistol has sustained its fair share of modifications, yet every time I’d carry it my thoughts would drift to a quiet place. I had an itch to push … Read more

Three Best Carry Guns for Hiking

In a post called Why You Shouldn’t Take a Gun When Hiking on the Appalachian Trail: IMI Systems Quote of the Day, a snowflake named Margaret (not shown) offered a whole lot of reasons why she wouldn’t tool-up for her national forest adventures. TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia shot down her arguments with extreme prejudice. Which left … Read more

Glock: Take Us Hunting!

“Frankly, as much as I like Glock pistols for defense, I have never shot one that was accurate enough to meet my standards for a hunting pistol.” So sayeth handgun hunter extraordinaire Chuck Hawks. Glock may disagree, but they know better than to sully their rep by pursuing the tiny handgun hunting niche. That said, hunting is a HUGE market. And Glock wants in. “Hunting season is right around the corner,” Glock’s presser announces. “While some people believe that personal protection in the outdoors means carrying bug spray or sun screen, savvy hunters are increasingly carrying a GLOCK pistol on their side for personal protection – just in case that bear, boar, coyote or snake gets too close for comfort.” So what about two-legged varmints?

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