While guys who dig CZs these days often like to think of themselves as mysterious and edgy, back in the chilliest days of the Cold War, picking up a CZ 75 was tougher than you’d think. A product initially of Communist-controlled and Moscow-allied Czechoslovakia, as we have covered dozens of times in the past, the CZ 75 first hit the market in Europe in 1975, hence the name. While nothing in the design was new – every feature had already appeared in a production gun somewhere – the combination of its internal slide rail design (similar to the SIG P210) with a 15+1 shot detachable 9mm magazine (Smith & Wesson Model 59), double-action/single-action trigger system (Walther P-38), and a linkless cam locking system (Browning Hi-Power) yielded a very sweet shooting pistol with a decent capacity that could be seen as a legitimate target or “combat” handgun, especially for its day.
All compact pistols are not created equal. The Steyr C9-A1 has combined traditional design elements, new ideas, and Austrian high quality for one fantastic compact carry pistol. Sometimes ideas from faraway places cause me to say, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
These days, I rarely come across a gun I haven’t heard of. This Tanfoglio Witness P happens to be one of those guns, so I quickly put my name in the hat to do the review. I was accidentally calling it the “Tangfolio” for several days before I was corrected by…
I’m reviewing something unusual for me: a Chiappa 1886 lever-action takedown rifle chambered in .45-70 Government. As soon as I saw this pop up on the Guns.com Certified Used list, I knew I had to try it. I mean, look at it! It’s just beautiful. With its color-case-hardened finish and wood furniture, it just screams “classic rifle.” And who doesn’t like to work a lever gun? But does it perform as good as it looks? Let’s dive into it… WATCH NOW
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