Shooting Illustrated


Shooting Illustrated brings you the latest from the firearm industry, specializing in home and personal defense, concealed carry, long-range shooting and tactical firearms and gear.
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First Look: MTM Case-Gard Suppressor Case
Keep your suppressors safe and close at hand.
Round Up: AR-15 Precision Stocks
Stock options aren’t just for investors.
Joining The One Percent
Taking even a basic firearm-instruction class is a rare thing indeed. Get training.
First Look: Safariland Ballistic Panels
Two new lightweight panels designed for the working professional.
First Look: Springfield Armory Saint Victor 9mm Pistol
A straight blowback design that feeds from Colt-pattern magazines.
Suppressor Manufacturing Jumped 9,504 Percent Between 2000 and 2021
A boom that is surprisingly quiet.
Black Swans, Severity and Probability
What should we really train for?
First Look: Lipsey’s Exclusive Smith & Wesson Revolvers
Four new models in a variety of sizes and calibers.
First Look: Tanfoglio Hexagon Pistol
Available in either 9mm or 10mm versions.
Straight Talk: Snub Not the Snub-Nose
Handguns don’t need to be duty size to get the job done.
Review: Lucid Optics E7 Sight
It has the blues, and it has them deep inside.
First Look: Century Arms AP Series Large Format Pistols
Three classic firearms are reborn as large format pistols.
Out of Chaos, Chaos
The trials and tribulations of being a gun guy.
Sometimes It’s Frustrating
Two different encounters lead to two different outcomes.
First Look: Stoeger STR-9 Thinline Pistol
An easy to carry, easy to conceal defensive pistol.
First Looks: Viridian Rechargeable Laser Grip for the Taurus Judge
Also usable with the Taurus Tracker.
Taking the First Steps
Learn gun safety from the world's largest firearm-training organization.
I Carry: Taurus 650 .357 Magnum Revolver in a Galco Holster
And we finish things off with a CRKT Wong Nucleus pocketknife.
First Look: Smith & Wesson CSX E-Series
Upgraded and improved with an optics-ready slide and interchangeable backstraps.
First Look: Tanfoglio Pugio 1911 Pistol
Inspired by an ancient Roman dagger.