The late 1970s was an interesting era when it came to compact pistols. In the United States, the .45 ACP was king; 9 mm was something best left to Europeans. This was well before NRA helped pass the first Right-To-Carry law in Florida in 1987, and there was limited demand for concealable pistols—but there was some. To combine .45 ACP punch with a very compact pistol, inventor and manufacturer Philip R. Lichtman set up the Semmerling Corporation in Massachusetts. The Semmerling LM-4 was the smallest .45 ACP handgun available to date. It was not a semi-automatic, but rather a manually…

In this review, Dr. Will Dabbs gets hands-on with the new Springfield Armory SAINT Victor pistol chambered in .300 AAC Blackout. This new handgun sports a threaded 9.5″ barrel, making it a perfect choice for suppressed shooting. Read on to see how well it performed with a can and a variety of super- and subsonic ammo loads. The SAINT Victor pistol was loaned to the author by the company for this evaluation. The Springfield Armory SAINT Victor pistol chambered in .300 BLK makes for an excellent truck gun due to its size and versatility. The Springfield Armory SAINT Victor .300…

XS Sights has introduced more products to fit different handgun makes and models. Among its latest releases are the company’s optics mounting plates and fiber-optic sights to fit a range of Smith & Wesson handguns. XS Sights Optics plates are CNC milled from steel and finished with a black-nitride finish. Currently, XS plates accommodate the Aimpoint ACRO and Trijicon RMR footprints. Both of these optics footprints represent two of the most common mounting standards on the market, especially in terms of duty and defensive carry options. XS Sights fiber-optic sights feature a robust design with a slightly wider green fiber-optic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eileen Gu, the controversial big air skiing star who competes for China despite being American-born, was unable to defend her gold medal on Monday night at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.Gu came away with the silver medal in the women’s freeski big air competition, while Canada’s Megan Oldham won gold.Gu notched a 90.00 on her first run, which was tied on the list of competitors for third place, as Oldham and Austria’s Lara Wolf had better scores. But Gu’s mistake was on the second run, where she wasn’t able to grab the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Around 100 U.S. troops and military equipment arrived in Nigeria Monday to help support local forces battling Islamic militants and other armed groups in the West African nation, the Nigerian military said.The U.S. personnel touched down as part of a broader security cooperation effort between Washington and Abuja with 100 more arriving over time.The arrival came at the request of the Nigerian government, which sought assistance with training, technical support and intelligence sharing as it confronts violence, the Associated Press reported.About 200 U.S. Africa Command personnel are expected to deploy to Nigeria…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One teenager has been arrested in connection with what officials described as a “senseless” shooting that broke out in New York City as crowds of children gathered at the bus stop after school dismissal, killing one 16-year-old boy, police said Sunday. The Wednesday incident occurred in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx amid what officials and witnesses characterized as an escalating wave of violence in the borough, prompting affected family members to criticize Mayor Zohran Mamdani and law enforcement for not doing enough to keep New Yorkers safe.Authorities identified the slain victim as Christopher Redding,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Democrats for the partial government shutdown, as Republicans and Democrats have yet to reach a deal on Department of Homeland Security funding, while he also touted what he deemed as wins for his administration on issues such as the economy and crime.Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump boasted of “great financial numbers” such as low inflation and falling fuel prices.”Great financial numbers, you saw low inflation, very low inflation. Prices are down. Way down. Gasoline is less than $2 a gallon in many places,…

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Last in our recent spate of TOPS coverage is the Ontario XL Hunter. Whereas the last few new for 2026 TOPS pieces were in-house designs, the Ontario XL Hunter is actually a collaboration with another knife shop – can you guess which one? Okay, not a difficult question to be fair, but it is an interesting story nevertheless. Ontario Knife Company brought TOPS onboard to give one of their Old Hickory models the once-over, enhancing the proven outdoor classic with TOPS’s well-deserved reputation for ultra-rugged build quality. The result is something that underlines all the good qualities of the original…