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XS SIGHTS announced the second generation of its R3D day/night sights (R3D 2.0) in July 2023, which got me thinking about iron sights on a pistol. I believe day/night sights are the best choice for handguns intended for defens ive use, and the earliest ones I can think of also came from XS Sights circa 1996, the famed Big Dot and V-shaped rear blade. I think a clarification is in order. As I’m using the term “day/night sights” for handguns, know that these can be used in any gradient light, day or night. These sights have glow-in-the-dark tritium inserts for use in no/low light, and a luminescent ring on the front sight that increases visibility from dawn to dusk. The XS Sights Big Dot was inspired by the express sights…

WATCHING PRODUCTS BEING BUILT, visiting factories, and being able to sit and talk with engineers and product managers about what I just saw are some of my favorite aspects of this job. Early in my career, I realized that attending these events is the best way to gain a technical education, which I ardently desired to properly write this column. In December 2023, I attended the Vortex Optics Media Summit at the company’s headquarters near Madison, Wisconsin. It was one of the best media events I’ve experienced. Dinner on the first night was a good time because it served as a mini-reunion with industry friends. It was also a chance to forge new relationships, a process that continues through the following days. Everyone laughed, ate lots of food, and stayed…

@GUNSANDAMMOMAG GASTON GLOCK, businessman and engineer, and the man behind the same-named pistol, died on December 27, 2023, at 94 yea rs of age. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in the final days leading to the end of World War II. He then studied engineering before founding Glock Ges.m.b.H. with Helga, his first wife, in 1963. It began as a side-business operated in the garage next to his suburban house. They made window hardware, door hinges, and curtain rods in the 1960s. Then they turn ed to making military knives for the Austrian army u in the ’70s, which provided him an und erstanding of cost-saving, computer-aided polymer manufacturing. After overhearing Austrian army colonel s discussing a prospective military contract fo r a…

THE DOE WASN’T HUGE, but we were getting down to the end of the season and I was a bit light on my self-imposed rule: “Take at least one doe for every buck.” The shot was quartering slightly to, 80 yards, so I held on the point of the shoulder. I expected her to crumple in her tracks, but, instead, she ran to the left, immediately out of my window. I waited and then walked up to check. There was no blood where she stood. Another big trail went to the left, so I figured she’d gone that way. Nope, nothing there either. I retraced and went to the corner of the thick woods between the two trails. Instantly, I saw bright crimson on a winter-drab oak leaf; I had…

I’M SURE that many Guns & Ammo readers are familiar with how rumors and rumblings can develop at work. The firearms and hunting industry is no different, especially for those of us on the media side of things. There are frequent whispers anticipating new products, factory expansions, ammunition, and brand acquisitions outside of closed doors. When big events such as the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show take place, it can feel like a pressure cooker going off. New stuff has been revealed, and some rumors were confirmed or debunked. At the 2024 SHOT Show, G&A editors took in as much as time allowed. You will find many new releases at gunsandammo. com and on G&A TV. There was so much content that a…

MYSTERY MAGAZINE Q: My friend gave me some old gun parts knowing I like to tinker, and the box magazine included the enclosed pictured magazine, which I was not able to identify. I recently saw an article based on a photo, and it looks like the magazine could be for a M1918 Chauchat. Do you agree? It needs to be cleaned and lubricated as the follower is very sticky, but it looks like it could be made serviceable with some work. I have no use for it and I was thinking that perhaps some collector might have a need for one, but I would not want to try to sell it without properly identifying the magazine. I would like to see someone get benefit out of it. Thoughts? A. M.…

EVERYDAY CARRY HOLSTERS should have certain features in common. Pick up any C&G holster and you’ll find them: Precision-fit manufacturing, durability, and configurability. I would argue that they should also be made in the U.S.A. Why? Because more Americans carry a handgun for personal protection than any mass of citizens in the world. Several other features rise to importance. Most holsters should be red-dot ready, for example. This means that the top of the holster above the slide should be notched to accommodate any reflex sight. The bottom of the holster should have an open bottom, too. An open muzzle means that the holster will allow for pistols with extended slides, threaded barrels and compensators. A modern holster must have a tall sight channel. Designed to allow alignment over a…

ELMER KEITH’S #5 REVOLVER This Colt SAA was extensively customized by R.F. Sedgley, Harold Croft and Neal Houchins around 1928. Keith wrote about this sixgun in .44 Special extensively. A photo of the #5 appeared in the December 1967 issue of Guns & Ammo. It sold in 2021 through Rock Island Auction for $253,000. Ernest Hemingway’s Westley Richards Double Rifle in .577 Nitro Papa’s single-trigger Westley Richards was built in 1913. Hemingway took it to Africa on a four-month safari, alongside his wife Mary, in 1953. That trip inspired the novel “True At First Light.” Any Westley double is a treasure, but this one takes that definition to the next level. This great rifle is in the collection of Bill Jones. Singer M1911A1 These, the rarest examples of USGI M1911A1s,…