Category: Handguns
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Norinco Olympia Review
The Norinco TT-Olympia is a clone of the 1936 Walther Olympia in the Jaeger (hunter) trim. It’s a semi automatic, shrouded hammer, 22LR made in China. I bought one because it was $200 and there’s a handgun ban coming in Canada. Usability Usability is not great compared with newer handguns. It’s only made for right…
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Surplus Jericho 941F Review
The Jericho 941F is a DA/SA, Israeli-made, CZ75 clone/variant. Surplus police/military units have been coming into country and I picked one up in the “handgun ban panic buy of 2022”. Mine was $520 from Tundra Supply in Edmonton. 9mm 3 dot sights 4.5″ barrel 2.45 lbs with empty mag Some are chromed, some are blued…
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GSG 1911-22 Review
The GSG 1911-22 (Same as the SIG branded 1911-22) is an inexpensive 22LR pistol that mimicks the size, dimensions, and is even compatible with some 1911 parts. They’re about $450 in Canada but I picked mine up for $300 used. You can find GSG 1911-22 parts at Brownells. GSG 1911-22 Specs What’s this gun good…
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If you could only own 1 handgun for life, what would it be?
With C21 and the incoming handgun ban (freeze), many RPAL owners are looking to get in before the lock and buy their first handgun. But with scant availability and unknown timelines, what would be the best single handgun to own in Canada? **updated Aug 16 2022: We’re getting to the only the worst options available,…
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Tips for New Handgun Owners
JT has announced a “freeze” on handguns in Canada. Most of our crime handguns are smuggled in from the US and it’s stupid legislation but that’s not what I want to write about in this article. Yesterday, thousands of Canadian RPAL license owners bought their first handgun. This article is going to go over tips…
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Norinco CF98 Review
The Norinco CF98 (sometimes called the EMEI CF98-9) is a 9mm, semi automatic pistol made in China. It’s a 9mm export version of their QSZ-92. It’s rotating barrel, hammer fired, with a decocker/safety combo, and it uses a detachable steel frame inside the grip kinda like the Sig P320 does. And most importantly, they’re like…
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Mantis X10 Elite Review
The Mantis X10 Elite is a training device meant to help with trigger press, grip, and fundamentals. It works on pistols, rifles, shotguns, and it works for both dry fire and live fire. It’s small, has an included battery that recharges via USB Micro, and it detects what happens when the trigger breaks. Then it…
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Ruger Wrangler Review
Yee, and I can’t possibly stress this enough, haaa. What if you took the Ruger Single Six, made it cheaper and made it in 22LR? Well, you’d get the Ruger Wrangler. The Ruger Wrangler is an inexpensive 6-shot, single-action, 22LR revolver made in the US. Is it any good? The Ruger Wrangler goes for around…
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Zastava P10 10mm Tokarev
The Zastava P10 is a Yugoslavian (or Serbian?) made pistol. After many other countries stopped making the Tokarevs, Serbia kept making them: making the long grip Zastava M57, and other variants including this beast. The P10 is a 10mm Tokarev, made in the 90’s (this one’s from 1996) using the same grip length as the…
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Sig P226 vs Beretta 92
Way back in the 80’s, the US military decided they had too many different kinds of pistols, and they needed to standardize. They put together a committee, specified a pile of requirements, and chose the Beretta 92 over the Sig P226 mostly due to cost. Personally, I feel like most government committee purchasing decisions are…