Moving to a lighter-shooting chambering while keeping the handgun the same size can be a boon to new shooters, and Ruger’s newest handgun is just that.
This year, the Texas Ranger Division is celebrating its 200th anniversary. Although some historians date the beginning of the organization to 1835, the Rangers themselves trace their beginnings back to Stephen F. Austin’s colony and the organization of ranging companies to protect the early settlers.
The Smith & Wesson M&P moniker stands for Military and Police and dates back more than 100 years, when Smith & Wesson first applied it to its double-action, K-frame, service-size .38 Spl. revolvers.
Large-format pistols continue to evolve, and the CMMG Dissent is the latest such firearm to incorporate innovative features to enhance the platform’s usefulness.
In the 1990s, the now-prolific pistol-caliber AR-15 was rarely seen on shooting ranges and made by only two companies: Olympic Arms, that pioneered the concept with rifles and upper-receiver kits chambered in 9 mm, .40 S&W, 10 mm, and .45 ACP and Colt, which offered a semi-auto version of its submachine gun.