GUN TESTS® THE CONSUMER RESOURCE FOR THE SERIOUS SHOOTER $5.95 January 2020/Vol. XXXII, No. 1 SINGLE-STACK 9MMS We graded four smaller 9mms after rigorous side-by-side shooting. What would our team find out about Springfield’s XDE and Hellcat pistols, the Smith & Wesson Shield M2.0, and the SIG Sauer P365XL? ● Page 6 SURVIVAL GUNS If your bomber gets shot down over a remote wilderness, what firearm should you be carrying to help you make it out? Perhaps one of these 22 LR/.410-bore combination guns from Rossi, Savage, or TPS? ● Page 17 PORTABLE HANDGUN SAFES We look hard at a quartet of boxes from Boyt, GunVault, Liberty Safe, and Hornady to find safe storage and access control.● Page 29 l l l l DOWNRANGE: 2 FIRING LINE: 3 2019 PRODUCT INDEX: 25 CUSTOMER SERVICE:Gun-Tests.com 31 COMING UP: 32 1 ® DODOWNRWNRANANGEGE Editor ....................W. Todd Woodard Managing Editor ........... Tracey Taylor Contributing Editors .... R.K. Campbell PERHAPS TRUMP SLUMP IS OVER? Roger Eckstine Robert Sadowski ccording to the FBI, more than 200,000 David Tannahill background-check requests associated Ralph Winingham with the purchase of a firearm were Joe Woolley submitted to the agency on Black Friday Sr. Tech Coordinator ............John Taylor A2019, marking the second-highest gun-sales day Social Media Manager ......... Cara Blake ever. The previous record was set on the day after Thanksgiving in 2016. In all, the bureau posted 202,465 checks Friday, an 11% increase from last TO CONTACT THE STAFF: year and falling just short of the single-day record
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