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Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe Special Forces SR pistol from Ed Brown is built for pure performance and extreme use. They started with a government model frame with an integral light rail and added a fully blended magwell for a smooth fit and quick magazine change. Ready for use with a suppressor, their threaded barrel is standard on this model. The slide features front and rear cocking serrations and is complete with a Trijicon RMR (Ruggedized Miniature Reflex) sight, which is the most rugged minia …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe S&W 945 is a single-action semi-automatic pistol chambered in .45 ACP. It comes with eight-round magazines with Performance Center markings. The pistol is available in a bead-blasted stainless finish or a polished blackened finish. It features an ambidextrous frame-mounted thumb safety and beavertail grip safety. The slightly beveled magazine well ensures quick and easy reloads of the 8-round magazines. Although the S&W 945 closely resembles a 1911, it is not c …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisBorn as an expensive gun in the depths of the Great Depression, the finely crafted Gold Cup National Match sold better than expected but was never destined to be a mass-market success. The addition of the Super Match, a .38 Super with the same treatment, differing only in markings, caliber, and cartridge capacity, did little to change the inevitable. When production ceased with the outbreak of WWII, the Colt National Match's epoch had ended. While Mullin notes that a few w …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisExtraordinarily comfortable and genuinely elegant, advancing both efficiency and ergonomics for self-defense handguns in ways never thought possible before. PPQ 45 is the ultimate definition of effectiveness. Ingenuity inspires excellence in Walther’s PPQ45 series of handguns. By combining the world-renowned German engineering of the PPQ with the classic American .45 ACP caliber, we’ve produced a remarkably accurate pistol with minimal recoil and superior ergonomics. It wa …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe 1911 and 1911-A1 pistols served the military of the United States from 1911 to 1985, through two World Wars and the Korean and Vietnam wars. They gained a reputation as a reliable handgun with plenty of stopping power, and are held in high regard by those who have used them. Early in WWII, Colt couldn’t produce enough pistols for the military, and in 1942, contracts were let to Remington Rand, Ithaca, and the Union Switch and Signal Company to produce pistols. Ithaca d …