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  • S&W Compact 1911
  • M1A1 Carbine
  • .300 Savage

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TACTICS & TRAINING

The Eternal Tradeoff

Ultra-compact carry guns are cool indeed. But you’d best learn to deal with their quirks.

Lightweight, high-horsepower wheelguns, like this S&W 340PD .357, should not be used with light-bullet loads, hence the caution stamp.

Ok, we’re in the depths of summer, and for some of you it will stay hot for quite awhile. Others can look forward to a break in the heat in a while, but in the meantime we’re all sticky with sweat and tired of packing a big ‘ol blaster. We all want something smaller and easier to hide under hot-weather clothes. But there is a catch (isn’t there always?) Compact guns come with their own demands. Like the cutest sister at a sorority house, an ultra-compact carry gun can ...

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