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“The Wraith may just be the manliest handgun I’ve ever used,” submits Will Dabbs, MD. Dabbs covers the Dan Wesson Wraith 10mm — a 1911 “on steroids” — in the January 2019 issue of GUNS Magazine.
Custom touches on the suppressor-friendly Wraith include a memory bump on the grip safety, an extended beavertail and a skeletonized hammer. The powerful 10mm performed exceptionally well with Buffalo Bore’s 180-gr. JHP, 200-gr. FMJ and 220-gr. HC; with the best 5-shot group measuring 1.4-inches (220-gr. HC). Will remarks, “Everything about the gun is preternaturally smooth and inoffensive. For a hunting or home-defense arm the 10mm Wraith offers something truly fresh and new.”
It’s “lights out” for prairie dogs and predators with the Browning Eclipse Varmint .22-250. Mark Hampton praises the purpose-built rifle for its adjustable trigger, recoil-eliminating muzzlebrake and the bolt unlock button. “My best 3-shot group measured 0.432-inches. That’s pretty sweet from a factory rifle out of the box — with factory ammunition,” he informs.
January’s GUNS Giveaway delivers not one but two Taurus G2c’s to the lucky winner. Chambered in 9mm, the semi-autos feature a stainless steel slide, fixed white dot front sight and DA trigger system. The giveaway also includes a Founder’s Series Supertuck IWB holster from CrossBreed Holsters and a Bear Ops Bold Action IX knife from Bear & Son Cutlery. January’s prizes total over $980! Readers are invited to enter the drawing for free by visitingwww.gunsmagazine.com/giveaway.
It’s a new year with a new editor: Brent Wheat takes the helm of the premiere issue of 2019. “Brent is hot on the trail of new ideas and stories and is joining forces with readers to assure GUNS focuses on what’s most interesting to them,” says Publisher Roy Huntington. “His energy and enthusiasm is definitely contagious — and it shows in the pages of GUNS and across our digital media!”
January includes a closer look at Winchester’s SX4 and the evolution of an autoloading classic in the Shotguns column. In Campfire Tales, John Taffin talks 60 years of concealed carry in “Part I: Early Awareness, Early Beginnings and Early Guns.” Case trimming is a necessary evil … sometimes … as explained in the Handloading installment.
This month’s Online Exclusive asks “Gas vs. Piston — What Difference Does It Make?” Richard Mann offers his opinion on the matter. The January issue of GUNS is on newsstands now with a digital version available for purchase online at www.gunsmagazine.com/digital-version.
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