First Look: Ruger's LCP MAX in .380 Auto!

This video reviews eleven micro-compact pistols, highlighting their suitability for concealed carry and everyday use. It details features like tip-up barrels, magazine capacities, and materials, offering insights into their performance and handling for various shooters, from new users to experienced enthusiasts. The presenter emphasizes the importance of choosing a reliable and discreet firearm for personal preparedness.

Hickok45 provides an in-depth review of the Ruger LCP MAX, evaluating its suitability as a concealed carry firearm. He discusses its price, weight, and capacity, comparing it to other pocket pistols like the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 2.0. The review highlights potential improvements and user experiences, including a minor pinch point on some models and the effectiveness of aftermarket grips.

This review of the Kel-Tec PR-380 highlights its status as the smallest and lightest 11-round .380 ACP pistol available, even surpassing the Ruger LCP Max. The unique internal, double-stack, double-feed magazine, loaded via stripper clips or by hand, allows for its compact size. While the loading method is unconventional, the reviewer notes its potential benefits for deep concealment and backup roles, despite a learning curve and potential for user-induced malfunctions.

This review of the Ruger LCP MAX ReadyDot, presented by Roy Huntington of GUNS Magazine and American Handgunner, highlights its unique battery-free fiber optic sight system that co-witnesses with a tritium front sight. The pistol is praised for its compact dimensions (0.75" wide, 11 oz) and effective performance, achieving a 3.5-4 inch group at 10 yards during live fire tests. It comes with 10 and 12-round magazines and features Ruger's Secure Action fire control system.

This video provides an in-depth review and comparison of the Sig Sauer P290RS as a 9mm pocket pistol, contrasting it with numerous other compact firearms. The presenter, an experienced firearms enthusiast, highlights the P290RS's reliability, build quality, and trigger characteristics, deeming it superior to the Sig Sauer P365. The review includes comparisons of size, capacity, and perceived quality across various models.

This review focuses on the Sig Sauer P238 as a superior pocket pistol compared to modern alternatives like the Sig Sauer P365 and Ruger LCP Max. The speaker praises the P238's build quality, ergonomics, and trigger, suggesting Sig Sauer should revive and modernize it. The video highlights the P238's hammer-fired action, manual safety, and good finish, contrasting it with perceived quality issues in newer Sig models.

This guide, informed by Roy Huntington, Editor of American Handgunner Magazine, details the critical differences between buckshot and birdshot for home defense. It covers their physical characteristics, penetration capabilities through walls, and effectiveness at close range. The advice emphasizes choosing a load based on concerns about over-penetration while stressing the universal importance of training, target identification, and using a light for any home defense scenario.

This guide details the field stripping process for a 1911 pistol, presented by Roy Huntington, Publisher of American Handgunner. It covers essential safety checks, step-by-step disassembly, and reassembly, emphasizing techniques to prevent damage. An alternative 'cheat' method for faster disassembly is also demonstrated, along with advice on using specialized tools for tight components.

This video showcases an exceptionally rare find: a first-generation 1873 Colt Single Action Peacemaker, discovered via metal detecting in Arizona. The expert speaker details its museum-quality condition, dating it to 1875, and analyzes the authentic patina and wear, including specific gutta-percha grip details and muzzle wear from holster friction. The firearm's discovery context among homestead ruins adds to its historical narrative.

This guide, presented by Roy Huntington, Editor of American Handgunner Magazine, outlines an efficient '5-minute clean' for modern semi-automatic pistols like the Glock 26/27. It emphasizes that over-cleaning is unnecessary and can cause premature wear. The process focuses on targeted cleaning of critical areas like the barrel and slide rails, with minimal lubrication applied only to high-friction points. Proper function checks after reassembly are also highlighted.