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GUNS & AMMO
FEBRUARY 2020 | VOLUME 64, NUMBER 2 | PUBLISHED MONTHLY
CONTENTS
Guns & Ammo’s
subscriber cover
spotlights Ed
Brown’s new
commemorative
Model 1911
to honor Jeff
Cooper’s legacy.
p. 46
BY KEITH WOOD
STILL
EZ
SMITH & WESSON’S M&P9
SHIELD EZ IS NOW IN A
CALIBER MOST OF US WANT.
PHOTOS: NEWSSTAND AND SUBSCRIBER COVERS AND LEFT, MARK FINGAR
48
ANOTHER STEEL FIST
Ed Brown commemorates
Jeff Cooper — again.
54
CARRY LARGE EVERYDAY
Wilson Combat gives us a long
slide with the new EDC X9L.
60
DAD’S LUGER
A long-lost pistol tells a tale
of war and friendship.
68
THE 6.5 PRC MAGNUM
Barnes Bullets takes the 6.5
PRC into elk-capable territory.
by eric r. poole
by keith wood
by dave emary
by joseph von benedikt
Reader Blowback 9
Editorial by Eric R. Poole 13
Gun Room by Garry James 15
Handgunning by Jeremy Stafford 21
The Carry Rig Blackhawk 3-Slot Leather Pancake 25
Gun Tech by Richard Nance 29
Rifles & Glass by Tom Beckstrand 31
Bullet Board by Dave Emary 37
Proofhouse CZ 1012 Bronze 12 ga. 74
Spent Cases by Keith Wood 80
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