If you like living life big and loud, this is the issue for you! The November/December cover of Tactical Life kicks off the holiday season by featuring the new Smith & Wesson M&P 9 M2.0 Metal. For this iteration of their ultra-popular M&P pistol, S&W tossed aside the polymer and made an aluminum-framed gun that feels good in the hand and shot 1-inch groups at 25 yards for our resident gunslinger Mike Detty—outstanding accuracy from any striker-fired pistol! So for anyone working on their letters to Santa… you should add this one from S&W at the very top. The big Smith hits don’t end there! Handgun hunters have something to cheer about with the new S&W hand cannon that’s chambered in Winchester’s big bore 350 Legend.

Also in this issue, we take a trip with TL’s Night Shooter crew as they chase western coyotes in Nebraska, introduce you to the first simple yet high-quality drop-in 1911 trigger from Nighthawk, give you the inside scoop on Mossberg’s 300 Blackout MVP Patrol—a quality bolt gun that won’t break the bank, and were celebrating two decades of success for POF-USA and the man behind it all.

So what are you waiting for? Pick up your copy today!

LEGENDARY HAND CANNON – Smith & Wesson introduces the M350 X-Frame hunting wheelgun

METAL M2.0 MANIA – Smith & Wesson gives shooters another great, hard-rocking M&P defender

SMASH HIT – Seekins Precision answers the call of precision shooters with the new Havak HIT Pro

HYBRID BULLFIGHTER – Taurus’ new G3XL strikes a perfect balance between target work and EDC

GEAR GUIDE – A collection of big, badass workhorses that will put Rambo to shame

KEEP YOUR ENEMY CLOSE – A Lone Woolf Story, Part One 

AMMO MATCH – Eight different .22 WMR loads battle it out through a Savage 93FV