Andrew L. Butts

Firearms Evals

Andrew Butts has served as a soldier in the Army National Guard and also served as a correctional officer in Montana, and recently retired from a federal law enforcement agency. Butts currently holds an Expert classification in IDPA and an A classification in USPSA in both Limited and Single Stack Divisions.

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LATEST ARTICLES

SHOT Show

UNIT Solutions’ innovative UNIT4 blends authenticity and safety for effective interactive police training

The UNIT4 looks and feels like an M4 carbine but cannot chamber and fire a live cartridge

January 03, 2024 02:52 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms

Review: Why the Glock 47 MOS is a logical evolutionary step

Glock has taken the G45 concept and extended it into the Glock 47, a full-size gun that is basically identical to the Glock 17

August 31, 2023 10:43 AM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms

Field testing Springfield Armory’s DS1911 Prodigy pistols

These pistols use the traditional slide and barrel configuration of the tried-and-true 1911 and combine them with a double-column magazine

May 22, 2023 01:59 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms

Review: LCP Max from Ruger

What could Ruger possibly do to further improve the LCP? Add a higher magazine capacity

May 18, 2022 07:43 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms

Review: XR920 from Shadow Systems

Why build a pistol with a shorter barrel, slide and sight radius set on a longer full-size grip frame? Here’s why

May 18, 2022 07:16 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms

Meet Staccato’s first entry into the law enforcement duty gun market

Staccato handguns are currently issued, authorized or carried by almost 300 departments nationwide to include the LAPD and the Texas Rangers

April 13, 2021 06:32 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms

Review: Multi-role and duty-role 920 pistols from Shadow Systems

The MR920 is based on the Glock 19 in operation, size and shape, while the new “duty role” DR920 is a full-size pistol similar to the Glock 17

March 12, 2021 01:59 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Firearms Storage

5 options for safely securing your firearms at home

Taking a gun belt off at the end of your shift and storing it on the top shelf in a bedroom closet is not an acceptable or responsible way to store a firearm

December 03, 2019 04:24 PM

Andrew L. Butts

SIG Sauer’s MCX Virtus offers new take on AR platform possibilities

Like SIG’s P320 handgun, the MCX Virtus Patrol rifle can be assembled into various configurations, sizes or barrel lengths based on operational or individual needs

March 05, 2018 02:18 PM

Andrew L. Butts

Product review: Smith & Wesson’s M&P M2.0 Compact

Glock’s Model 19 and 23 have dominated the mid-size pistol market, but Smith clearly intends to move in with this new pistol

December 08, 2017 03:00 AM

Andrew L. Butts