Colt did it, as did Mauser. And Bergmann, Star and FN among others. In recent decades, it has been manufacturers such as Heckler & Koch and Steyr. Stocks for handguns, today mostly for 9mm pistols, are often ridiculed as a relic. Whether rightly or wrongly, we tested the Canik SFx-S pistol with stock and the GSG-9 pistol caliber carbine. Here are the results.