New Gun Owners in 2022 – New Years is a time for resolutions, and doing new things, and one of those things should be taking a more active approach in your personal defense, and defense of your family. Here are some things to consider, and it might even have some tidbits for those who have […]
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Best Movie Firearm Scenes – So for those of you who missed my previous blogs on the most ridiculous movies with firearms (apparently Rust should have made the list), I am doing a follow-up to provide the most accurate descriptions of firearms in movies. This was much tougher, and I had to really go through my
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Choosing The Best Holster for Your 1911 – If you haven’t noticed by the blogs, there are a lot of references to getting a good holster, and to most, that may seem less important. However, I would argue that a good holster is as important or more important than the actual firearm itself. Why would that
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Thinning the Herd: Before you immediately close this and assume I have lost my mind or want to assert that there is no number, I ask you to read a little further. I have been shooting for over two decades, from plinking to three-gun, precision to military training, and a lot of hunting thrown in.
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Keep Your Firearm Running – Too often we see new shooters, and occasionally seasoned ones, getting a new firearm that they drop big money on and skip on crucial items to keep their rigs running for their intended use. Frequently manufacturers will only supply the minimum, a few magazines (if you are lucky), but little
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Shooting for the Holidays – I was about seven or eight when I saw A Christmas Story with my parents for the first time, and amazingly that year, I too got my first “real gun.” As my kids are getting older, I wanted to put out some ideas for the kids, the beginner, the hard-to-buy-for,
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The 30 Carbine – There are several firearms that are incredibly iconic, from the M1 Garand, M16, Barrett 50 BMG. Still, there is one that is almost synonymous with World War II and specifically the paratroopers, and that would be the 30 carbine. This little firearm used to be relatively inexpensive compared to its bigger brother,
What are some of the worst movie firearm scenes? For those of us who shoot at least a little bit, it can be more stressful watching a movie and knowing that something is totally wrong when it comes to firearms. Here are some of the ones that have irked me for years, and I would
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Best Books for Shooters – There are thousands of “professionals” on YouTube, and even more that have added their two cents on the topic of guns and shooting. It is hard to fight through the chaff and get to some good nuggets with all this data out there. I have been reading/watching and living the
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The sound of silence – among many of the other crazy rules and regulations that the government has placed upon the ordinary citizen is the regulation of suppressors (also known as silencers to the uninformed). They will run you as low as a couple of hundred dollars to the thousands and are accompanied with a
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What to carry – that is the old age question. And how much ammunition do you need in a fight? What type of fight do you expect? Do you anticipate having to draw while pumping gas or to get out of a flash riot? These questions are some of the scenarios we look at when
Last weekend there was a gun show in my area, so I grabbed a few of the safe queens I was no longer planning to keep and decided to head on down to trade/sell my wares as well as look for some items I needed. As I got to talking with folks there, and dickering
