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After All These Years, I Still Get Geeked Out
With two kids in college and an office fully staffed with people considerably younger than I am, I often feel old. It does not help that I have been knocking around this industry for half my life. But after all these years, I still get geeked out about some things.
Continue Reading →The SCCY Finale
Enough is enough. The SCCY wins. We could continue to abuse the pistol, but why? We have tormented and tortured the SCCY CPX-2 quite enough. We dunked it in mud, buried it in dirt, froze it in a…
Continue Reading →Rock River Arms POLY 1911: Lightweight, Full-Sized Concealed Carry
There is simply no other handgun like the 1911. In fact, no other kind of gun can claim the same level of popularity and continued production over the course of 117 years. There is no end of that…
Continue Reading →My Lone Wolf Glock
If you like all the good things about Glock pistols but want to make your Glock pistol even better, check out Lone Wolf Distributors. It has everything you need to make your Glock truly custom. The…
Continue Reading →Holster With a T-Shirt or T-Shirt With a Holster?
Carrying a handgun under deep cover is an exercise in compromise. For more concealability, you get less accessibility. The debate on where to draw the line on these two ends of the carry spectrum…
Continue Reading →Bravo Concealment DOS Holster
Walther’s PPS M2 is a great concealed carry handgun. It is reliable, accurate and simple. As you know, excellence in concealed carry is as much about the holstering system as it is about which…
Continue Reading →SIG Sauer Elite 365 V-Crown 9mm 115-Grain JHP Ammunition
SIG Sauer’s commitment to make its Elite ammunition line a major player in the training, sporting and defensive ammunition arena shows no sign of abating. Its new Elite 365 FMJ and V-Crown 9mm…
Continue Reading →Sometimes, You CAN Go Home Again: Classic S&W Model 19 .357
Maybe the title of this review should actually be “Sometimes, You CAN Go Home Again (or at Least Make It Into the Driveway)” because that is what the Classic Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 Magnum…
Continue Reading →Bullet Basics
I wish I could take credit for the old saying, “Don’t agonize over ammo,” because many people, especially those new to carrying a firearm, experience a certain amount of confusion and even anxiety…
Continue Reading →The Ruger Security 9: Compact, High-Capacity, Bargain-Priced EDC Gun
“Everyday carry” is the watchword du jour for those of us who take personal self-defense seriously. The concept of EDC serves as a constant reminder to be ready to deal with anything that threatens…
Continue Reading →Streamlight Microstream USB Pocket Light — Just in Case
I know. I am beginning to sound like a broken record when I talk about one of the latest products from Streamlight and say things like, “It is amazing how much lighting technology has advanced in…
Continue Reading →EZ Does It! Smith & Wesson’s New .380 Review
What do they say about the internet? Never read the comments. A few days before I sat down to write this story, Smith & Wesson released the new M&P380 Shield EZ and the trolls were banging on the…
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