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Read no-holds-barred reviews of both personal- and home-defense firearms and stay up-to-date on the latest concealed carry gear offerings on the market. Discover everything you need to know to select the best, tried-and-true self-defense gear — from holsters, knives and ammunition to flashlights, first-aid kits and alternate weapons.
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The Colt .38 Special Night Cobra: A Top-of-the-Line Six-Shot Snub
Fans of the double-action .38 Special snub-nosed revolver will sadly remember 1995 as the year that the Colt management team, driven by pressure from gun-control advocates as well as cost, eliminated…
Continue Reading →Generation 5 Glock 19X Review
Glock has come to dominate the service gun market based on handguns that offer proven reliability, long-lived rugged construction and good combat characteristics. Glock pistols are uncomplicated,…
Continue Reading →Fitting Room: Zero in on the Right Gun
THE MAJORITY OF FIREARMS TRAINERS and educators do not supply firearms for their students to use. They have to work with what each student brings to class. For a seasoned student, this usually isn’t…
Continue Reading →Bright Ideas for a Folding Knife
BriteStrike’s Brite-Blade Tactical Lighted Survival Knife puts the functionality of a multi-tool — including a small, 45-lumen mini flashlight — into the familiar form factor of a folding knife.…
Continue Reading →Ruger SR1911 Officer .45 ACP Review: A Compact 1911 With a Serious Punch
Ruger has been producing its SR1911 pistol series since 2011, which is fitting. Debuting a line of 1911 pistols on the 100th anniversary of the gun’s military adoption speaks to the enduring legacy…
Continue Reading →Streamlight Dualie Waypoint Emergency Preparedness Spotlight
Most people who have taken the time and effort to get a concealed carry permit have done so because of a desire for preparedness. They wish to make sure that they are ready to deal with felonious…
Continue Reading →My $50 Charter Arms Revolver
Yep. I bought a $50 revolver. It’s a Charter Arms Undercover made in about 1969. Does that mean I think my life is worth $50? Nope. That means some crackhead might think my life is worth the $50 I…
Continue Reading →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…
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