What is the best ammunition capacity for a concealed carry gun? It’s highly subjective, actually; it really comes down to how much you want to carry around at any given time. Some people are just fine with a 2 in a derringer, 5in a snubbie or 7 in a 1911…but some people prefer to have […]
A Short History of Chrome Bores
For some 500 years it’s been known that rifling would impart spin and therefore stabilization to a ball or bullet. Spiral grooves probably evolved from straight grooves only intended to trap powder fouling; by 1500 gunsmiths in Augsburg, Germany, were rifling their arquebuses. This gave rise to an early attempt at gun control, according to […]
Win a Benelli SBE 3 Shotgun From TruckVault
TruckVault Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of in-vehicle storage solutions invites the public to participate in a market research survey. Participants are entered for a chance to win a Benelli Super Black Eagle 3. Â This survey is intended to help TruckVault Inc. better understand current and potential customers and focus resources towards research and development […]
Managing the Handgun “wobble zone” with iron sights
Depending on who you listen too, there are seven or eight or nine marksmanship fundamentals  They will make you shoot beter, but there are only two that are marksmanship essentials, sight alignment and trigger press. Sight alignment is far more important to making good hits on target than sight picture. Why? Because you can hit […]
DP-28 Light Machine Gun: Russia’s Heavy Weight Squad Automatic Weapon
Shortly after the Communists were victorious in their revolution and ousting of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, they set to strengthen their armed forces. The problems with Imperial Russian military thinking became obvious to the Soviets after they suffered more than 5 million casualties in World War One. The Russian’s only machine gun available at that […]
PWS FSC556 Componsator/ Flash Hider Review
I purchased a new rifle and decided to change out the standard flash hider for something different, yet I didn’t know where to start to pick one out of the many options. After some research, I decided to try out the Primary Weapons Systems FSC556 comp/flash hider. When I saw the video from the company featuring […]
The 50 States of AR-15: The Arizona rifle with KE Arms, Young MFG, Elftmann Tactical
The Arizona rifle features components from KE Arms, GuntecUSA, Elftmann Tactical, Sionic Weapon Systems, Young Manufacturing, & BeatenZoneMFG. Interesting fact this rifle build was actually started in November 2016 during the election. I picked red for the furniture color, because it seemed fitting for the state of Arizona and the time at which the build […]
How To Survive a Street Fight
Do you know how to survive a street fight? Let’s start with the need for training. You should be in good physical condition, but face it, in a real fight, you don’t have time for a stretch-and-flex program. It’s now or never, no matter if you are in great physical shape and stronger than your […]
Which Would You Choose for Survival? Shotgun vs. 22
So which is it? The shotgun or the 22 caliber rifle? I made my case against the shotgun for survival in the previous installment but readers like you have made me reevaluate. So what is the game changer? Shotgun adapters. Shotgun adapters are machined steel cylinders that mimick the shotgun shell but allow the user […]
CZ75 BD Police – IN PROGRESS
In an earlier post, I compared self defense and competition firearms training, and one of the discrepancies noted in the discussion were the different kinds of pistols that performed well for each type of training. Because of the differences in purpose for these two training mentalities, the firearms that are most successful for each are […]