Kevin Pratt’s goal at Invictus Practical is to design the best performing, most versatile, and highest-quality competition kit available at any price – period. His new Holster Hangers are all that. They are a brilliant interface which allows you combine any holster with any mounting system at widely adjustable angle and cant. If circumstances or […]
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Pistol Training Basics: Building Your Shooting Stance
Taken individually, the draw stroke, trigger position, hand position, body posture, breath control, and sight focus are easy to work on. For example, if you’re not worried about anything but focusing on the front sight of your pistol (unless you’re like me and have started working towards using just a red dot on your pistols), […]
Old School Steel – S&W 686P
When I was a child, cartoon cowboys used six shooters to save helpless damsels from evil bandits. Cops pointed blued wheelguns at bad men to defend good ones. My first handgun was a silver capgun revolver that my brother and I used to rescue each other from countless imaginary foes, dispatching each with a snap […]
The Dumbass Men Women Find at the Range: A Rant
In the last few days, I’ve spent time in a couple of different firearm stores, a gun show, and at my local gun range, and at each locale, I have been overwhelmed with the negative attitudes I have received from male shooters. There is a mentality of disrespect toward females at the range that is […]
Recover Tactical CC3 Grips Light Up Your Vanilla 1911
The Recover Tactical CC3 takes your non-rail 1911 and gives it a solid integral rail 1.8 inches long. The size and feel are indistinguishable by the shooter from a high-dollar integral rail gun. There are few really new ideas in the gun world. In an upgrade from flaming arrow technology, lights and guns have been […]
Springfield Armory XD-S .45 Packs a Punch!
Springfield Armory’s XD-S .45 is a bad ass carry gun in a sleek, small package. The XD-S packs 6 rounds of .45ACP into a 21.5 oz firearm. With dimensions smaller than the Kahr CW45, Glock 36, Kimber Ultra Carry 1911s, and Para Carry Safe 1911s, it is one of the most miniscule .45 on the […]
VTAC Upgraded Wide Padded Sling: Comfortable, & Effective
This past fall, I found myself in need of a good two point rifle sling at short notice. Elzetta was kind enough to sponsor me for their low light training and zombie shoot at the American Institute of Marksmanship where I would learn defensive uses for rifle, shotgun, and pistol in low light conditions. As two […]
Walther PPX – Polymer Doublestack 9mm
The Walther PPX. It’s a hammer fired double stack pistol, chambered in 9mm and .40 S&W. The design closely resembles the PPQ released two years prior. The sizes of both pistols are similar in dimension (the Walther PPX measures 7.3in long, 5.6in tall, and 1.3in wide compared to the PPQ’s 7.1in long by 5.3in tall, […]
Women and Guns: Why Should Women Shoot?
The cause of self defense is a generally accepted reason for women to learn to shoot. That goal has and continues to introduce many women into the firearms industry. However, as a female firearms enthusiast, I have some additional motivators that get me to the range. In the interest of encouraging more women to consider […]
Get High Volume Training Repetitions with Dry Fire: Next Level Training’s SIRT Pistol
The ever changing political climate has been tumultuous the past few years. Cycles of panic buying and hording guns and ammo have made firearms training very challenging. Fortunately, there are a couple things shooters can do to become more creative about their trigger time to get the training they need for skill survival during an […]