There are occasionally some diamonds in the rough when it comes to the used or surplus firearms market. Often times people will turn their nose up at surplus guns because they often times have a lot of holster wear and might have some marred stocks or grips. In order to maximize your chances of finding an affordable surplus pistol or rifle you might have to look past the … [Read more...]
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Firearms Training Tools: The SIRT Dry Fire Training Pistol
Dry fire is an important element to firearms training off the range. But, while it helps train skills such as, drawing from a holster, changing magazines, and trigger control, it can be monotonous and uninteresting. Fortunately, there are some ways to make dry fire training more interesting, like using the SIRT Dry Fire Training Pistol. https://youtu.be/fCQesTLqJTk SIRT … [Read more...]
Personal Defense Weapon Stock Roundup
Once a year or so, a company comes out with a new product that is all the rave. Soon, three or four other companies are producing their own version and we see many new builds using that product pop up all over the interwebs. Such was the case with PDW styled stocks. PDW (for personal defense weapon) is usually used to describe either a design type of firearms … [Read more...]
Ruger LC380: Little Gun, Big Performance
Introduction The Ruger LC380 is Ruger's answer to an age-old new shooter problem. I've seen several examples of I myself, most frequently in this form: boyfriend takes girlfriend to shoot. She has little – if any – experience or training with firearms, and may be more than a bit nervous. Boyfriend shows off, shooting a large caliber handgun, and then pops it into her small, … [Read more...]
Reaper Outdoors Controlled Chaos .300 Blackout: Efficient Energy Transfer
I've viewed .300 AAC Blackout as an excellent round since its inception. I've also acknowledged that it isn't a magic "wonder round" that can do it all. It is another good tool to have in the tool box and excels at its intended function. As with any new offering, it has taken some time to mature as many of the early loading used adapted .308 projectiles … [Read more...]
American Institute of Marksmanship and Keeping the Piece Training Review
Eric Dean of the American Institute of Marksmanship, and Colleene Barnett of Keeping the Piece were kind enough to sponsor me so that I could attend their (DH3) Ladies' Defensive Handgun training. Colleene, aided by Eric, taught the class was taught over two days and included both classroom and live fire components. The classroom portion began with an overview of safe firearms … [Read more...]