The natural progression for gun people is to take the next step and get themselves some form of firearms trainer certificate. They go from being the “gun…
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My First Gun: 5 Simple Steps to Making your First Gun Purchase a Success
Picking your first gun can be a daunting task. By the time you reach the gun store counter you’ve likely been given more advice from friends and family…
Confessions of a .40 (Cal) Lover
I felt like Ralphie must have when he got the Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. I was proud of my gun and I was not shy about telling folks about it. It was beautiful. I opened the black plastic container and there it was, a Glock 23 chambered in .40 Smith&Wesson. (Glock does not like to advertise for their competition so the actual packaging read “.40SW”) The calendar and the blowing drifts of snow in Northeast Ohio indicated that it was December, more specifically Christmas of 1993. My new bride had just presented me with my gift. Although the official Glock timeline states that production of the Glock 22 and 23 began at their South American plant in 1990, the…
Rapid Tourniquet Use Saves Philadelphia Police Officer
“It is important to point out that he applied a tourniquet himself because he was bleeding profusely,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross A young Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police officer will live to return to duty after being shot through the upper thigh by a thug trying to steal a car. While attempting to apprehend two car thieves, Officer James McCullough was shot by a suspect. Recognizing the life-threatening injury, Officer McCullough applied a tourniquet to his own leg and arrived alive at the Emergency Room. At press time he is expected to make a full recovery. This is not the first time an American law enforcement officer has used a tourniquet to save a life after being shot by a thug.…
Breaking: BATFE set to Expand NFA 1934
Light-weight guns are much easier for criminals to carry concealed on their bodies and lighter guns translate to terrorists being able to carry more ammunition for the same weight. Not to mention the fact that plastic and aluminum is used to defeat metal detectors.
M85 PAP, the Steel-Cased Solution
“If you do not own a rifle that will reliably cycle steel-cased ammunition, you had better get your hands on one.” Those words of advice were offered by my original firearms training mentor, John Farnam, nearly ten years ago. John saw the ammo crisis of 2013 coming a mile away. Russian/Soviet arms, particularly the AK, were built around a lacquered steel case cartridge. Lacquered steel cased ammunition is much less expensive to manufacture and that has always been the model for Russian arms; make as many as you can, at the lowest cost, thereby equipping as many soldiers as possible. In the USA we like to shoot steel-cased ammo because it gives us more bang for the buck. When it…
Stop! Don’t Shoot! Beware of Dangerous Targets
A shooter was struck by a 9mm FMJ bullet in his upper arm. The projectile passed completely through and fortunately did not sever the brachial artery. Medical care was given and training was halted to investigate and determine what happened.
DuraCoat vs. Cerakote: Industry Feud or Deliberate Deception?
Simply put, a company has no real choice but to actively defend itself, regardless of the opinions or feelings of the gun culture.
Coaches vs. Equipment Managers; Know the Difference
I did not make up the following quote, but it is most certainly worth repeating. “Amateurs talk about hardware, professionals talk about software.”
Being a “Gun Owner” is Not Enough
The implication of the report was that we right-wing, conservative types need to be “inclusive” and recognize that left-wing, Democrat voters are gun owners as well. My response is, as Col. Sherman Potter used to say, “Horse Hockey!”