Retired police officer with 30 years of service. Firearms instructor and SRU team member. I still instruct with local agencies. My daily carry pistol is the tried and true 1911. I’m retired as associate editor since December 14th 2017. My replacement is my friend Pete M email: pete.m@staff.thefirearmblog.com you can reach Pete for product reviews etc.
Carolina Arms Group is a fairly new company based just north of Charlotte, North Carolina. The founder of the company is a retired Navy man with a love of high quality, accurate, hand fitted 1911s. The companies lineup is growing and will be presenting new models at [Read More…]
Springfield Armory has continued to release new gun models from XDm, M1A and several new 1911s. The latest offering is the Range Officer Operator. The Operator comes standard with a national match frame and slide as well as a national match barrel and fitted bushing. [Read More…]
Springfield Armory is releasing a number of new guns for 2016. The first gun to be released is the parkerized Loaded model 1911 with Crimson Trace lasergrips. This is concealed carry pistol meant for defense. This model is chambered in 45 acp. Three other models in the [Read More…]
Colt announced several new guns to be released for 2016. It’s been some time since Colt has introduced new 1911’s for the general consumer market. Of course we’ve seen limited editions in past years but nothing like these. What really caught my [Read More…]
Springfield Armory announced today they will be releasing the XD-S in 40 caliber. This release will complete the XD-S single stack line as far as caliber offerings. At .9 inches in width it’s one of the slimmest carry pistols in major calibers. This new offering [Read More…]
This time of the year we begin to really feel winter with it’s lower January temps. In other words it makes it harder to make those usually enjoyable range trips without becoming miserable from the cold after a short time on the range. To fight the cold and make [Read More…]
Kinetic Concealment started out as a holster company making the now familiar kydex/leather combo holsters in OWB and IWB configurations. We’ve tested these holsters and found them to be well made and comfortable. In recent months Kinetic has expanded their product [Read More…]
After several day of leaked photos and a few videos Ruger made its official announcement today of the American Pistol. The press release has a heavy emphasis on military and police use as well as consulting with many military and police trainers input into its design. [Read More…]
Inteliscope was first covered by Steve back in 2013 link at that time the price was listed at $69 which apparently was just the app cost. As Steve said at the time kinda gimmicky. Well the price has gone up to just under $500 but the change is it now comes with the Seek [Read More…]
Earlier Wilson introduced the Beretta Brigadier with Wilson refinements. Now for 2016 Wilson has just released the 92G compact carry in 9mm. Considering the base cost of the pistol with all the Wilson custom additions the MSRP of $1095.00 seems reasonable. Checking [Read More…]
In this ongoing story of Smith and Wessons major foulup in filing a C&D order on Apex,Brownells etc James Debney, President and CEO of Smith & Wesson apologized to those parties served with a Cease and desist order over the various companies “Dream [Read More…]
Cabot guns has always been known for making the highest quality 1911 pistols but this new set called “The Big Bang” takes the Cabot guns to a new level. The set of two 1911 pistols are being made from a small portion of the Gibeon meteor which was found in [Read More…]
Next Intent Tactical is a division of Next Intent which is an aerospace company. In fact Next Intent designs and manufactures parts for JPL and NASA. Next Intent built the wheels, forward and aft arms, wheel hubs and other components for JPL’s Mars Exploration Rovers. [Read More…]
I think it’s safe to say anyone who loves to shoot also enjoys night vision gear. The only problem up until now has been the sometimes prohibitive cost or if you could afford a night vision rifle scope or binoculars the quality was usually pretty bad and required auxiliary lighting. These new [Read More…]
In recent months SIG Sauer has put a great deal of effort into improving and modifying the P-229. I first announced the Legion P-229 on October the 5th (The Legion 229). Just yesterday I received an email from SIG Sauer announcing two more new models in the P-229 lineup [Read More…]
It seems appropriate that CrossBreed is announcing this new line of holsters during the companies 10th anniversary. This limited edition holster is being made in collaboration with Jason Winnie Leathergoods. Only 100 holsters will be made in each model. The introductory [Read More…]
Today CrossBreed celebrates ten years in the holster business. In fact the original CrossBreed holster is the one that started it all in this holster design. Today CrossBreed has grown a great deal and now sells many holster designs as well as belts and other [Read More…]
You make a good number of friends over the years in the gun industry. One of those friends, Josh Sykes, not only works in the marketing end of the industry but has a company of his own named Kinetic Concealment. Up until now Josh has been designing and making holsters [Read More…]
I wrote the original story of the new RM380 some months ago. Since that time things have certainly changed for the better at Remington. With the hiring of a new CEO the way new Remington guns will be introduced has changed a great deal. I’ve covered this several [Read More…]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been talking with Jaime at Hartman Optics about this new reflex sight. This past Monday I had the privilege of a Skype call with Mikey Hartman who designed this sight and owns Hartman Optics. Mikey is also the CEO at CAA. To give [Read More…]
Over the past week I’ve been posting on new products from Remington we writers were introduced to at the annual writers seminar. Several times readers have asked about the status of the RM-380. I couldn’t say a lot at the time but with this announcement I [Read More…]
Long time reader iksnilol asked if I could make this photo of the new Remington 870 with wood furniture the POTD. I always try to accommodate reader request especially when it’s a reader who really contributes to the conversation on our articles. Well sir here you [Read More…]
During the West Virginia Remington writers seminar we were treated to viewing several very high grade limited edition 200th anniversary rifles and shotguns. Other guns will become available such as the R1 pistol. There will be several grades offered from “C” [Read More…]
During my time at the Remington writers seminar in West Virginia we were introduced to new guns of course but the announcement that Remington would now offer custom gunsmith services really got my attention. This new program is up and running and available to customize [Read More…]
This past week I attended the Remington writers seminar near Fayetteville, West Virginia. This event doesn’t exclude some tactical guns but is dedicated primarily to sporting arms. Over the next week I’ll be bringing the readers news of new Remington guns as [Read More…]
On the heels of the very successful Duel 3 promotion which left a lot of happy new guns and gear owners Springfield launches another program called “Hit the Range”. All across the country Springfield representatives will be attending the days shooting [Read More…]
I imagine this short video peaked your curiosity as much as it did mine the first time I saw it! A few weeks ago I was contacted by the SIG rep and asked if I would like to take part in the Legion introduction. Of course I had no idea what “Legion” was but [Read More…]
Have a Ruger LC9 with a hammer but wish you had the striker fired new model? Well you can because Ruger has made it happen and at no cost to the owner.”The LC9s has proven to be a great success; customers love the short, crisp trigger pull of this striker-fired [Read More…]
Browning partnered with Winchester to develop a complete line of ammunition. No word yet on the calibers and bullet designs. This represents a large shift for Browning, and their owners FNH USA, into the profitable ammunition sector. Why make money only when you sell a [Read More…]
Earlier today I ran across a post from the Motovo real estate blog. They have done some considerable research to compare states and the number of guns per state. They then created the infographic below which shows how each state compares to the country which has roughly [Read More…]
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