Sid, a reader from Belgium, sent us a photo of his VZ58 rifle (with a number of aftermarket accessories installed), his Glock G17 Gen4 (30 round magazine), his CRKT Hisshou knife and a bottle of a Glenmorangie single malt Scotch. Sid mentioned that buying a gun in [Read More…]
Gun artwork is very popular in some circles. An Etsy page is now selling gun patent drawings as posters. Pricing starts at $6.99 for a 5×7 and goes up to $34.99 for a 24×36. Some of the patent art being sold include the M1 Garand, Gatling Gun and Glock pistol. [Read More…]
Oleg Volk discusses the subject of fire discipline in a world where standard magazine capacities are larger than they were historically (6 round revolver vs. 17 round Glock) but ammunition carried by shooters at any one time remains limited. When magazine rifles became [Read More…]
MattV2009, famous for pushing Glocks and AK-47s wayyyyyy past their failure points with twinkies, hot sauce, and Silly Sludge has found a new calling testing gun cleaners with a red hot muzzle brake after killing his G17 with marshmallow. While I was hopeful that the [Read More…]
Finally(!), Blackhawk has released a holster that is compatible with lights other than their proprietary weaponlights. The new Blackhawk EPOCH Level 3 holsters are designed to be compatible with a variety of light systems including Streamlight TLR-1 & TLR-2 and [Read More…]
Apparently the local gun shows are where I pick up many leads. A recent Saturday morning, I went with a couple of friends to the Gun Collectors of NM gun show. The show was smaller than normal, but I did my rounds anyway. BMC Tactical (the shop that did my most [Read More…]
Sig has certainly jumped forward of other companies in the polymer gun market. With it’s modular design the 320 can be configured to fit just about any shooter at a reasonable cost. When looking through the Sig Pro Shop you see one wall with a lot of different frames [Read More…]
Landed in Prague on Friday. Hotel check- in isn’t until 2pm so I left my luggage at the hotel baggage room and headed for the Česká Zbrojovka store. I asked about taking photographs and they were a bit cautious about it. They were concerned that I was casing [Read More…]
Mark Farage is no novice shooter. Mark checked the screws of his RMR to ensure they were properly torqued before he took a course with Ronin Combat Strategies. But during a 6 shot string drill, the screws flew off and so did his RMR. Without missing a beat, Mark managed [Read More…]
Steve Says: Many thanks to Spencer, a law student, for contributing this well researched guest post. This is a legal post, not a political post. Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case Abramski v. United Statesagainst Abramski in a 5–4 decision [Read More…]
Caleb Giddings, over at Gun Nuts Media, reviewed the new H&K VP9. He is rather positive of the VP9. As is expected from an H&K, it performs well. The only real negative is the stock sights. Caleb doesn’t like them that much and is an easy fix with some [Read More…]
My friend sent me a message on Sunday night. “Would you be interested in some bullet proof glass?” He then sends me this picture. “They are 2 inches thick.” I immediately said yes and that we can test them the next morning. They were left behind [Read More…]
A great company called Kakadu makes some really fashionable conceal carry gear. Vests, jackets, and briefcases are in their product line. Here I’ll be talking about two items, the Kakadu Hoover Vest and the conceal carry briefcase. First, the Hoover vest. What [Read More…]
I had the good fortune this week to be invited to a joint Remington and Trijicon Optics writers’ event. This event was held at the world famous Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Ar. The Gunsite facility covers over 2000 acres of range facilities of all types catering to the [Read More…]
Over the last 100 years, there are been monumental advances in firearms. New cartridges, operating mechanisms, gas systems, magazines, and more. However, that same level of technological advancement has not applied to targets. We still shoot the same static targets that [Read More…]
DeSantis announced a new line of inside the waistband (IWB) holsters called Inside Heat. The Inside Heat scabbard is called a “bare bones minimum IWB holster” by DeSantis. The company builds the holsters from black leather. The holsters have an open [Read More…]
UPDATE APRIL 2016: PLEASE NOTE: The below article was written in 2014. CURRENT GENERATION PLUMCRAZY GEN II from E3 Arms and SUREFIRE INSTITUTE are fully compliant with BATFE. PlumCrazy was a brand of polymer AR-15 lower receivers that were manufactured by PCF [Read More…]
Case Cruzer offers the “Prepper” handgun case for two handguns and assorted accessories. The case includes space for two full-size handguns up to 9.25″ in total length (the G17 is 8″ long for reference) and additional compartments for magazines, [Read More…]
Even though the 2014 SHOT Show ended over a month ago, there were a lot of things there that we released and displayed for the first time. Although I am finding that the industry is going away from launching at SHOT or NRA so their products are not buried along with [Read More…]
The Browning Hi-Power is a creation of the famous firearm designer John Browning, along with the legendary 1911 pistol. This handgun was designed in the 1920s and although less popular than the 1911 (at least in the USA) it has been continuously manufactured from 1935 [Read More…]
Walther Arms introduced the PPQ M2 pistol at SHOT Show this year. This pistol is striker-fired with a polymer frame that Walther has directed at keeping pace with similar competitor offerings. The PPQ M2 has similarities to the recent Walther P99 and PPX, but [Read More…]
The SIG P320 is SIG SAUER newest modular double-action striker-fired pistol. The P320 has been designed primarily with one thing in mind: convince law enforcement organizations to buy it. At the heart of the SIG P320 is the internal stainless steel frame assembly. The [Read More…]
In These Times, a ‘social justice’ type publication, has written an article about perma-temps (employees hired on short-term / temporary contracts that can be renewed indefinitely). This hiring strategy has been getting a lot of media coverage all over the [Read More…]
First and foremost I would like to thank everyone involved in helping get this series of articles together. Without Phil (our T&E Manager and Senior Writer) helping bridge the connections between KRISS USA and myself, without the good people at the DeSoto Police [Read More…]
Taurus has released a new 9mm carbine onto the US market, which prompts the question: why do people buy 9mm carbines? As I see it, the interest in this type of gun comes from two main groups: folks with tactical reasoning in mind, and purely recreational shooters. For [Read More…]
Over at AllOutdoor Oleg blogs about his experience teaching a new shooter using a Kimber Eclipse II pistol chambered in 10mm …. Recently, my friends and I taught a new shooter aged 17. In three hours, this slightly built girl went from shooting subsonic .22 from [Read More…]
Allow me to begin with a disclaimer. I compiled the choices people submitted during the last article. I looked at the comments on both the TFB site and the Facebook page, which you should go to immediately and press “like” if you haven’t [Read More…]
Modern Marine South Modern Day Marine is an annual event that takes place aboard Marine Corps Bases Quantico, Lejeune(Marine South), and Pendleton(Marine West). It is an industry display for the Marine Corps of various products, services, and schools currently in [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson M&P is considered one of the main competitors for Glocks on the market of relatively cheap polymer frame pistols. Recently, I had a chance to lay my hands on an M&P 9mm and to compare it to its rival. Below is the detailed review. First, let [Read More…]
For 2013, Blackhawk! is introducing the GripBreak line of holsters that use a mechanical retention device to secure the pistol. The retention mechanism is thumb release lever that is deactivated when the shooter obtains a proper grip on the handgun to draw. The [Read More…]