Shooting Tips from My Gun Culture
Learn with a laugh about shooting techniques, reloading, gun cleaning, ammunition, maintenance, concealed carry, range etiquette, and more.
Blackhawk! AR-15 Vertical Grip: For Stability, Tactical Lights & Low Heat
Adding The Blackhawk! Rail Mount Vertical Grip Moving right along with the Blackhawk! custom AR-15 project... This time, I'm going to try out a complimentary accessory to the Blackhawk! Rail Mount Thumb Rest I installed last episode. The thumb rest can operate on its own to help grip, control and consistent hand placement. It also works great with a vertical grip. The Blackhawk! Rail Mount … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
Insanely Practical Shooting Tips: Dry Firing – It’s Not As Dirty As It Sounds
Here's an excerpt from our newest book, releasing June 15, 2013 - The Insanely Practical Guide to Guns and Shooting. Like The Insanely Practical Guide to Gun Holsters, now available at Amazon.com, it's a direct, practical and amusing way to learn. We hope you find a useful tip or two about improving your shooting skills by dry firing your handgun! Some Shooting Tips About Dry Firing Your … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
How To Add GI Aperture Sights To Your Ruger 10/22 Rifle
So you wanna be a better RifleMan, RifleWoman or RifleKid? The first steps might be to focus on the fundamentals like body position, trigger control, breathing control, natural point of aim and developing the ability to call your shot. A great way to work on these skills is to work with iron sights and shoot at targets just 25 yards away. Why? At short range, you can see your hits on target and … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
How To Add Night Sights To The M1A or M14 Rifle, And Other Rifleman Jazz
The Smith Enterprise Tritium Close Combat Sight (TCCS) Recently I had a Springfield Armory M1A in for evaluation. Somehow, this military classic (civilian semi-automatic version of the M14) just insists that you use iron sights. Why? Got me. But I've waffled more on the scope / iron sights decision more than Eric Holder in his Fast and Furious testimony. Some weeks the scope mount goes on … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
Blackhawk! Rail Mount Thumb Rest: Get A Grip On Your AR-15
One of the neatest things I saw at SHOT Show 2013 costs less than $20. And no, it didn't involve dark alleys behind Caesar's Palace. It has no electronics, lights or knobs and it doesn't even explode. It's the Blackhawk! Rail Mount Thumb Rest for the AR-15. This nifty little piece of gear radically transforms your grip. Since it's rail mounted, and the thumb rest is off-center, you can use … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
A Litte More On Rule 1: A Gun Is Always Loaded
Rule 1: A gun is always loaded! Yes. Always. Even when it’s not. Every year we hear about people who are accidentally shot with ‘unloaded’ guns. “I thought it was unloaded!” “I’m sure I unloaded it last time I put it away!” “It wasn’t loaded before!” “Maybe I was loaded last time I unloaded it!” Of course, a gun is not technically always loaded. But the … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
Blackhawk’s AR-15 Offset Safety Selector: Don’t Be All Thumbs
If you're right-handed, operating the safety lever on an AR-15 is a pain in the butt. If you're left-handed (using a standard AR-15), operating the safety lever on an AR-15 is a pain in the butt. If you're either right or left-handed, operating the safety lever on an AR-15 is a pain in the butt. If you're right-handed, you really have to alter your grip to work the lever with your thumb. … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
You Don’t Have To Aim A Shotgun
Fact or Fiction? You Don't have to aim a shotgun! Not many people know this, but shotguns were invented by actor Val Kilmer for use in the movie Tombstone. Kilmer needed a weapon capable of taking out a whole posse of Clantons and McLaurys - without much aiming. Hence the invention of a weapon capable of being fired from the hip, while giving the camera a sexy look. A lot of people believe … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
How To Install The Blackhawk! Quad Rail On Your AR-15
For Step 2 of the Blackhawk! AR-15 Upgrade Project, it's time to get rid of that ugly round plastic standard hand guard. Not only is it as unattractive as Lindsay Lohan's latest mug shot, you can't hang things on it. Like a tactical light, back up sights or a vertical foregrip. So I'm going to try out the Blackhawk! AR-15 Carbine Quad Rail Two Piece Forend. This accessory is also available in … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
Cop a Feel with the Blackhawk AR-15 Ergonomic Grip
One of the highlights of the 2013 SHOT Show was a tour of the Blackhawk! booth. Actually, it was more like three or four tours, with each covering a different segment of the very broad Blackhawk! product line. One day was holsters. Another day was rifle accessories. Then clothing and the new Blackhawk! watches. Those rate an 11 on the cool scale by the way. Anyway, thanks to the Blackhawk! staff … [Read More Shooting Tips...]
Tom McHale was born a helpless, shooting-deprived infant. He later discovered the joys of collecting and shooting guns, reloading ammunition and writing about his adventures with a healthy dose of fun. Tom's career has been diverse, bordering on dysfunctional, with most of it spent leading marketing teams for a variety of technology companies including Microsoft and more than a couple of high-tech startups. He's finally seen the light and given up the corporate life to pursue his passion of creating slightly crazy, but educational, content related to guns, shooting, concealed carry and self defense. 
