Progressive Reloading for the High-Volume Shooter
When shifting into the higher-volume gear, precision becomes a necessity. Lindsey explores the Dillon XL 750 press and shares some tips and tricks to make it run.
Small and Fabulous: Holosun EPS Carry
Carry a subcompact? Check this out. Tiny, but with amazing visibility and the reticle is fantastic—easy to pick up and flexible for close and fast or farther and more deliberate aim. Cool stuff...
Moore’s Law Meets Chronographs
Back in my old career in the tech industry, we all bowed down and worshipped this concept called Moore’s Law. It said processing power would double approximately every 18 months. What it meant in practical terms is that every year, techie things would become way more powerful and much, much cheaper. My nephew just bought a new 52″ TV for $147. That’s Moore’s Law in action. For shooters, it offers benefits, too, like the paradigm-changing Garmin Zero C1 Pro.
SHOT Show 2024: A Festival of Gear You Didn’t Know You Needed
If you give typewriters to an infinite number of monkeys, eventually, one of them is going to write War and Peace, word for word. If you gather 2,500 outdoor industry manufacturers and give each one of them an exhibit booth at the SHOT Show, you’re going to create a line precisely 13.9 miles long. That’s a real number, and I walked all of it, wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase, and, at least at the beginning, tie, until I about passed out from exertion. The other thing you’ll find is there’s a lot of cool and useful gear just waiting to be discovered.
Breakthrough Clean Technologies Suppressor Cleaner
I’ve been using Breakthrough Clean Technologies Military Grade Solvent for quite some time now for general cleaning, de-gunking and degreasing. It’s … pleasant, which is why I use it so much. No noxious chemicals or fumes; it’s like using water that evaporates from your work quickly without leaving any residue. Love the stuff.
Holy Handguns! To Port or Not to Port?
Some people swear once you go ported you never go back. Others claim Satan makes his guests use ported pistols while paying double for their ammo. I was an ambivalent “porter” until I spent some quality time with a few new Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P pistols. Now? Read on and see.
First Look: Revolutionary Chronography
What’s barely larger than an Apple Airpods case, has enough sophisticated electronics to rival the programming of the Space Shuttle auto-landing system and tells you how fast your bullets go? Give up? It’s the new Garmin Xero C1 Pro. That’s a fancy name for a ballistic chronograph.
Big Capacity! New EAA Witness 2311
There’s a new crop of double-stack “1911” pistols on the market: Staccato, Springfield Armory and now, EAA Girsan. The new Witness 2311 family offers double-stack configurations in 9mm, .45 ACP and 10mm. Let’s take a look at the 4.25″-barrel 9mm model for starters.
Basic Preparedness: Power on Demand
If you own a gun for defensive use, you’re already in the category of folks who plan ahead for unknown eventualities. Just as owning a gun is one part of a comprehensive security strategy, thinking about emergency power is a piece of the overall strategy to plan for life’s little adventures. While North Korea may or may not knock out the power grid one day (that’s a whole new realm of preparedness planning), odds are one hundred percent your family will be faced with power loss from a natural or man-made disaster of some sort. It’s not only comforting but easier than ever to plan for some basic functionality when the lights go out.https://americanhandgunner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4Patriots-Sidekick-and-Solar-Array-in-use-e1701287094955.jpghttps://americanhandgunner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4Patriots-Sidekick-and-Solar-Array-in-use-e1701287094955.jpg
A Modern Take on the Classic Hi-Power: Girsan MCP35 LW OPS
It’s really nice to see the famous Hi-Power design coming back. Arguably, depending on where you are in the world, it never really went away, but we haven’t seen much mainstream production and innovation until the last couple of years. A great design is a timeless design, and I, for one, welcome the tweaks and changes we’re seeing with modern versions. Who can argue with the many improvements made to the 1911 platform over the years?