General Tips - My Gun Culture

OODA Schmooda: The Loop in Normal and Useful Terms

By Tom McHale|2025-11-07T18:37:23-05:00November 7th, 2025|

OODA. No, we’re not talking about some new yogurt that keeps you regulated.We’re talking about the famous Air Force acronym developed by Air Force Colonel John Boyd to describe human decision processes.In the gun community, this concept has been used, abused, misunderstood, and, in my view, misapplied to the point where it’s become some abstract bastardization of simple strategy.

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A Stroll Down Accuracy Lane

By Tom McHale|2025-10-31T09:58:24-04:00November 7th, 2025|

I made at least one good decision when I started writing about guns a couple of decades ago. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then, right? I started to keep some basic records about the performance of the guns and ammo that came and went for various stories. I’m mainly talking about the significant stuff, like bullet velocity, basic notes on any performance issues with the guns, and accuracy results.

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The Ransom Rest: When Your Gun Shoots Better Without You

By Tom McHale|2025-10-31T09:55:04-04:00November 3rd, 2025|

Most any modern gun is far more accurate than the shooter who uses them. And before you yell foul, I’m including myself in that statement! It’s just a function of being human.

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Back to the Future: Why DA/SA Still Deserves a Spot in the Holster

By Tom McHale|2025-10-31T09:53:16-04:00November 1st, 2025|

I like a variety of action, how about you? Single, double, double and single. They’re all good in my book. Striker-fired is fine too, although for reasons we’ll explore in a minute, I seem to have drifted away from that a bit for my most common daily choice. For now, I will say I seem to be a founding member of the minority group if we’re segregating by action types.

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Little Fingers…

By Tom McHale|2025-10-31T09:51:42-04:00October 31st, 2025|

I work out of the house, so my carry gun lives in my office — the room right off the front door. I don’t often carry in my own home, but I’d still like a gun to be easily accessible in case the coyotes making more frequent appearances in my neighborhood start getting cranky. Or something worse of the human variety. People are crazy.

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Job One: Teaching the Next Generation to Shoot

By Tom McHale|2025-08-19T08:49:10-04:00August 19th, 2025|

If we want to preserve the shooting sports, there's nothing more important than teaching the next generation to shoot. In fact, this is also not coincidentally the very best way to protect gun rights over the long term. The more people exposed to the activity in a safe and responsible manner, the better for everyone.

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An Interesting Take on the “Defensive” .22

By Tom McHale|2025-08-16T12:31:58-04:00August 16th, 2025|

The debate on whether or not it's okay to use .22 pistols for concealed carry or self-defense is never-ending. I can see why. On one hand,.22s are easy to shoot for almost anyone, and most everybody will shoot a .22 faster and more accurately than a larger caliber gun.

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How to Rack a Tough Slide

By Tom McHale|2025-08-16T12:19:50-04:00August 16th, 2025|

The idea is to use natural leverage and larger muscles rather than relying on the small and weak ones in fingers and thumbs. Without instruction, most folks will hold the gun with their firing hand and pinch the back of the slide with their support hand thumb and index finger to pull back the side.

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Get Out! Surviving The LA Wildfires

By Tom McHale|2025-07-29T13:16:27-04:00July 29th, 2025|

What would you do if you had minutes to grab your most important possessions and vacate before your home was consumed by fire?

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What You Need to Know About Loctite

By Tom McHale|2025-05-28T13:57:37-04:00May 28th, 2025|

Loctite is an adhesive often used in the gunsmith trade. It can secure threads to various degrees of permanence, so it can be critical to select the formula that works best for your application.

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