The Ransom Rest: When Your Gun Shoots Better Without You
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.
Back to the Future: Why DA/SA Still Deserves a Spot in the Holster
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.
Little Fingers…
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.
Pumpkin Spice Frappu-Shoot-O: The Great Pumpkin Reload
Starbucks doesn’t get it. At all. Every year when the leaves start changing, they make a big deal about their half-full-double-caf-decaf pumpkin spice mocha Frappuccino lattes, but I’d venture a guess that they don’t know anything about reloading for the fall season.
Job One: Teaching the Next Generation to Shoot
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.
An Interesting Take on the “Defensive” .22
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.
How to Rack a Tough Slide
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.
Get Out! Surviving The LA Wildfires
What would you do if you had minutes to grab your most important possessions and vacate before your home was consumed by fire?
Shooter’s Choice Universal Cleaning Kit
This kit is an OCD delight. I know because I’m the kind of guy who (usually) maintains an organized workbench and folders all his thousands of emails by topic. Yes, really.
What Do You Do with Old Ammo, Powder and Primers?
This question comes up a lot, and Tank Hoover does a nice job addressing the subject. What do you do with old ammo? Is it safe to shoot? How old is too old? And what about components like reloading powder and primers? Are they safe to use? Can you test them? If so, how?