By Tom McHale|2024-03-30T14:30:49-04:00March 30th, 2024|
Clint has a down-to-earth take here. Anything that involves tactics can get you killed. A quick and useful read on the difference between "fantasy" or "envisioned" encounters and those from the real world.
By Tom McHale|2024-03-28T14:34:21-04:00March 28th, 2024|
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. I’m talking about the carry guns that actually get daily “out-and-about” concealed carry use. Around here, we spend a lot of time talking about (and testing) a wide variety of guns and gear, so excepting the days spent doing formal evaluations of new carry guns and holster rigs, I thought it might be helpful to share the guns that have more recently occupied the lion’s share of my more discretionary carry time.
By Tom McHale|2024-03-20T09:10:03-04:00March 20th, 2024|
I met Steve some years ago. He's one of those gray man guys you'd never give a asecond look, but he also has one of those backgrounds that make you stop and listen to what is has to say. You know, the guys in the background of event photos with Presidents and foreign dignitaries.
By Tom McHale|2024-03-01T10:36:13-05:00March 1st, 2024|
If you carry concealed with an empty chamber, you will die a horrible death, and that Korean boy band with pink and blue hair, BTS, will sing your eulogy. #Fact.
By Tom McHale|2024-02-14T14:56:50-05:00February 15th, 2024|
American Handgunner Editor Tom McHale welcomes James Queisner to discuss the must-knows of self-defense training. James is an instructor at Gunsite Academy and has written a few of American Handgunner's "Make Ready" columns focusing on training issues.
By Tom McHale|2024-02-14T14:56:01-05:00February 13th, 2024|
Everyone offers a self-defense training program, but how many self-defense training centers put you in the middle of everyday training scenarios and help you practice your response over and over until you get it right? American Handgunner's Tom McHale attended a program at W.O.F.T., and his eyes were opened.
By Tom McHale|2023-12-08T10:18:35-05:00December 8th, 2023|
Ohttps://americanhandgunner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Appendix-Carry-Lessons-1-e1701980388229.jpgne day, I woke up with a fleeting glimpse of common sense and decided to try appendix carry before continuing to pass judgment. What a novel concept! After some thought, I figured I ought to give it a long-term try. If it was going to be anything like the transition from not carrying a gun to carrying concealed daily, I figured I was in for plenty of trial and error — a short “try and judge” strategy wasn’t going to cut it.
By Tom McHale|2023-06-06T10:25:06-04:00June 6th, 2023|
I’m saying you can carry a larger gun concealed — every day even. To be clear, I’m not talking about one more powerful or in a larger caliber. I’m talking about a handgun physically bigger than the pocket micro mini subatomic ultra-compacts all the rage these days.
By Tom McHale|2023-04-14T11:28:32-04:00April 14th, 2023|
Here’s a mea culpa moment: I always feel I “should” carry at least one spare magazine for capacity and failure resistance. Do I follow through? Not nearly often enough.