I live in an area that marketing-savvy realtors would call “scenic wetlands and natural marsh habitat.” Most other people call the gooey area behind my house a swamp. I love it because of the quiet, the natural sounds that don’t even require an electronic sound machine, and variety of wildlife I can watch from my […]
Resurrecting a Walther PPK/S
A long, long time ago during an internet shopping binge far away, I spotted an old Interarms model of a Walther PPK/S “gunsmith special.” I’m not a gunsmith, but do like to tinker. Oh, and I’ve always had a thing for the Walther PPK family of pistols. Why? I don’t know. I guess I just […]
Springfield’s EMP: The Scaled Down 1911
I like big guns and I cannot lie. But that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate luxury in a smaller package. I usually carry a full-size gun. While some of the pistols I like to tote around might be called “compacts,” they’re not exactly small, unless you consider double-stack 9mm pistols like the Sig Sauer P229 […]
Handgun Accuracy Pet Peeves, Gripes, and Outright Lies – The Mag Life
A man has got to know his limitations. What drives me crazy about many gun reviews is how the shooter doesn’t realize his or her own. Consider this common observation about a gun’s “accuracy.” “I DECIDED TO TEST THE ACCURACY OF THIS PISTOL BY USING A TWO-HAND STANCE AND SHOOTING GROUPS AT A TARGET 25 […]
Test Driving Smith & Wesson’s M&P 2.0 9mm Pistols – The Mag Life
The original Smith & Wesson M&P polymer service pistols aren’t new – they’ve been on the market now for over ten years. Like the pervasive Glock, they do an excellent job of meeting a wide variety of “mission” requirements. They’re suitable for duty use and have made big inroads at law enforcement departments across the […]
Changing Magazines: Embrace the Reality
Rationalization is a powerful thing. The temptation to convince one’s self that “it’s good enough” or that you’ll “do it later” is right up there with other irresistible forces of nature like gravity and checking your smartphone while waiting in line. It’s so tempting to rationalize training shortcuts, especially when the routine in question is […]
A Look at the Trijicon RMR
Modern red dot sights are smaller and more durable to take abuse and violent movement of pistol slides during recoil. We take a look a the Trijicon RMR. Slowly but surely, optical sights on handguns are becoming a thing. As with the steady march towards nearly every rifle having a scope instead of iron sights, […]