Events like the recent terrorist attacks in Orlando and Istanbul tend to shake us to our very core. Intellectually, we know something like that can happen any time. Emotionally, we’re never really ready. After learning about such an attack, you may feel helpless, fearful, anxious, angry, or a combination of those. You might be wondering […]
You Really, Really Want to Win This…
So Crimson Trace is giving away an all expenses paid trip to the world famous Gunsite Academy to take the gold-standard of handgun training classes – Gunsite 250. But, this one has a twist. It’s the Laser Course, which adds practical use of laser sights. At risk of reducing my own chances of winning, I’m […]
Vanquest MOLLE Sticks: They Will Save Your Sanity
At a recent Gunsite event hosted by my friends at LaserMax, I met Alex. He’s a gear head from Vanquest. But he doesn’t have greasy fingernails or smell like brake fluid, because his gear specialty is packs, bags, totes, backpacks and cases of all sorts. Anyway, Alex showed me a sooper-dooper nifty little invention that […]
Why Green Lasers Aren’t Green – New Native Green Technology from LaserMax
While at a LaserMax media event, I learned a lot about lasers. Like most everything else with a battery or plug, the technology is evolving at a dizzying rate. One of the things I learned was that green lasers aren’t green. Actually, they’re invisible (to the human eye) as they are derived from infrared light. […]
Shooting Gelatinous Pig Juice With Mike McNett Of DoubleTap Ammunition
The slimiest part of our agenda at the recent Gunsite Academy event hosted by LaserMax was a ballistic testing demonstration by Mike McNett, founder of DoubleTap Ammunition. Mike brought along some standardized 14 inch long gelatin blocks for destruction testing with a variety of DoubleTap loads, most of which use the Barnes TAC-XP all copper […]
Lessons From The Playhouse: A LaserMax And Gunsite Adventure
What can you learn from a playhouse? Life-saving tips, actually. I just returned from a few days at Gunsite Academy – one of the nations premier shooting academies located just outside of Prescott, Arizona. That’s pronounced more like “biscuit” by the way, not “Scott.” You may also know of Prescott as Sturm, Ruger and Company […]