Safety Tip: How to Survive a Public Shooting Range Session
By Nick Savery
When I first started shooting I began at a public indoor range. I wasn't a member of a club and I didn't have any guns of my own to shoot. I practiced...
The 5 Carry Conditions – How Do You Carry Your Handgun?
"Carry condition" isn't a subject as hotly debated in the gun community as, say, stopping power or GLOCK vs. 1911, but it's up there. What is a carry condition? It's the state of readiness...
This is Why You Really Should Rotate Your Carry Gun Ammunition Regularly
Many folks -- cops included -- load up their self-defense sidearm, and then those tools silently serve and protect their owners from bad people with evil in their hearts. Unfortunately, most of us don't...
Sinistromanual Pro Tip: If You’re a Lefty, Learn to Shoot Right-Handed
Reader Curtis in IL writes:
While we're well past Left Handers Day, if you’re a southpaw like me, you know the burdens we bear. Besides being smarter and better looking than everyone else, we’re constantly...
Meet the 375 Raptor: a Heavy-Hitting, Short Action Cartridge
Arne Brennan, creator of 6.5 Grendel and other cartridges, designed 375 Raptor in a quest to do for 308 Winchester what 300 Blackout did for .223 Remington. Namely, neck it up to run larger,...
Central Illinois Father-Son Camp Makes Memories For Hundreds of Boys and Young Men
Any day you can help make memories for young people new to shooting ranks as a great day for them and for you. Once more I had the chance to volunteer to help some...
Korean War Era Ammo: Even Stored Under Sub-Optimal Conditions, Every Round Fired Almost 70...
This past weekend, I had a chance to fire an M1 Carbine I recently found in the bottom of a lake. My diving crew friends also recovered some ammo with the gun. Uncle Sam's...
How to Get Started Hunting the Right Way
I used to shake a great deal when I saw deer wandering towards me across a vast fields of beans. Every inch they moved made my heart beat harder and it reminded me that...
Pro Tip: Choose The Right Bullet For The Job
A few guys and I went to Lonesome Boar Adventures in Mountain Home, Texas to do a little hunting. Thinking we'd be shooting mostly coyotes at medium-to-long ranges, wild boars from close to far,...
5 Short Training Videos Every New Gun Owner Should Watch
First, the good news during a tough time. As a result of the declaration of a national emergency, America now has thousands, maybe tens of thousands of new gun owners. Not just owners of...
A Little Pain, a Lot of Gain: Force-on-Force Personal Defense Training for Civilians
It’s not every day that you get a chance to practice self-defense tactics against opponents who actually shoot back, especially as a civilian. If you get the chance to do it through force-on-force training,...
5 Easy Steps to Cheating Your Way Into the One Mile Long-Range Shooting Club
By Paul Erhardt
I cheated. That’s right, I’m a cheater, and it’s about now that you’re expecting me say something like, ‘and I’m not proud of it.’
Well, too bad. I am proud of it, so...