Training Tip: How to Make Good Use of a Bad Magazine
By Lt. R. Michalik
Don’t underestimate the value of a bad ammunition magazine. If you’ve been around guns for any amount of time, you’ve almost certainly run into them. Whether you purchased a questionable no-name...
The Cheapest Way to Firearm Train in 2023 Using the Strikeman Laser Training System
The costs of everything has sky-rocketed over the last year. And that includes Firearm Training. Luckily, modern technology has given us an answer to avoid wasting ammo and spending a fortune on range ammo...
Avoid Rookie Mistakes: Be a Better AR-15 Rifle Shooter
A flexible, modular design and decades of robust sales have pushed the AR-15 to the top of long gun heap, making it America's favorite rifle. But while it may look easy to operate, many...
The 3 Most Important Handgun Shooting Stances to Learn
It's interesting how much your body position affects how you can control your pistol. It's not too much of a surprise, as it's the same as martial arts and other combat sports. A good...
The Real Reason You Need to Clean Your Carry Gun On a Regular Basis
Should you clean your handgun after every use? Most modern-day service handguns are built to handle a tremendous amount of use and abuse. They'll continue to function even when they're filthy dirty. Just Google...
Safety Basics: Reholster Your Gun Slowly and Deliberately
Something that doesn’t get enough attention among pistol carriers is how and when to reholster your handgun. The draw stroke gets a lot of attention but lots of people who carry a handgun spend...
Avoid Road Ragers…Because Angry People Have Terrible Judgement [VIDEO]
Road rage happens. Whether you see it in cities or on the Interstates, sometimes people can become agitated for even the slightest of reasons. If you find yourself the object of their ire, do...
Safety Tip: Don’t Try To Catch a Dropped Gun
I confess. I dropped my carry piece one morning last week. It slipped from my grasp and tumbled to the floor as I reached for it to holster it for the day. Fully loaded,...
What You Need To Think About If You Have Different Guns For Home Defense...
Defending yourself away from home and defending your castle are two different tasks, and for many people, that suggests different tools. But if you use different guns for home and personal defense out in...
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...