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Ruger LCPII 2000 Round Challenge: Rounds 736 to 836.
100 more rounds of Lucky Gunner’s PMC Bronze .380ACP ammo went through the LCP][ last weekend, and nothing happened except loud noises were made and 100 holes appeared in a piece of paper. Just like...
View ArticleProctor & Gamble For Your Life
David Yamane has an interesting take on branding in the firearms training industry, and his takes are really, really good. A few more thoughts: Past military experience is a brand, and right now, it’s...
View ArticleIt’s Not You, It’s Your ROI.
Clause Werner and Chris Baker both talk about something that is near and very dear to my heart, the reasons why people get little, if any, formal firearms beyond what is required to get a concealed...
View ArticleMama Always Told Me Not To Look Into The Eyes Of The Sun
But Mama, that’s where the fun is. – B. Springsteen I remember chatting with a family friend years ago about one of my trips down into Mexico to work with the churches and orphanages in and around...
View ArticleEverything But The Bang.
One of the biggest differences (if not THE biggest difference) between a Harley rider and every other obnoxious person on two wheels motorcycle rider has little, if anything, to do with the motorcycles...
View ArticleYour Own Personal Gaston.
On a recent episode of Mike Seeklander’s podcast, Gabe Suarez said, in response to some rather fierce criticism he recently received online, that some people “treat this stuff (firearms training) as if...
View ArticleThe Whys and Wherefores.
Poking around the internet the last month, I ran into a video where a gentlemen proudly showed off his “bug out bag”, which consisted of a trauma kit (good), a couple of flashlights (good), a tactical...
View ArticleFormula Firearms
It’s been over a year since I bought a myself a hot hatch, and I really want to learn to drive it better. I know that some kind of auto racing is going to help me with deal with rapid decision making...
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I’m Sucky And I Know It.
Why is the Dot Torture drill so beloved of “serious” (aka “hobbyist”) pistol owners, even though we suck at it so much? We do it because shooting a Dot Torture drill is a sign that you’re willing to...
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The Short, Happy Life Of Tactical Timmy*.
Maybe one of the things that makes the SpecOps lifestyle so attractive to we in Gun Culture 2.0 is because they tell really, really good stories, and that’s important to us. We need heroes. We need to...
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Ruger LCPII 2000 Round Challenge: Rounds 837 – 937
No photos of the target today, because my phone decided to lock up in the 95° Florida heat. It’s a shame because I concentrated on shooting for groups this time out, and the LCP][ responded with 2″...
View ArticleiPhone Guns, iPad Guns.
Thinking more about yesterday’s post, I upgrade my phone almost every two years like clockwork, because I rely on it to run my life. From photos to movie-watching to games to writing, it’s pretty much...
View ArticleIt’s Because They Work, That’s Why
Me, a couple of years ago: You want a compact, polymer, striker-fired 9mm pistol for your first defensive gun. Greg Ellifritz, today. : Yep, you do. The post It’s Because They Work, That’s Why appeared...
View ArticleThe First Step Is The One That Counts.
I noticed something interesting during my too-brief time behind the gun counter: Elderly people would shy away from even mid-sized guns like the Glock 19 and LC9, and immediately assume that smaller...
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Kinda Want.
I’m interested. The EXO ONE (X01) is a patent-pending multi-caliber exoskeleton for the Sig Sauer® P320 Fire Control Unit (FCU) and adjacent firearm components including barrel, slide assembly, and...
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Public Service Announcement
Trijicon is selling just the (thinner) front sight for the HD XR sights by itself. This makes me happy. I like mine, and the thinner front sight makes a great sight set even better. The post Public...
View Article“Think Street, Train Sport, Practice the Art.”
Look, there is no way I can improve upon this, so just go read it and come back here later. Paul Sharp lays out, clearly succinctly and completely, why competition should be a part of the program for...
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Lessons From Garland.
“When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man!” – Ramon Rojo “The hell you say.” – Garland Texas Police Officer Greg Stevens Stevens immediately drew his...
View ArticleYou Don’t Need Something Like That. Until You Do.
Tam talks about how much fun it is to go to a tactical carbine course. I know people who take butt-tons of carbine classes because, face it, running and gunning with an AR or AK, especially on targets...
View ArticleLiving In A Post-Irmageddon World
Six years ago, I wrote about how watching the .gov screw up the response to Katrina made me realize that they were not going to be there for me if something bad happened to my family. And they weren’t....
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