Gear

Can Counterfeit Tourniquets [TQ] Work if It’s All You Have?

By Brian McLaughlin / February 3, 2020

Walking through the woods one spring afternoon, you turn a bend in the trail and are surprised to see two brown cubs playfully rolling in the grass nearby. You watch,…

Best of SHOT Show 2020

By Joshua Gillem / January 31, 2020

SHOT Show 2020 is officially a wrap. We may have some things trickling down the pipeline for you like podcasts and what not, but for the most part our coverage…

Shield Arms Increased Capacity Magazine

By Joshua Gillem / January 28, 2020

One of the most innovative, “duh, why hasn’t anyone else done that” ideas to come out in the few months leading up to SHOT Show 2020, is the Shield Arms…

Holosun’s New K Series Red Dot At SHOT Show 2020 (Video)

By Joshua Gillem / January 27, 2020

While out at SHOT Show 2020, we ran into some pretty exciting new products in the concealed carry market. One of those new products is the micro red dot from…

Talon’s New Grips

By Joshua Gillem / January 23, 2020

I’m excited about Talon’s new grips after getting my hands on them at SHOT Show 2020. These new grips, as far as I’m concerned, render anything they’ve had until now,…

SHOT Show 2020 Range Day Highlights

By Joshua Gillem / January 21, 2020

We’re out at SHOT Show 2020, and yesterday we spent the day shooting guns out at Industry Day. After taking it all in and shooting A LOT of different guns…

New Mossberg MC2C

By Joshua Gillem / January 17, 2020

Mossberg announced the release of their newest pistol, the MC2c. The MC2c is just in time for SHOT Show 2020, and is a 9mm compact-sized handgun meant to give you…

Why Does ‘The Gadget’ Anger so Many Gun Owners?

By Matthew Maruster / January 13, 2020

One of the greatest things about the internet is that it gives us access to an unlimited amount of information within seconds. It also frees us up to answer real…

LASR VS iDryfire – Software For Detecting Laser Shots in Dry Fire Practice

By Jacob Paulsen / January 10, 2020

In Pittsburgh last year at the USCCA Expo I was stopped at a booth as I walked past it. The man working the booth asked me to please try their…

XS Sights F8 Night Sight, Even Better than the Original Big Dot?

By Matthew Maruster / January 8, 2020

If you’re looking at the new F8 Night Sights from XS Sights and wondering if they are as good or better than the original Big Dot sights, here is my…

SHOT Show 2020 Preview

By Joshua Gillem / January 6, 2020

It’s that time of year, friends. We’re just weeks away from heading out to Las Vegas, Nevada, for SHOT Show 2020. This begins our coverage. I wanted to take a…

Palmetto State Armory 9mm Pistol Caliber Carbine Review

By Jacob Paulsen / January 3, 2020

In late 2018 I received my first firearm built by Palmetto State Armory. Now, after a full year of use, I’m excited to share my thoughts about the quality of…

5 Ways A Shot Timer Can Improve Your Defensive Shooting

By Joshua Gillem / January 2, 2020

A shot timer is one of those indispensable tools that everyone who is serious about self-defense and concealed carry should own and use on a regular basis. One of the…

Episode 376: Do You KNOW??? Questions You Should Be Asking Yourself

By Riley Bowman / December 24, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew discuss the recent event here in Arvada, Colorado where an off-duty Denver police officer attempted to interrupt a robbery and got shot when his own gun malfunctioned. This incident is a perfect opportunity to ask some critical “Do you know…” questions–questions every serious carrier of a gun should be asking themselves. We’ll get into what those are…

Is It A Slide Stop Or A Slide Release?

By Joshua Gillem / December 23, 2019

Gun owners love to fight about the most idiotic of topics among themselves, instead of things that actually matter. I was recently called out for my use of a term…