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What’s The Deal With .357 SIG? Is It Dead?

By Joshua Gillem / April 24, 2018

The .357 SIG pistol cartridge is one of those unicorns, rarely seen in the wild, but when spotted ignites awe and marvel at its mere existence. Is .357 SIG dead?…

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Is Training Too Expensive To Do Often

By Jacob Paulsen / March 6, 2018

An alarming number of my past students only train a few times per year. Today I’m going to address one of the more common reasons I hear, “It is too expensive.”

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Concealed Carry Training Mistake: Hollow Points

By Joshua Gillem / November 2, 2017

More specifically about hollow points, the mistake is not training with them and only using ball ammo in your gun at the range. Why do people do this? Because hollow…

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Episode 118: Interview With Sig Sauer Ammunition’s Dan Powers and Bud Fini

By Riley Bowman / May 3, 2017

Riley sat down together with Sig Sauer’s Ammunition Division President Dan Powers and Executive Vice President Bud Fini to talk about the all things ammo! Sig Sauer is really staking a solid position in the ammunition industry especially amongst those gun manufacturers that also happen to make (or sell) their own brand of ammunition. This positioning is really a very deliberate step in the direction of Sig becoming “The Complete Systems Provider.” As far as we can tell, Sig Sauer seems to be taking a solid approach. Listen in now…

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[Infographic] How Prepped Are You For When SHTF

By Jacob Paulsen / December 16, 2015

About two weeks ago we invited all of our readers to take a short survey about their own level of preparedness. We all know what we should be doing to be prepared for an emergency but its interesting to have a sense for how well one is doing relative to others in our community. The below infographic illustrates the responses from the survey.

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Mossberg MVP Series: Bolt Action .223 Rifle

By Damon Thueson / December 14, 2015

Damon and Ron take a look at the MVP rifles. You can use the same ammunition and standard magazines from your AR and put them into this light weight and reliable bolt action rifle.

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Congress Passed a Law that Blocks the EPA From Blocking Ammunition

By Jacob Paulsen / December 3, 2015

Going into the 2015 Thanksgiving holiday President Obama signed into law a new provision included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 that will prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from asserting Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) authority over ammunition. According to the NSSF Press Release:

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Why and How to Check Your Ammunition For Inperfections

By Steve Beckstead / October 27, 2015

While many of us check our carry guns and equipment religiously, how many check your ammunition? A recent article by Patrick Sweeney discussing “one in a million” ammo accidents got me to thinking:

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Cufflinks and Tie Tacks from Bullet Shell Casings

By Jacob Paulsen / December 6, 2014

He has offered to extend a Christmas discount code to all of our past students. Visit the website with the below link and use coupon code to get 10% off.

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