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My Top 3 Self Defense 9mm Ammunition Choices

By Matthew Maruster / October 3, 2022

Selecting the ammunition you’re trusting to perform should you even need to defend your life is an important decision. Because of that, it is easy to become overwhelmed with the…

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Self-Defense Carry Ammunition, How Often to Inspect?

By Matthew Maruster / March 31, 2022

When was the last time you unloaded the magazine of your everyday carry (EDC) gun and inspected all the rounds you carry? If the last time you saw the final…

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Hollow Point Ammunition-The Only Choice For Self Defense

By Matthew Maruster / November 4, 2021

Quite often, someone asks what type of ammunition they should use for self-defense. Broadly speaking, the answer is straightforward. Use hollow point ammunition in your self-defense and home-defense guns. Hollow…

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3 Criteria for Effective Self-Defense Ammo

By Matthew Maruster / September 27, 2021

The importance of purchasing good self-defense ammunition for your everyday carry (EDC) handgun, or your home defense gun, is often overlooked. But what does it mean to say you should…

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P365 With SIG 365 V-Crown Ammo

Best Self-Defense Ammunition (Hollow Points)

By Joshua Gillem / May 27, 2020

We talk a lot about ammunition on our website, but I’m not sure we’ve ever really discussed what I’d consider to be the best self-defense rounds out on the market,…

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Episode 400: New Gun Owner’s Checklist

By Jacob Paulsen / March 24, 2020

So…you bought a gun…now what? Today, Riley Bowman, Jacob Paulsen, and Matthew Maruster get the whole gang together to talk about where and how to get started as gun owners. Even if you’ve owned guns your entire life, chances are there’s something in this episode you didn’t think of or know about.

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Episode 310: 9 Gun Myths…BUSTED!!!

By Riley Bowman / April 17, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew discuss 9 myths about guns and shooting and what is actually true. What are these myths? And how can we all be better “students of the gun” and not get swayed by uneducated guesses and opinions??

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G2 Research Telos: Ammo Review Of Sorts

By Joshua Gillem / March 21, 2018

Every so often I get the distinct pleasure of testing ammo. Sometimes I enjoy this more than firearm tests, because I get guns sent to me quite often. Ammo, on…

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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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