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There really isn’t any more important point of contact between you and your gun than the trigger…and a terrific trigger can make all the difference in your accuracy results. That’s why Timney Triggers, the oldest and largest trigger manufacturer in the world, have long been the go-to source for fine, crisp aftermarket triggers. Yesterday, they…
Remember these the next time a gun-banner says, “If it only saves one life…” Speaking that phrase–“if it only saves one life, won’t it be worth it?”–is quite possibly the best way to give me a pulsing forehead vein, because the fact of the matter is that bad gun laws kill good people. They don’t…
If you like to grill outside, and you couldn’t sleep at all last night, I know why… The Gravity Grill from CanCooker has already got me hangry–e.g., both hungry and angry–and I’ll tell you why. I’ve spent all of my life grilling out, from the time I was barely tall enough to see the coals…
When at first you don’t succeed, fabricate some bullpucky and see who buys it! Right now, the Board of Health in King County, Washington is conducting a so-called “gun violence prevention summit” that doesn’t include a single representative from the firearms community. There is no input from firearms retailers, gun range operators or firearms instructors;…
Well, CrossBreed Holsters, I wrote about the SIG SAUER P365XL 10 hot days ago, and you’ve already rolled out a full line of holsters that work with the sized-up (yet still infinitely concealable) CCW-friendly pistol. I’d like to make a “what took you so long” joke here, but it’s really a very impressive display of…
Just because the “Area 51 Raid” started as a joke doesn’t mean we don’t need to prepare… A few days ago, some wag made a Facebook page announcing that it was time for we, the American people, to make a raid on Nevada’s famed “Area 51” so we could finally get to meet some aliens….
Mention air rifles to some members of elder generations, and they’ll wax nostalgic about shooting their buddy in the butt with their first BB gun. But now, we’ve got a new generation of shooters…and a second-generation Benjamin Fortitude for them to check out. The Fortitude, and air guns like it, isn’t exactly kid stuff: With…
This is your friendly reminder that the subject of one of these stories has been entered into a database as a “gun violence victim.” If you’re reading this, then you’re probably already savvy to the fact that being an armed citizen makes you safer than those who don’t exercise their gun rights. The problem is…
Don’t know why they didn’t call it the AR-300… The mad geniuses who do the marketing at Ruger have managed it again: They’ve made me decide that I absolutely do not have enough rifle-caliber pistols (to offset my collection of pistol-caliber carbines, naturally) with the introduction of their new AR-556 Pistol chambered in .300 Blackout….
When SIG SAUER introduced their P365 pistol in January 2018, it raised the bar for concealed-carry striker-fired pistols everywhere, hitting the gun-sales charts at #1 with a bullet (so to speak). But SIG refuses to rest on their laurels, and has just released a brand-new version of the P365: the P365 XL. This big brother…
I promise I won’t shine it in my buddies’ eyes for a laugh. (Again.) The folks at Viridian Weapon Technologies recently introduced a new line of long-range illuminators that have put my poor suffering wallet on notice that I’m about to abuse it–as well as the patience of my friends–again. You’ll notice that I haven’t…
The National Rifle Association has announced that tickets are now on sale for their upcoming Personal Protection Expo, which is scheduled for Sept. 6-8, 2019 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. If you don’t recognize the name of the Expo, that’s because it was previously known as Carry Guard (and the…
