Just look at you—packing a great gun, been to dozens of classes, got a highly tactical backpack covered in cool morale patches and, best of all, you really know how to “talk the talk.” But I wonder: Can you “do it”? Get your mind out of the gutter. I mean, do you possess the internal
When people use the term “evacuation,” they’re usually referring to the temporary but rapid removal of large groups of people from a structure or disaster area as a rescue or precautionary measure. Few of us consider that we may need to do an evacuation or self-rescue from our own home. Even fewer have made any
East is east and west is west, and ne’er the twain shall meet. Until you realize that Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost state in North America. So much for ironclad theories. What is an ironclad rule, however, is the safe operation of firearms—specifically with reference to a gun’s muzzle direction and the manipulation
When I received the Remington Model 887 and opened the box, the first words out of my mouth were, “This gun is a beast,” and the name stuck. The Remington 887 is an upgraded version of the venerable 870 and borrows heavily from that gun, but is not designed to replace it. Sieberts shoots 887
Variable-power optics are gaining ground in the black rifle world. The days of the fixed-power magnified optic are largely over. The remaining inventory of military-issue fixed-power optics will persist to the end of their service life due to budgetary constraints, while individuals flock en masse to new-generation variables. With variable-power optics, there are a couple
The Glock has become a fixture in American pop culture, from its “X-ray proof” beginnings to its current ubiquity. It is the defining example of the contemporary polymer service pistol and has become the benchmark by which other models are judged in terms of reliability, ergonomics and cost. I’ve recently been training with a few
Technology is impressive. The computers aboard Apollo 11, which went to the moon, had less processing power than a smartphone does now. PCs are now replaced at the same intervals that some folks change their socks. And we have come to expect that this will happen in all aspects of our lives, and at an
I don’t wear shorts in the summer (or at any time, for that matter) because my legs are a mess of scar tissue. During SWAT’s early days and the beginning of FBI HRT, forced building entries and room combat were conducted without lower limb protection. We were either too dumb or too macho to incorporate
No two ways about it: making entry into a room or building occupied by a hostile person(s), especially if conducted by one person, is dangerous. When in your own home, or anywhere else for that matter, the best advice anyone can offer is to stay put and let the bad guy come to you. However,
Most handgunners are familiar with the 79-year-old .357 Magnum revolver cartridge and that Messrs Elmer Keith, Phillip Sharpe and Colonel D.B. Wesson of Smith & Wesson were responsible for its design and development. To this day, it enjoys a reputation as a reliable man stopper. Its vaunted 125-grain JHP (Jacketed Hollow Point) at 1,400 to
