Bug In: Streetwise Supplies For In-Place Survival
Teddy Roosevelt’s candor was good for many quotes, and one of my favorites is his advice to “do…
Saving Innocent Lives: Civilian Response To Active Shooter Course
We all were shaken to our cores by the horrific murders of 20 schoolchildren and six adults at…
Lawful Carry: Ring’s Manufacturing Blue Guns
We have all heard the old saying, “Practice makes perfect.” A better way to say it is, “Only…
Cheap or Right: Rethinking The Pump 12
The slide-action 12-gauge shotgun is the archetypal American long gun—the everyman’s universal tool that is equally useful harvesting…
Running the Big Dog: SIG Sauer SIG50 Rifle
When it comes to downrange power and accuracy at long distance, the .50 BMG round is king. Besides…
Why a Weapon-Mounted Light: Illuminating the Reasons
During daylight—when 99.9% of training is conducted—targets are pretty easy to see. And identification is easy, as you are most often shooting at the same target you have been shooting at for however long you have been shooting. Discriminating between shoots and no shoots isn’t normally your problem on the square range because the rangemaster will tell you who to shoot, when to shoot, and how many times to shoot.
Frontline Debriefs: Has “A” Way Become “The” Way?
For many individuals, as well as for many agencies, “a” way to do something becomes “the” way to…
Long Guns: Trijicon SRS
I’ve been a big fan of Trijicon’s ACOG series since I first tried it. I use one of the USMC RCOs on the M4 I use most often. Along with a couple of other optical sights, I rate it as the best available for the M4. I don’t use red dot sights as often as I do sights with magnification. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the advantages of the red dot for CQC, but due to my eyes, I don’t see red dots clearly. I normally see multiple dots. I gather from talking to other aging shooters that this is relatively common.
The Loading Bench: Ammo Handloading Primer
The high price and limited availability of ammunition remain concerns to all shooters. You can get ahead of…
The Crusader: Templar Tactical MK-12 SPR
Certain terms in the gun industry are thrown around all too often. Tactical, sniper, Special Ops, milspec, the list goes on and on. So when I first heard of a new company going by the name Templar Tactical and offering an MK-12, I was skeptical. I only resisted the urge to dismiss them outright because they were being recommended to me by a pair of former Marines—one of whom I know very well and respect (we can forgive him for being a Marine, hooah?).