November 14, 2017

MantisX – Digital Firearms Instructor

The MantisX is a bluetooth attachment for your firearms that analyzes your trigger press both in dry fire mode and in live fire. It’s like being able to have a personal shooting instructor for every shooting […]

November 7, 2017

Don’t rest on your rifle’s barrel!

I recently experimented with resting my rifle properly on the free-floated rail, and then improperly by resting on the end of the barrel. The difference was drastic, even at just 50 yards! The reason this happens […]

November 6, 2017

Survival Foraging

A major disaster has happened—hurricane, EMP, insurrection, whatever. You saw it coming, and you got your family “out of Dodge.” You reached your survival retreat successfully, and it is intact along with your cache of emergency […]

October 23, 2017

A look at snub-nosed revolvers

A compact semi-auto is a poor concealed carry choice for anyone who has impaired hand strength from arthritis or some other cause. The stiff recoil spring requires a fair amount of effort to rack the slide. […]

October 10, 2017

Off Body Carry Options

Off Body Carry-Things to Think About I am a big believer in muscle memory and how you train yourself to react to certain situations. What I mean by that is when I pick up a shotgun, […]

October 3, 2017

The ideal concealed carry pt. 4

As I mentioned in my last blog I have a minority opinion on the subject of a double action trigger with a double-strike capability in case of a misfire. The tap, rack and bang method is […]

September 25, 2017

Self defense or excessive force?

Self-defense and excessive force are terms we hear every day on the news, internet or social media. These two terms can quickly intertwine and become a very sticky situation. Let’s say you and your girlfriend are […]

September 5, 2017

The Ideal Concealed Carry Pistol (3)

I have mentioned previously that I don’t trust mechanical devices to operate properly 100 percent of the time—forever. That’s one of the reasons I prefer an outside hammer pistol to one that is striker-fired. Let me […]

September 4, 2017

The Ideal Concealed Carry Pistol (2)

Last week, we explored how weather (or more precisely, climate) impacts your choice of what sidearm you’ll carry concealed and how you’ll carry it. Now, let’s talk about the features I think an ideal carry piece […]

August 28, 2017

Aggravated robbery caught on video…what would you do?

The attached video shows a local man getting absolutely pummeled inside Lucky’s Convenience store in Lufkin on August 5, 2017. After reading several ignorant comments online about this attack, I thought it would be informative if […]

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