The first pistol I ever pulled the trigger on - courtesy of Uncle Sam - was the now-venerable Beretta M9 - a full-size, double-stack 9mm combat handgun that the US military adopted in the 1980s to replace their aging stockpile of M1911 pistols...Read More...
GUN CONTROL
Ideology or Reality
If you had the opportunity to make a vast majority of public mass shootings go away tomorrow, would you do it? I am sure you would agree that is a pretty bold statement to make. Fact of the matter is, it is totally possible.
First, what is the definition of a public mass shooting? According to the FBI, it is a crime committed by a person with a firearm where 3 or more people are killed in the same time frame and location. That number was reduced from 4 to 3 in 2013. Another definition to establish is, what is a gun free zone? Gun free zones are places, public or private, where ordinary citizens cannot carry a firearm...Read More...
By Rodger Stockton
We recently received a really cool portable shooting bench from Discount Ramps for us to try out at the range. Without having to get out any special tools to assemble the bench I was able to put it together with what they provided in about 30 minutes or so...Read More...
Around 1200 EST, some of my colleagues and I received an e-mail from NBC's Pete Williams regarding the US House Judiciary Committee's hearing Wednesday (2/6/19) on HR 8 (a bill seeking to impose practically universal background checks on all gun purchases and transfers)...Read More...
The 380 EZ is a relatively new firearm. It is larger than a lot of recently released .380s and the slide is much easier to manipulate. Kel-Tec released the P3AT in 2003, which created the modern pocket .380 craze. The round has increased in popularity drastically in the past 15 years with many manufacturers contributing to the resurgence of the round in self defense weapons, even if many consider it a back-up firearm...Read More...
The very first time I held a Smith and Wesson 360pd in my hand, I knew that I wanted one. That was a few years ago at an NRA convention if I recall correctly. The Scandium frame and the Titanium cylinder come together to create something very special. The barrel, hammer, trigger, cylinder release, and a few internal parts are about the only iron you will find on this gun.
It all adds up to a serious case of cognitive dissonance. It is very hard to pick up an empty 360PD and think of it chambering .357 rounds. I've held toy guns that are heavier...Read More...
Torkmag recently sent us some of their magazines to test and review.
I can report that the G17/G19x mag that they sent holds 20 rounds in the same physical dimensions as the
factory Glock mag which holds 17. Thus far we have encountered zero malfunctions with this magazine,
despite the significant increase in capacity. The only abnormality was that it did not hold open on the last
round. However, this is extremely common and we blame our aggressive grip and thumb placement
which has a tendency to make that more likely. Additionally both the G19x and the G45 that we used to
test the TorkMag have ambidextrous slide releases, making it that much more likely that one of our
phalanges bumped that slide release.
See the video below:
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