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What To Look For In A Good Concealed Carry Holster
Good equipment is composed of good parts and pieces. Whether it’s a fantastic optic that is awesome because of the lenses and adjustment points or a great gun because it has a nice trigger, good sights, reliable action, and durable pieces that work right together, good gear is good because …
First Look: Blade-Tech Tek Mount
Blade-Tech Industries, Inc. is now shipping the new Tek-Mount quick connect mounting system created for holsters, magazine carriers and other accessories. The system allows users to more easily attach or remove these items from their belts, plate carriers, thigh rigs, MOLLE webbing packs, load bearing equipment or any other surface that …
New Paper Wad Options For Federal’s Top Gun Shotshell Lineup
Federal Ammunition shotshell fans now can choose paper wad options for select Top Gun lead and steel loads. Here is what Federal said about the new paper wad Top Gun loads: “To accomplish consistent shooting performance with a paper wad, Federal engineers combined an exclusive paper wad with a cellulose-based …
The Armed Citizen® Nov. 18, 2022
Armed Citizen® Today A man driving his car in Chicago, Ill., defended himself when an alleged carjacker opened fire on him on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. The man was sitting inside his car in the West Side of the city sometime after 1 a.m. that morning, when another man approached …
New Jersey: Bruen-Buster Bill Is Back For Full Assembly Vote
On Monday, November 21, the full Assembly is expected to vote on A.4769. This legislation started out as a “copy-cat” strategy, mimicking what New York did to lash out at the Supreme Court post-Bruen. The bill arbitrarily and drastically expands the number of places labeled as “sensitive places” where concealed carry …
I Carry: Shadow Systems Foundation Series MR920 9 mm Pistol and Mission First Tactical Holster
Firearm: Shadow Systems Foundation Series MR920 (MSRP: $679) Shadow Systems offers a familiar-looking, striker-fired, polymer-frame pistol compatible with many popular aftermarket accessories. Its Foundation Series represents an excellent starting point for a concealed-carry package in the MR920, which offers a 4-inch barrel, 7.13-inch overall length, 4.75-inch height and 22.4-ounce weight. Shadow …
Learn to Communicate
I spent most of last week at the Gunsite Academy, in Arizona, working with a team tactics class that Mossberg and I sponsor. The focus of this class is to learn ways to function with a partner during a personal defense situation. Besides square range drills, this class spends time learning to clear rooms in …
First Look: Extar Glock Magazine
Extar USA is now selling the EM9-18 magazine, an affordable aftermarket 9mm Glock magazine with the capacity to hold 18 9mm cartridges. The EM9-18 magazine is compatible with full size double stack 9mm Glock models such as the Glock G17, G17L, G34 and Glock G45. In addition, it will also function …
Rifleman Q&A: A Colt Like Billy The Kid’s
Q: When my father retired in 1967, he gave me a Colt revolver. It is stamped “COLT D.A. 38” and has a serial number in two adjacent places: the trigger guard next to the screw and the frame next to the trigger guard: 138XXX or 136XXX. I was told that Billy …
NRA Gun Of The Week: Winchester SX4 Left Hand Waterfowl Hunter
In the early 1970s, Winchester began the laborious work of designing an all new semi-automatic shotgun platform. From these efforts, the Super-X Model 1 was born, a gas-operated design that stood the test of time. Nearly 50 years into production, and a few design enhancements later, the Super-X is now on its fourth iteration. …