Chiappa vs. The Internet
Recently, there has been discussion across the ‘net about Chiappa Firearms‘s decision to use RFID (radio frequency identification) chips in the manufacture of its Rhino revolvers.…
Glock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week 19
28,169 rounds 6 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages Nothing particularly exciting to report about the test gun this week. I pulled the…
Why I Only Use Name Brand Ammo
AR15 destroyed by bad round of USAammo. (courtesy of The Firearm Blog) The critical quote for me, attributed to the CEO of USAammo: He admitted…
Pistol Training a Constitutionally Protected Right
OK, I’m more than a day late on this … three weeks late, actually. But today I finally got around to reading Ezell v. Chicago…
Why Training Matters
By now, we have all heard about the killing spree of madman Anders Behring Breivik last Friday. While media pundits will use this, vulture-like, to push forward…
Get S.O.M. AAR by TCinVA
TCinVA — the artist formerly known as JohnWayne777 — has written a detailed and far too generous AAR of last weekend’s Get S.O.M. (Shooting On…
In Russia, Finger Gets You!
For years I have marveled at the blind stupid luck so many people have on the range when it comes to finger discipline. Shooters will…
Glock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week 18
26,818 rounds 6 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages The Gadget turned 21 today! Twenty-one thousand rounds, that is. To say that Tom…
25,000 Rounds with the G17 gen4
After seventeen weeks of daily carry and more than 200 hours of range time, what do I think of the gen4 G17? Shootability: It doesn’t take…
Glock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week 17
25,366 rounds 6 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages The G17 turned in some great practice numbers this week, including tying my personal…