I get a lot of folks asking me how they can become a firearms instructor, so today I’m going to tell you exactly what I’d do if I were you. Obviously, it helps if you have prior experience such a police or military, but I know plenty of instructors who don’t have either. However, they [...]
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Defensive Intelligence: Connecting the Dots
I had just come to a stop when they pulled into my driveway directly behind me. Their headlights were set to high beams and I couldn’t see them for the glare in the rearview mirror. Chris was always showing up in a hurry, vehemently telling me to “get ready, we’re going out”. By the time [...]
What I Learned from Shot Show, Besides Not to Move to Australia
I’m typing this from 30,000 feet on my way home from Vegas and Shot Show 2012. If you’ve never been to Shot Show just pick your favorite thing in the entire world (golf, shoes, video games, chocolate) and imagine an almost never ending array of that item. That is what Shot Show is like. Call [...]
SHOT Show Day 3 Video Roundup and Products from Pelican, EOTech, Nikon & More!
Day 3 of SHOT Show was fantastic. A TON of great new products were shown, and they cover a wide variety of uses, from keeping your gear safe to taking accurate shots both near and far! We’re going to have exclusive video interviews that showcase the products below, but I want to give you some details [...]
SHOT Show Day Two New Products from Weaver, BlackHawk, SOG & More!
Yesterday was crazy. We saw a ton of awesome new products, and there’s a lot of exciting things to talk about. SHOT Show has been a major success so far, and I can’t believe I’m going to get to see more of many of these products at OpticsPlanet over the next year! But enough about [...]
Live from the Convention Floor – Day 1 Recap for SHOT Show 2012
Man, what a day! If the theme of yesterday was just burning through ammo and shooting some cool guns, today it was checking out a lot of the equipment that goes on those guns (and of course the gear every hunter and sports shooter is going to want badly in 2012!) We saw some really [...]
SHOT Show Media Day Products from KRISS, Trijicon and EOTech!
The news just keeps pouring in, with more details on a few of the guns and scopes our GearExpert team got their hands on at the range on Media Day. Some of the gear below was mentioned in Alessandro’s Twitter posts, and there have already been more today for Bushnell and Leupold, so keep checking [...]
A Letter to My (Unborn) Daughter About Buying Her First Handgun
PREFACE: My wife and I recently found out she’s pregnant with our first child. She’s three months along and we don’t know the sex yet, however, I’m convinced it’s a girl. The other day I sat down and wrote a letter to my unborn daughter about one of the most important topics a father could [...]
Which 1911 Should I Buy?
I recently faced this question as my summer shooting instruction season has slowed and I am now able to resume competing in IDAP, IPSC and falling plate matches. My series 70 Colt had seen better days and sometimes jammed, so it was time to get a new competition gun. OK, let’s get this straight, I [...]
POTUS 45 – The Only Caliber That Concerns Me
On July 4th, 1776, the representatives of the thirteen United Colonies served notice and declared those states were free and absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain was totally dissolved. OnSeptember 17, 1787, thirty-nine of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, [...]
The Glock RSA Exchange Program
Recently, I had learned about the Glock RSA Exchange program. I was surprised to hear that my local range was unaware of the program. That led me to think that others have also not heard of the program. GLOCK Inc. is voluntarily exchanging the recoil spring assembly (RSA) on its new Gen4 pistols (with the [...]
Ammunition Storage – Cool, Dry, Dark, and Portable?
ANYWHERE, USA. (AP) – A fire at a house, deemed too dangerous for firefighters to put out after live ammunition inside the house began going off, burned to the ground today. The fire started in the chimney of the house and spread to the attic. When firefighters arrived and started putting out the fire, ammunition [...]
Are You Being Watched and Are You Watching Them?
In early September two items of interest caught my eye related to the US Government and subtle actions which relate to Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights. Because of the internet, and with no help from the mainstream media, a frantic outraged cry went up from firearms owners and supporters of 2nd Amendment rights when an Italian [...]
Painting a (Pretty) Sight Picture
All too often, we purchase a firearm with (sometimes) not the sights for our needs. Most often, the rear sight is a single bar, an outline, two dots, or a simple V-notch. The front sight may consist of a dot, a colored insert, an interchangeable Tru-Glo fiber arrangement, or no indicator at all aside from [...]
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