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Beauty and appearance, performance and doing what it is supposed to do, comfortable, right fit, reliable, and optimum weight. These are just some of the adjectives and terms which might describe your new car or even a spouse, the latter even by some uncouth person. Well, I am using them to initially describe the new…
Why would someone want a rifle or carbine that shoots pistol-caliber 9mm ammo? If you use it for home defense, it would be so loud indoors. Isn't a rifle or carbine like this as loud as a shotgun or larger caliber gun? What would you use it for? Plinking or home defense or what? Isn't…
It is safe to assume that most people reading articles on USA Carry are “gun guys,” or at least gun focused in how they address self-defense. I'll admit, I most certainly am. I enjoy shooting guns, so I tend to lean towards what I enjoy which I suspect that most people do. Recently, I have…
Walther Arms' PPQ M2 is accepted as having one of the best striker-fired semi-automatic pistol triggers. Some recognize this single-action striker-fired trigger as the best available now. In the past, I have reviewed the PPQ M2 5-inch full-size and the 4-inch compact-size models and liked them so much that I bought both. They work very…
Have you ever heard of a gun designed around a magazine? Well, now you have with the Sig Sauer P365. And, by the way, the 365 in the gun model's title represents 365 days a year you can every day conceal carry the new handgun. Let's take a closer look at it in this Sig…
In our handgun classes, I have observed several students, especially those with physical impairments, weak hand and finger strength, mostly females, but some males, and older students with frailties (but also others), not able to efficiently rack the slides on some of our semi-automatic pistols. This is even after we demonstrate and discuss the proper…
I have used Alien Gear inside-the-waistband holsters now for the past couple of years. First I utilized the Cloak Tuk 3.0, and then I switched to the ShapeShift version of the inside-the-waistband hybrid holster which remains my primary carry holster until now. I have recently had the opportunity to test a newer product Alien Gear…
Springfield Armory recently introduced a very small, lightweight, short-barreled .380-caliber pistol with an enhanced G10 pivoting single-action trigger with 1911-styling for concealed carry. It is called the 911 .380 ACP and Springfield Armory promotes it as "the ideal carry pistol or backup gun." I was anxious for Springfield to send me this new sub-compact pistol…
Smith-Wesson's (S&W) Shield is one of the best values and often used concealed carry handguns, and now they have added another model to the line.... the M&P 380 Shield in .380 AUTO caliber with the M2.0 features. In 2017 and 2018, Smith-Wesson introduced the M2.0 features to its M&P pistol lines, and now a new…
In our handgun skills and concealed carry classes, I ask our students "Should you always use the sights on your carry gun for a deadly force encounter?" More often than not after a (potentially-deadly) pause for reflection, inexperienced students answer "Yes." Well, most shooters know that the answer is "No" one does not ALWAYS use…
This past October, I could tell gun sales were down, and the Modular Handgun System contract was finalized. How could I, a lowly consumer, determine this bit of data without ever cracking a newspaper? The gun stores were littered with nearly identical looking, predominantly striker-fired pistols in a wide range of Flat Dark Earth tones.…
The new for early 2018 Glock 19X (G19X) Crossover available this week is a hybrid mostly Generation 5 combination of a Glock 19 (G19) Slide and a Glock 17 (G17) frame. The G19X uniquely matched the U.S. Army's criteria for their Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition with one pistol, and now it is being offered…
