Learn about the pros and cons of customizing your concealed carry gun and the options available to make it your own.

An AR-15 armorer’s wrench is the one tool that handles the big nuts on the rifle: the castle nut on the buffer tube, the barrel nut, and usually the muzzle device. If you plan to change a barrel, swap a stock, or install a flash hider, you need one. This is not a ranked list. [...]

The .429 DE is a cartridge Magnum Research designed in 2018 specifically for the Desert Eagle, firing a 0.429 inch bullet. In my testing, Magnum Research 210 grain JHP averaged 1,766 fps over 10 shots from a 6 inch barrel, faster than Hornady 50 AE 300 grain XTP at about 1,400 fps, with similar listed [...]

With dry fire skills, you can work on everything from draw stroke to trigger control, and all without leaving the house. Here’s how to do it, and why it’s a must.

Read about the SilencerCo Salvo 12 shotgun suppressor, a great option for hunting and self-defense to decrease recoil and decibels.

Learn about what good trigger control is and the importance of mastering it through finger placement and dry fire practice.

The question of whether 22 LR is a good idea for self-defense used has more than one answer. Let’s break it down one piece at a time.

Plastic pistols are nothing new—the first was made by Heckler & Koch in the 1970s—and you’d be right to say there’s a glut of them on the market. Just because there are a lot of options doesn’t mean they’re all the same, though. It’s even become increasingly common for polymer pistols to be sub-$500 guns—new. [...]

Ideally, you’ll set up your gun with a quality dot sight and iron sights designed to co-witness with the dot as needed.