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Lessons Learned: Convenience Store Confrontation with 'Panhandling' Youths

Lessons Learned: Convenience Store Confrontation with ‘Panhandling’ Youths

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At the time these events happened, I considered myself to be well-prepared — maybe over-prepared — in the area of personal self-defense. (I am retired military and a former police officer.) I foolishly thought I was smart enough to be able to keep a criminal from getting the best of me. I was wrong.

H&K Goes West with American-Style Push-Button VP9 Pistol

H&K Goes West with American-Style Push-Button VP9 Pistol

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The updated B model has a reversible push-button magazine release along with all the features that make the VP9 the success it’s been.

Shotgun Patterning - How to do it

Shotgun Patterning – How to do it

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Need an intro to patterning? It refers to where you’d like to break a target, using the height of the shotgun’s comb to change where the gun shoots.

Lee-Enfield Rifle: The Long Arm of the British Empire and the story of Lachhiman Gurung

Lee-Enfield Rifle: The Long Arm of the British Empire and the story of Lachhiman Gurung

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During WWII, a man from Nepal held off more than thirty Japanese troops, while armed with just a knife and Lee Enfield rifle. This is the story of Lachhiman Gurung and his rifle.

What I Love & Hate About Aftermarket AR Carry Handle/Sights

What I Love & Hate About Aftermarket AR Carry Handle/Sights

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Oh, I certainly love the electronic optics available today … more on that below. But every now and again it’s just fun to have a carry handle with the integrated sights. Here’s what I love — and hate — about the UTG.

Review: Speer’s New Gold Dot 10MM Auto Personal Defense Round

Review: Speer’s New Gold Dot 10MM Auto Personal Defense Round

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I’m a big fan of all things 10MM, and Speer got my attention recently when the ammunition maker announced the new Speer Gold Dot 10MM Auto Personal Defense round, firing a 200-grain Gold Dot bullet.

Peewee Precision Rifles: .22 Trainers for PRC Practice

Peewee Precision Rifles: .22 Trainers for PRC Practice

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Precision rifle shooting is a very expensive hobby. One innovative way to get in the necessary trigger time is the .22 rimfire trainer.

The Story Of An Ambush & The British Sten Gun - A Spectacularly Successful Failure

The Story Of An Ambush & The British Sten Gun – A Spectacularly Successful Failure

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The British Sten gun was effective at close range, cheap, and easy to make, but nearly botched the assassination of one of Hitler’s henchmen.

What I love & Hate About the Exodus Gunleather Paddle Holster

What I love & Hate About the Exodus Gunleather Paddle Holster

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I have a love-love relationship with paddle holsters. Simply put, paddle holsters make it easy to carry and deploy a handgun. You can install a paddle holster easily, carry with stability and comfort, and draw and reholster with virtually no fuss. Granted, those attributes come at the cost of concealability, but that’s a pretty good trade-off.

Heizer Defense PKO - 45 Defines Big Bore Slim

Heizer Defense PKO – 45 Defines Big Bore Slim

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Heizer Defense, the creators of the Pocket Shotgun, Pocket AR, and Pocket AK single-shot pistols, recently added a 45 Auto semi-auto pistol to their product line. With some innovative engineering, and liberal use of the unexpected, the PKO-45 is an amazingly thin single-stack 45 semi-auto that may be the ideal IWB concealed carry pistol for those looking for large caliber in a slim package.