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In the market for a new wallet? Well, here are two companies you should consider: Saddleback Leather Company and Hell-Bent Holsters.

Looking for a way to solve some problems with your single-action pistol? The American Gunsmithing Institute has some helpful suggestions. Check out what AGI has to offer.

Do you trust the 1911 with your life?

Bob Marvel builds exceptional custom 1911’s. For decades he has built pistols for world champion competitors. His guns are accurate and they don’t malfunction. And now you can learn from the master. I recently had the opportunity to build a 1911 from scratch, with the help of Bob Marvel, and here’s the result–step-by-step.

About the scariest thing I can think of is to lose contact with my children in a world over the brink of collapse. Most young people don’t even have a land based phone line these days, so if the cell networks go down, that’s it. But there is a way, if you do it now, to establish a communications protocol with loved ones who are hundreds, or even thousands of miles away. As I’ve discussed a few times before in this column, the Amateur radio bands, otherwise known as the Ham bands, under 30 megahertz, are capable of reaching around the entire globe at certain times of the day. Full access Ham radios, covering several bands, or even all the Ham bands, sell for $300 to $10,000, but I found some small radios that cover only one frequency for as little as under $10. You have to still buy an antenna, but the overall cost could be as little as $50. As a bare bones mode of communication on a very tight budget I don’t think you can beat these little radios.

Shaw talks about how he holds his rifle and addresses the debate about whether thumb over bore is a sustainable grip for a protracted combat scenario.

Serious about Cowboy Action Shooting? Check out AGI’s armorer’s course. Get serious about your single actions and fine tune those short strokes.

Lead free ammunition isn’t really news. But bullets made of polymer? Polycase has been leading the charge, and now they’ve paired up with Ruger to bring the radical design to a much wider audience. So how about it? Would you carry polymer based bullets in you self defense gun? Ruger thinks so, and I do too.

Pop quiz hotshot, which guns on the market require the least amount of skill to operate with some proficiency? Here is a list of the top five guns for bad shooters.