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We all know the statistics that guns don’t make us safer.

And that’s when you spot him: a man in hi-tops, baggy jeans and a light blue hoodie about 25 yards down the sidewalk, staring at your group.

Hollywood legend has it that the gun that “Won the West” was the Winchester Model 1873 Jimmy Stewart struggled to keep in the movie Winchester ’73. In fact, it was the U.S. Model 1873 .45-70 Springfield, better known to modern day collectors and shooters as the “.45-70 Trapdoor” for its top-opening breech block, that truly “Won the West.”

When selling guns, remember, everything is negotiable!  We’ll get to that in a moment, but first some backstory. When I was in college more than a decade ago, I was majoring in English.  Why English?  Well, that’s what everyone asked me at the time.  My parents, my friends, my coworkers would all grill me about [...]

Taking the idea of “light and fast” model to new levels, the Civil Defense projectiles weigh in at well under half that same caliber traditional bullets. For example, the 9mm projectile weighs just 50 grains. Compare that to 115 or 124 grains for common 9mm defense rounds. The .45 ACP bullets weigh in at 78 grains as compared to a more traditional weight range of 185 to 230 grains. The result is blistering speed.

“Stay on the line with me,” the dispatcher says. “We have officers en route to your location.”

I decided to make a Kydex cheek riser and install it on my rifle. I could have ordered one, but making it myself allowed me to customize it to my rifle. Plus, it’s way more fun.

Immediately, the assailant swings the nightstick at you, striking your car door and yelling, “Stay in your car, man!”

When readers bitch about the MSRP in the review, I wonder if they actually look to see what the real world price is before they fire off their comment.