GETTING STARTED
CONTENT FOR NEW GUN ENTHUSIASTS
Hygenall Wipes and Soap
Under the locking cover protecting the bed of my ’97 4x4 Chevy pickup — my designated shooting vehicle — I try...
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High-Volume Help
A group of friends and I once ran 10,000 rounds through a single Battle Rifle Company AR in eight hours. We pushed...
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Working With What You've Got
With regard to personal protection, we all live somewhere between a box of ammo and a bodyguard. Like most things in...
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Fundamentals Still Rule
The process of teaching someone to shoot can get tangled up in egos and past experience, good or bad. Excellent...
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Buying Your First Handgun
Many times, students who had never fired a handgun came to my class and proudly showed me their “very first...
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5 Tips To Better Shooting
How to shoot accurately is simple to explain. In reality there are only two things necessary: (1) Stabilize the...
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Buying Your First Handgun?
Buying a handgun for personal or home defense is generally not the same as buying one for target practice or...
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Common Sense Personal Defense
Be dedicated to the proposition your best defense against those who would do you harm is reliance on yourself. You...
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Pistol-Packin' Primer
I am a card-carrying gun nerd so the racks of guns, rows of tactical accessories, crates of ammo and familiar,...
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SIG AIR M17 ASP Air Pistol...
Training with an air pistol — one that is an exact duplicate of the “real” gun carried — has the advantage...
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Big Blast Target Caps
There’s a floating island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas. Why? Well, where once our drinking...
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Short And Serious
I spent 25 years in captivity. No, not in North Vietnam or North Korea, but in a desperate day-to-day fight for...
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Three Nines to Beat
As basically a .38 Special/.45 ACP guy when it comes to handguns, I’ve always looked on with a bit of fascination...
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Hunting 101
An even dozen is what we have here. Twelve sure-fire tips to help ensure your adventure in the hunting field ends up...
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Raise ’Em Right
In our last installment we discussed the history of toy guns in America. We talked about the realistic martial...
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SIG’s C02 1911
I live in rural Mississippi and can shoot off my back porch whenever I want (something for which I’m thankful...
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The TCR22
Thompson/Center has introduced its second semi-auto rifle, a compact little sporter in .22 Long Rifle. The company...
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Airsoft — The Ultimate...
The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented growth in the rise of airguns in the role of firearm trainers. At...
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Why Airguns? Power!...
You know it’s gonna be a great day when the ring of freedom sounds an awful lot like your front doorbell. The...
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The .177 Solution
Most of us have had the experience of driving in city traffic with family or friends while conversing about politics...
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Gun Garb
I’ve seen gun magazine articles on how to hide a gun titled “Dressed to Kill.” It’s a cute play on words,...
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Make Your Own Indoor...
Where’s a new shooter to go during containment? Laser ammo SureStrike Kits make home practice easy, challenging.
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Give 'Em The 3rd Degree
Mixing shot sizes to fill patterns or deliver more energy down range with a heavier pellet is old hat.
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The Women's Defensive Handgun
Women face several challenges when it comes to concealed carry.
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Here's Where To Begin
There’s a lot of books written specifically for women on the “how-to” of shooting. Most are on self-defense....
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Starting Early, Starting Right
Insuring the future of shooting sports by actively recruiting youth into the sport is a national goal of the utmost...
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