Words of wisdom from John Farnam. 4 Apr 17 “Bullet-jump” with light-weight revolvers, particularly those chambered for 9mm: Last weekend, during a Defensive Handgun Course, a student brought a Ruger five-shot revolver, chambered in 9mm. During an exercise, shooting factory 115gr hardball from a well-known and reputable manufacturer, a bullet jumped forward far enough to…

“Duane hands down writes the best, most thoughtful and thorough articles in the business, backed up by facts, experience and empirical testing and data. His articles on the 9mm and certain custom gunsmiths cannot be beat!” -Jeffery Kupferberg from Facebook Wow. If I ever need a publicity agent, I’m hiring this guy.

Given my recent commentary on the Wilson ESP Classic, and how well it works with the Chip McCormick Corporation’s stainless steel 10-round 9mm 1911 magazines, it’s appropriate I post this review of the CMC mags from Dillon’s Blue Press to my website’s Free Articles page. https://self-defense-handguns.com/?page_id=2120

Back from the range; another 263 rounds of 9mm has gone downrange. The range session was to give the Wilson ESP Classic a workout. The name “ESP” does not mean this gun has extra-sensory perception, or that if you shoot it, you will. It’s a version of Wilson’s well-established Classic Model in 9mm, intended to…

Recently I blew a casing in my Glock at a match, during a stage. Now, “blew a casing” sounds a lot more dramatic than it really was. A tiny, rectangular area of the casing, right above the web, peeled back. Blew the magazine out of the gun, didn’t damage me or anything on the gun,…

Another addition to the Free Articles page, this one being a topic near and dear to all our hearts: “What Is the Best Combat Shooting Stance?” from the September 1993 Handguns. Thanks extended to my friend Jon Stein who scanned this article out of a gun magazine that, shockingly, I could not find in my…

Back from the range; another 412 rounds of 9mm has met its fate. Went down to the Shelton Rifle & Pistol Club’s indoor range today (well, by the time I’m typing this, it was yesterday) for a little two-stage match. The first stage was a reasonably long 24-round field course. There were eight targets, on…

Got a couple of emails today. One guy said, “Is your first book, The Truth About Handguns, available in a paper copy? I’m one of those crotchety old guys who doesn’t like digital downloads.” Sent him a link to the Amazon.com page where they sell old copies of the book’s Paladin Press printing, “There ya…

By special request of reader Ross Elkins, here is my review of Colt’s Special Combat Government Model from the September 1993 Handguns. Thanks extended to my friend Jon Stein for doing the scans from an issue I was not able to find in my own gun mags collection. Actually, I had two feature articles in…

Once you get past the click-bait-y title, this is a pretty thought provoking article. I disagree with most of it. For one thing, the author has a profoundly exaggerated idea of the benefit of training classes. I once had a very good firearms instructor, who shall remain nameless though if he likes I will certainly…