Believe it or not, before this article was published in Sigarms’ Velocity magazine, there was serious discussion at Sigarms about whether it should even be published at all. For years, in large part because, due to the exchange rate between the dollar and the Deutsche Mark, SIGs cost significantly more than most other tactically equivalent…

“The AR-15 is the 1911 of defensive rifles. As with the 1911, a huge number of aftermarket parts and possible modifications exists for this firearm, and a large part of the design’s appeal is the number of odds and mods we may choose to personalize it to our needs. In this article I’m going to…

Last year I had the extreme pleasure of choosing for a pretty little 10-year-old girl her first-ever firearm. Honestly, I had always planned on doing the same thing for her 18 months older sister, as well. So I did. https://self-defense-handguns.com/?page_id=1741

“It’s common in the gun world to hear it said, especially by less experienced, less skilled shooters, that you should never customize a self-defense gun, there’s no need, because ‘stock rocks.’ I have also heard it said, ‘Don’t change anything on your gun, except maybe the sights, because the more you mess with it, the…

“JP Enterprises’ Competition Tactical Rifle is a showcase for design features that are, in many respects, representative of cutting-edge AR-15 technology. If you’re a serious Three-Gun competitor, this is the sort of stuff you want. At the same time, as the rifle’s name suggests, there’s nothing on the CTR-02 that would stop it from being…

“A properly selected, maintained and lubricated AR is a very reliable weapons system. The next time you’re at a rifle match and you see an AR choke, it’s probably because its operator didn’t do something put forth in this article.” Another new addition to the Free Articles page. https://self-defense-handguns.com/?page_id=1688

I’ve been wanting to see video footage of the Crossroads Center mall shooting, and here it is. Each clip is shown three times, in progressively greater slomo. In the first clip, it looks like the security guard disguised jihadist gets in one good slash, and one good stab, on the counter guy. It’s a miracle…

Excellent commentary from Tom Givens. Well worth your time to read, if you carry a gun for self-defense. Metrics vs Mediocrity by Tom Givens There is a small, but vocal, segment in the defensive training community that discourages the use of stopwatches or electronic timers, and belittles attempts to quantify skill at arms with scored…

So I’m sitting there one day, reading an article in Handguns magazine about IDPA. It’s all about how you can use real holsters and real guns, draw from concealment, use cover, all the things I spent years teaching people how to do that they don’t do in IPSC. I was so excited, I felt like…

“The Hand-Sized Pistol Championship, as the name would suggest, was built around the idea of firing smaller, more easily concealable guns than you typically see at “combat” pistol matches.” Another addition to the Free Articles page. https://self-defense-handguns.com/?page_id=1607