New Shooter’s Guide: What Are Double-Action-Only Triggers?
If you're new to shooting, you might have questions about terms used to describe trigger operation on handguns. We'll clear up one of those...
New Shooter’s Guide: What’s A Double Action/Single Action Trigger?
Some elements of firearms terminology can be confusing for new shooters. One of the more problematic are descriptions of trigger operation. But we can...
Single Action Vs Double Action: What’s the Difference?
New shooters might rightly ask, "What Are The Differences Between Double-Action and Single-Action Triggers?" There are a lot, in fact. We'll cover the basics...
Concealed Carry Continues Growth
John R. Lott, Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), has released the group’s annual report of Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across...
Sharing Downrange with CO
Downrange to Denver? Sure
Hello, I’m a happy subscriber and would like permission to send the September and October “Downrange” columns to the Broomfield and...
Armed Citizens Stop Attacks
John Lott, Jr. has done an interesting study of how often armed citizens like ourselves intervene to stop mass shooters. Bottom line: The rate...
Assessing Pistol Recoil Energy
Re “Firing Line,” July 2022
Todd: Finally cycled through my gun subscriptions and read the July 2022 Issue. Surprised to see my tirade about recoil....
New Shooter’s Guide: You Have Your Concealed Carry Permit – Should You Carry?
Well, you did it. You got your License to Carry, CCW, CHL or whatever they call it in your state. Perhaps you did that...
Curious About the 5.7×28
Re “22-Caliber Hi-Capacity Pistols: Ruger, KelTec, and Armscor,” October 2020
I bought the original 5.7x28 pistol when it came out quite a few years ago...
Lots of Gun Law Changes
If you’ve been looking at recent gun-law news, you might be shocked at the pace at which things are happening. I’ve been surprised at...
Solving a Big Shotgun Failure
Re “Self-Loading Shotguns: We Test 3 Affordable Turkish Brands,” March 2021
I have a follow-up to your review of the Toros Copolla T4. I bought this...
Fruits of Bruen
A couple of issues ago (August 2022), I wrote in this space about the earth-shaking effect that the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision would have...
Listen to Mexico’s lawsuit against Smith & Wesson
I know you won’t do it, but I want to encourage you anyway. Go listen to the oral arguments attached to the blog entry entitled,...