Putting Down the Man Gun: Why I Switched to 9mm
Carrying a handgun is something that is very personal, in that it is with you almost every day of your adult life. Which pistol one carries may be mandated or a matter of choice.
Blue Force Gear Boo Boo Pouch
Nylon tactical gear is a business that has grown explosively over the past 15 years. This growth is…
Defaulting to Zero: What’s Your Mindset?
How we fight has always been a complicated series of events, and the training required to accomplish the…
Maintaining Situational Awareness – Scan and Assess
Maintaining Situational Awareness Over the years, we have been taught to scan and assess after a shooting incident. We…
From Dusk Till Dawn: LMS Defense Low Light/No Light Course
Advances in night vision were slow in the beginning. I can remember the first time I saw a Starlight scope on top of the CP Bunker on Hill 22, 45 years ago. We have come a long way since then. Night vision is of course expensive, and its primary users are the military. However, the technology is slowly spilling over into the LE community. Very slowly.
Filthy 14: Bravo Company Carbine Goes 31,165 Rounds
The M16 was first promoted as a gun that needed no maintenance. While that statement proved false, a…
Surgical Shooting: Mastering Mechanical Offset
For our purposes, mechanical offset relates to the difference between the line of bore and the line of sight. This distance will vary from one gun to another. Additionally, the sight and mounting system will also influence the difference. All handheld firearms have a certain amount of mechanical offset. It may be negligible in the case of a pistol, or significant in the case of certain rifles/carbines.
Explosive Conclusion: Colt LE6940 Saga Ends After 17,600 Rounds
Our evaluation protocol is to get a fair number of rounds downrange on several guns of the same model in order to get a decent idea of how others might perform. However, that was not going to happen here, so we figured we would do the best we could with one gun.
Charged Up: Bravo Company Gunfighter’s Charging Handle
The world that existed when Eugene Stoner conceived the AR-15 rifle is a much different world than we…
Alternative Prone: Getting On Top Of The Gun
Prone is the most stable of the firing positions. The closer we are to the ground, the more of our body is in contact with the ground. So far, so good—but there are problems.