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Where Do You Store Your Firearms?
There are many different rules regarding when and where you can and can’t carry your firearm. Knowing how to store your firearms if you can’t carry them with you is an essential part of being…
Continue Reading →What to Expect the First Time You Shoot a Handgun
I wish I’d been able to shed my pride and ask someone what to expect the first time I shot a semi-automatic pistol. Let’s say the episode ended prematurely and with a lot of my blood covering my gun, my shooting bag and the indoor range.
Continue Reading →A Gun Changes Everything
Yes, the Second Amendment protects our right to keep and bear arms, but with every right comes tremendous personal responsibility. This is especially true with firearms. Responsible Gun Ownership is Life-Changing Buying a gun should spark a serious change in your lifestyle. Everything about that gun now requires serious consideration.
Continue Reading →What to Expect When Shooting a Shotgun for the First Time
If you’ve never fired a shotgun before, you’re in for a treat. Shotguns might just be the most versatile type of firearm you can buy. You can use them for sport, hunting or defense. Depending on the…
Continue Reading →100th Birthday Bash: Mossberg’s MC1sc
Mossberg is one of the older names in American firearms, specifically in the arena of affordable American firearms. While other original stalwarts like H&R and Iver Johnson went by the wayside…
Continue Reading →What to Expect When Shooting a Revolver for the First Time
If we want to get nitty-gritty with terminology, a revolver has chambers that are not integrated with the barrel itself. A pistol’s chamber is actually part of the barrel. The significance of that is…
Continue Reading →Cleaning Your Glock — Simple Steps
There is a reason for the exceptionally high sales of Glocks. They’re reliable, accurate and comfortable for many to grip. And they keep cycling, even through dust and mud. Last year I hunted with my…
Continue Reading →Going PRO! You Can Win Charter’s New Revolver
Last week, we here at the USCCA announced that we were giving away a new gun. The winner of that gun also gets a free trip to the Concealed Carry Expo in Pittsburgh. There is also a holster and some…
Continue Reading →The Streamlight Protac 90 Right-Angle EDC Flashlight
As a kid who loved WWII movies, I became totally enamored with the G.I. angle-head flashlight. I remember it being featured in scenes of the Allies signaling each other during an important mission.…
Continue Reading →7 Tips to Make the Most of Your Time at the Range
If you go to an indoor shooting range, odds are you’ll pay for your time by the hour. Even if you go to a facility that doesn’t charge by the hour, you’ll likely prefer to spend more time shooting…
Continue Reading →Blue Line’s Fabric Clip: A Beltless, User-Friendly Holster Option
Ken Delano of Blue Line, LLC Custom Holsters is a firearms instructor and 20-year police officer in Virginia. He started making holsters for law enforcement officers about five years ago. But Blue…
Continue Reading →Charter Arms PROFESSIONAL: A Fighting Revolver
If you are looking for a fighting revolver, there is something new on the horizon. The Charter Arms PROFESSIONAL is a brand-new seven-shot revolver chambered in .32 H&R Magnum. That gives you two…
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