Just like there are legacy guns — classics that have been around forever and which remain largely unchanged over time — there are also legacy holsters. Galco’s Royal Guard is a legacy holster, a…

If you carry a concealed handgun, I’ll bet it is 100 percent clean and well-lubricated. No dust gathering in the ejection port or trigger mechanism. No leftover gunpowder residue around the muzzle.…

The history of U.S. Air Force air crew survival weapons is a fascinating one. Before the Army Air Corps became the Air Force in 1947, air crew survival weapons consisted mainly of handguns worn in…

If a slim nine just doesn’t cut it for you as a self-defense gun, perhaps a chunky nine will do. Don’t get me wrong: Slim nines are great. But sometimes you want more heft, more grip and more capacity. And you’ll give up some measure of concealability to get it.

Don’t make the use of a tourniquet too complex. Find where the blood is leaking out of the body. Place the tourniquet between that place and the heart. Tighten the tourniquet until the blood stops…

Colt’s Lightweight Commander, an iconic handgun if there ever was one, is no lightweight. Fully loaded and resting on my digital scale, I get a reading of 34.6 ounces. Most carry guns weigh…

A recent assignment by one of my editors at Concealed Carry Magazine gave me the opportunity to work with a variant of Ruger’s fine concealed carry revolver — the LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver) — in a caliber I hadn’t worked with before: 9mm Luger, a rimless semi-automatic pistol cartridge.

Being from Alabama, I can honestly say that I don’t wear jackets very often. I don’t own many jackets in the first place. And I don’t really think about this type of outerwear all that much, either.…

We see magnets playing more of a role in everyday firearms use, from unique mounting and storage solutions to holster closure systems. The former has created the ability to quickly and securely store…

Firearms of any given type only get one shot (pun intended) at being revolutionary. Take John M. Browning’s 1911 .45 ACP pistol, which is still extremely popular even 106 years after its…

I’m always on the lookout for tactical lighting products I think our readers will find beneficial and useful to up their readiness, whether in an emergency or everyday situation. While not a…

The Charter Arms Earthborn Undercover Lite (MSRP $422) weighs a mere 12 ounces unloaded and just over 16.5 ounces when loaded with five Winchester 158-grain lead round-nose cartridges. In a word:…