You’re standing behind a fence 25 feet from the target array, your hands tight around the grip of a Springfield Armory 1911-A1 .45, as you hear the commands from the range control tower above and behind you. “Timers ready! Guns on the rail! Shooters ready…” and then the loud electronic beep whose message is, “GO!” You raise the pistol and ...
The Shooters World gun range in The Villages, FL, was designed with the senior citizen in mind. This is the sort of thing that makes it ideal to host Gunsite Academy’s Seasoned Citizen 150 Basic Pistol class, an off-site, three-day version of Gunsite’s longer five-day basic pistol class in Arizona. The class in Florida began with an introduction to firearm ...
Cornerstone Performance is a small training outfit located in Central Texas, and its skipper, Eric Wise, presents an incredible and in-depth two-day LPVO (Low Power Variable Optic) course which I recently attended. During the afternoon of the first training day, Wise lectured students on the finer points of boosting carbine performance and accuracy. There was something that Wise said that ...
When is it broken in, and when do you trust it? The answers to these questions vary greatly from something that sounds reasonable to outright myths. I remember back in my days in the U.S. Army that if we got a new barrel on one of our M4 SOPMOD rifles, they were not broken in at all. We just shot ...
BPI Outdoors / Bergara Rifles is introducing the lightest B-14 model rifle yet, the B-142 Cima CF (Carbon Fiber). This new rifle is a demonstration by Bergara on how tradition can be refined by innovation. The Cima CF is built for outdoor enthusiasts who appreciate the balance and feel of a classic, sporter-style rifle, but also want modern innovations and ...
Just because it’s a new year doesn’t mean your 2008 Benelli M4 or 1975 Remington 870 won’t work as well as it has forever for defending your home. But, if you happen to be in the market for a new tactical shotgun, here are some new models for consideration, each with updated features. Benelli Nova 3 Tactical Benelli’s Nova pump ...
A Marine veteran was shot and killed in a Chicago alley while trying to defend himself during an attempted robbery. The 19-year-old college student charged in the case has been released on electronic monitoring, despite prosecutors arguing he was complicit in the fatal encounter. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE CHICAGO, IL (4-minute read) — A tragic robbery in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood ...
It could be argued that the late General Omar Nelson Bradley deserved more than to have the M2 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) bear his name. Though it performed well in the 1991 Gulf War, where it was even credited with destroying more Iraqi tanks than the M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT), it has also been described as being akin ...
Kimber Mfg. has released two new models of its CDS9 micro-compact pistol. The CDS9 was an immediate success for Kimber following its debut in fall of 2024. The handgun combines desirable features into a micro-sized package. Featuring optics cuts, accessory rail and shipping with 13- and 15-round magazines, the CDS9 is built from the ground up to be a concealed-carry ...
Police revolver training goes back to the 19th century and President Theodore Roosevelt. Before he was the President of the United States, he was President of the New York City Police Commission from 1895 to 1897. When he began that position, New York policemen furnished their own revolvers for duty. Roosevelt was impressed by the .32 Colt New Police revolver ...