I’ve been wanting an inexpensive flashlight to use at work. Something about using my Streamlight ProTac HL that cost $100, and takes $10 worth of batteries in an environment where it could get lost or stolen doesn’t sit right with me. I knew that I had this old 2AA Coleman LED flashlight kicking around the house,  and it’s always been a great light, especially for the $20 I paid for it a few years back. …

You never know when it will come in handy… Sad that there were all those people standing around wanting to help saying “Who’s got a knife? Anybody have a knife? We need a knife!” Stay sharp.

I’ve been getting a lot of folks asking if I’m going to be at SHOT show, and the answer is: nope. I’ll be honest, back when I first started blogging/podcasting, I thought SHOT show was the Mecca of places to go for bloggers, but these days I’m really not all that interested in going to the show. I hate asking companies for free stuff to review, and I’m not really interested in filming an advertisement …

Last week the WRAL ‘Tarheel Traveler’ segment was about Carbine Williams, an NC resident best known for creating the M1 Carbine. I tried to embed the video here on the site, but it seems that they don’t have a way to do that. If you click here, it’ll take you to the video on WRAL’s website. It’s a well done, interesting piece. Also, if you’re in the Triangle area, and you’d like to see some …

Yeah, I’m interested, especially if they weigh within 2oz of a factory Glock 17 magazine (I’m sure they do) so they will be USPSA Production legal. Magpul is going some cool stuff this year, looks like that move out of Colorado isn’t hurting them.

A couple weeks ago a reader sent me an email about “Perceived Carry Decoys” with a link to a website that claims will be creating inert guns in holsters so people can have the perception of open carry without the responsibility of actually carrying a gun. Yes, a dummy pistol and holster. Basically a less useful blue gun that is certain to get some folks into situations over their heads. That is, if the product …

Somewhat graphic video, so be warned, and watch carefully: The gun store clerk didn’t check the pistol before removing it from the display. In my opinion this may be a pattern of behavior at this gun store (or with this particular clerk), because the loaded pistol was placed into the case beforehand and left their waiting for someone to remove it. The police officer didn’t safety check the pistol after it was handed to him. …

Great video here from John at Ballistic Radio: “Apparently if you practice to use your sights, that’s what you wanna do.” Yep. If you practice using your sights, and you practice your draw stroke, you can rip quick times even from concealment. I’m of the opinion that a lot of people who love the idea of point shooting aren’t very good at shooting, and they use it as a crutch or excuse for their poor …

Alright folks, it’s that time again. One of the couple times a year that we actually see winter weather in here in the south. Parts of Eastern NC are looking at a 1/4″ of ice overnight tonight, which is certain to bring some power outages, and cause chaos on the roads. So, are you ready? Do you have a safe heat source should your home lose power? It’s uncommon for homes here in the south …

Y’all have been blowing up my email over the past week asking about the 2015 calendar. I’m working on it now, but it’s tedious and I’m still waiting for a few different ranges to get their 2015 calendars published. Keep checking it over the next week or so, and I’ll hopefully have most everything published for 2015by the end of next week. If you’re a range owner, or you know of any changes that I …