This past Sunday, Sean from NCGunBlog.com, Ben, and I all met at the Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center to put the Springfield XDs 9mm, S&W Shield, and Walther PPS up against each other. The three of us talked about the shootout on Episode 68 of the podcast, but as the week has went on I’ve come up with some additional thoughts on the three pistols: Grip: I found while shooting the three pistols, …

Just an FYI, I was informed of the following: H2O Fowl Farms is postponing the IDPA Match on Saturday, and moving it to Feb. 22nd TPC 3-Gun at The Range is cancelled due to the weather ZSA 3-Gun at ENC is cancelled due to flooding on the range. If you know of any more matches being cancelled this weekend, please let me know by commenting on this post, or emailing [email protected]

Several months back after picking up my S&W Shield 9mm, I was shopping around for a hybrid inside the waistband holster for the pistol. I’ve always used Crossbreed Supertuck holsters, but due to their several month backorder at the time, I decided to look for a more local option that would get me the holster sooner for less money out of pocket. I had read many fantastic reviews of the Stickywire Holsters Hybrid IWB holsters …

In the past week I’ve received a couple of emails from podcast listeners who have recently tried competitive shooting for the first time. They both said they had a great time, and that’s really what it’s about. Todd wrote in first, and he had this to say about his first competitive shotgun “flurry” match. I’d never heard of a flurry, but it sounds like a LOT of fun (emphasis mine): The lessons I came away …

This afternoon I was listening to a Gun Talk bonus podcast on microstamping where Tom Gresham interviewed Ruger CEO Mike Fifer about Ruger ending their sales in California. During the interview, Fifer stated that he doesn’t expect to see any semi-auto handguns on the California “not unsafe” list in only 2 years because of the new interpretation of the laws. This is scary sounding on the surface, but I think it actually may give the …

This is exciting news for our friends in South Carolina! Gov. Haley has announced that she will be signing the S308 into law at 10:30AM. SC S308 will allow for concealed carry in restaurants that serve alcohol, as well as speeding up permit times for LEO’s and former military personnel who have had prior training (which I’m not sure I agree with). The bill also strengthens the penalties for CCW permit holders who violate “no …

This week has shown us two examples of why gun registration is a raw deal for law abiding gun owners: An Illinois man successfully defended himself and his daughter from a midnight break-in using his gun. Instead of getting time to deal with the stress that must come along with taking a life, he was arrested and charged with having an expired FOID (registered gun owner) card. Did I mention that he was on crutches? …

It sounds like the Best Buy near Triangle Town Center is moving out, and Gander Mountain will be moving in. If it’s anything like the Gander Mountain in Morrisville, NC it will have a huge selection of guns, ammo, and outdoor supplies. It’s good news that were living in a place that can support another Gander Mountain, the Cabelas coming to town soon, and the Bass Pro that will be opening in Cary before too …

And the results from the tests are about as bad as we expected. Here’s the first video from ShootingTheBull410: So, it’s almost as good at 2 rounds of .22lr… yeah. The next video comes to us from Richard Ryan (RatedRR on YouTube): Basically, the G2 RIP bullet starts out as a lightweight projectile, and then sheds even more weight on impact with a barrier. Interesting to see the effect that drywall has on the bullet, …

Long ago, I was a young cub scout interested in guns. I wasn’t old enough to hunt yet, but I wanted to make sure that I had the skills to take down the ‘turdy point buck’ once I got became enough to hunt. My Great Uncle gave me a 10 pump pellet gun somewhere along the line, and I was dying to shoot it. Unfortunately we lived inside the city limits, and shooting even the …