If you have been reading Triangle Tactical for a little while, you may remember me posting about the “State of Emergency Gun Ban” that was on the books in NC until earlier this year. This law was ruled unconstitutional and the replacement law takes effect Monday, October 1st. From the NRA Email blast that I received tonight: The new emergency powers statute, passed in the North Carolina General Assembly and signed into law by Governor …

If you are buying fiber optic inserts for your sights by the inch, you are getting screwed. If you are anything like me, you prefer a fiber optic front sight on your competition pistols. Being that the fiber optic insert is just a small piece of plastic, they tend to break fairly often. I recently noticed some cracks in the fiber optic insert on the front sight on my S&W M&P Pro, and decided to …

Th folks over at When the Balloon Goes Up did a great post on their blog today breaking down all of the different classes and divisions of shooters at the 2012 IDPA Nationals, and the results were pretty surprising. Check it out! 2012 IDPA Nationals Statistical Breakdown

I found this interesting. Not really sure how it helps the prosecutors case, but its interesting none the less. Thoughts? Video of Subject at USPSA competition use as evidence in murder investigation.

I don’t know about you guys, but I think this looks awesome! Not only does it look like a fun video, but it should have a lot of good information for those looking to get started in 3-gun. Check it out: Whatchu think?

Thursday morning I headed up to the 2012 IDPA Nationals at The Range in Oxford, NC. I’m not shooting the match, but I figured with it being right in my backyard, at a range that I shoot at frequently, I may as well head on up to see the big dogs do what they do. The stages looked great. Many times I’ve heard shooters say that the stages at the big majors like this aren’t …

This morning while running some errands, I decided to head over to the new Gander Mountain store that opened last week in Morrisville, NC. This store is located in the new Park West shopping center in Morrisville, near the intersection of 54 and Cary Parkway. Guns and Ammo: I pulled in a little before noon, to find the parking lot packed. As soon as I got inside, I was astonished with the amount of firearms …

So far this week we have covered both spark, and tinder. They are both essential to building a fire, but in order to keep the fire burning, we need kindling and finally fuel. The four components of fire are: Spark Tinder Kindling Fuel What the heck is kindling? Kindling is the third component of fire. It can come in many different shapes and sizes, same with spark and tinder. Generally, kindling is one of the …

As many of you know, the IDPA nationals are taking place this week in Oxford, NC. I’ll be at the event, but I wanted to show everyone the stage previews being posted over at IDPA’s Down Zero blog. Yesterday they posted Stage 4, titled “Room 469”. Today Stage 6 was posted, titled “What to do?”. The next stage will be posted tomorrow at 8:00PM EST.

The NC Justice Academy is hosting their inaugural Charity Challenge on Veteran’s Day weekend. The Charity Challenge will be an action packed, practical shooting event featuring 8 challenging stages. All proceeds from the match will benefit Hope for the Warriors. Competitors will be grouped according to type of firearm (single stack, double stack, or revolver) and magazines may be loaded to maximum capacity. The match will be conducted according to specialized NCJA Charity Challenge rules. …