One of my gripes about the S&W M&P9 Pro is that the magazine baseplates are just too big! With the baseplate being so large, it changes the angle of the magazine in my hand during a reload, and is causing me to fumble some reloads. Certainly I could just practice more and more until I’m used to the different angle, however, I like to stay proficient with both of the pistols that I shoot most …

I’ve been pretty consistent in my dry fire practice over the past week. This makes 2 weeks total that I have been practicing. I’m still working on getting a faster draw, but I am finally seeing some improvement. The first drill I’ve been working on is standing, hands at my sides, on the buzzer draw, and engage target at 7 yards with 2 rounds in the high A zone. The novice time for this is …

I’ve never had an RO complete an equipment check on my pistol, holster, or other gear during a club match. Not once. Ever. At club matches it is a pretty laid back atmosphere most of the year, with new shooters and veterans working on their game. When summer rolls around, and the IDPA Carolina Cup, East Coast Championship, USPSA NC State Championship start getting closer, more shooters begin to step up their game, and get …

There has been a lot of discussion around the ‘net over the past few years about the poor accuracy of many of the S&W M&P 9mm pistols. Supposedly this is because of a rifling twist rate that was too fast for the lighter bullets. Recently Hilton Yam posted on the 10-8 Performance blog that the newest, 2012 production M&P 9mm barrels appear to have a slower twist rate, closer to that of the KKM aftermarket …

Is anyone else getting sick and tired of seeing cobbled together AR-15’s for sale with tag lines like this? Time and again I check local gun classifieds and see several of these piece of junk franken guns, with all sorts of cheap crap gear screwed onto every section of rail possible, magwell grips, lights, lasers, bottle openers, etc. All asking for a premium price because they were supposedly built by a “delta force operator” or …

Over the past few months I have noticed that my progress as a shooter has stalled, and I am not gaining any speed at matches, and my scores are staying in the same place, while those around me are gaining traction, and getting better all the time. I do not have access to a range where I can setup stages and drills and run them live, so getting more practice that way is out of …

Last night I had the opportunity to go to Personal Defense and Handgun Safety Center in Raleigh, NC for their monthly IDPA match. I’ve been shooting club matches in the triangle area for almost 3 years, but for some reason, I had never made it to this match before yesterday. I enjoyed the match, and tried to push myself. I thought I was shooting well, however in reviewing the video of all of the stages, …

Below is an excerpt from Travis Haley’s facebook status after the Aurora, CO mass shooting: Fact: The majority of concealed carry and open carry armed citizens are a liability. Just because you go through a 1 day course doesn’t not mean that you can problem solve an armored active shooter in a never expected, dark, tear gassed disruptive environment with screaming people while stepping over dead bodies. You must understand advanced applications under stress. Just …

I’ve been running several of the Dawson +5 Glock magazine extensions on some mags for my Glock 24 Limited gun for about a year or so. These magazine extensions are everything one could want in an extension. They are robust, well made, and they function well. These magazine extensions are made out of aluminum unlike many of the other extensions on the market that are made of plastic. I have found them to be extremely …

First things first, I feel awful for those affected by this shooting. I cannot imagine how terrible it must feel to lose a loved one to a crazy person. The newest news reports are reporting that this subject was dressed as the Joker character from Batman, and told authorities that he was in fact the Joker. Obviously this person has some sort of mental issue going on, and that in my opinion must be what …