An Update, An Absence, and An ECO.
I just wanted to give a quick update. My last article was May 5th, which in internet terms might as well be a lifetime ago. Why? My real job got hectic and I ...
Category: editorial
Not like this
This wasn’t the post I wanted to write when I came back from hiatus. Yet here I am, staring into my monitor as we’re faced with another mass murder ...
What!!! You’ve Never Shot Your Carry Gun!?!
If you read my previous post discussing the first 50 rounds fired through my Dan Wesson ECO you will know that it malfunctioned 12 times within the first 30 rou...
Harris Publications shutting down
This came as quite a shock to me yesterday. Harris Publications, the publisher of gun magazines like Combat Handguns, Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement, G...
Small 1911’s and Reliability
Earlier this week I started a long-term review of a Dan Wesson ECO, which is a 3.5 inch Officer’s sized 1911. Lest anyone think its reliability will be a...
Killing Bambi with a 9mm (Or Why A Head-Shot Might Not Stop The Attack)
Click bait title right? Obviously I don’t mean using a 9mm to hunt Mr. Buck; but, I recently had to dispatch a gravely wounded deer with my CCW and in doing so...
Lessons from real life: The Potato Chip Assault
A friend recently posted a story on social media: “Breland, who appeared to be in “a highly agitated state,” entered the store and made a purc...
What caliber for dinosaurs?
Have you seen this photo? It’s been widely shared on Facebook, because some ranchers in Florida had what is clearly a dinosaur eating their cattle, so the...
We don’t bash guns
I get accused from time to time of being biased against certain guns, or unfairly targeting certain brands for “bashing,” whatever that’s supp...
Project Lumen
If you spend any time watching low light videos on YouTube, or reading articles by “experts”, you will notice two differing opinions on the requirements of a ho...