Are police use of force statistics good baselines for civilian CCW training?
I was recently involved in a thread with an “instructor” who maintained that students should primarily train for shootings that occur at ranges of 1...
Author: Caleb
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...
Rock Island Armory Ultra FS 9mm 1911 review
2,074 rounds. That’s how long the Rock Island Armory Ultra FS 9mm 1911 has gone without a malfunction of any type. I’ll get the boring bits out of t...
Why I went back to appendix carry
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post called “why I ditched appendix carry” which ignited a bit more controversy than I’d imagined it wo...
Everyone calm down about the cell phone gun
Been on the internet lately? You’ve probably seen the news reports about the company in Minnesota that has designed a gun to look like a cell phone. IR...
Dan Wesson Valkyrie Commander 10-8 Performance Test
While the Rock Island 1911 test is still underway (200 rounds left) I wanted to take a break from it and run the Dan Wesson Valkyrie Commander 1911 through the ...
What the hell is a Patreon and why do we have one?
You might have noticed some…uh…downtime recently here on Gun Nuts. As it turns out, we had some pretty severe server-side issues that took longer to...
Rock Island Armory Ultra FS 1911 update: 1800 rounds and ticking
Despite the blog being down, I’ve still be working on testing the now excellent Rock Island Armory Ultra FS 9mm. It’s currently at 1,824 rounds, and...
Why
A long time ago, a friend asked me why I carried a gun every day. Being young and intemperate, I offered up a glib answer about how I wanted to be ready or die ...