Innehållsförteckning för Concealed Carry SIP #1 från Gun Digest

Testing Wet Ammo I found Richard Mann’s article, “Tested: The Effects of Moisture on Ammunition,” in the February 2019 issue of Gun Digest, to be incredibly informative and eye-opening. His conclusions, regarding moisture on hunting ammunition and moisture on personal defense ammunition, were most intriguing. I get what he’s saying about hunting ammo being held to different standards than personal protection ammunition — but, after reading that article, I’m not taking anything to chance with any of my ammunition. Thank you for continuing to provide articles that dive deep “into the weeds” with details. –Mark Neilsen Omaha, Nebraska Hey, Mark. I appreciate the note, especially your comment about diving into the weeds. I’ve got a Post-It note that’s stuck to the wall above my computer screen that reads, “We go…

“ I managed to shoot a clean score on the El Presidente drill in 10 seconds, and I ran the Dozier drill in less than four. Headshots at 15 yards were not a problem, and hitting head-sized steel targets at even farther distances became commonplace.” Mossberg started out as an innovator in the gun world. Their first gun — introduced in 1919 — was a somewhat radical in concept. Called the Brownie, it was a compact, four-barreled pistol, chambered for the .22 LR. Designed for trappers to use to dispatch their catch, it’s probably best described as a pepperbox or derringer. Mossberg manufactured more than 30,000 of these cool little guns, which sold for a whopping $5! (Used Brownies now sell for between $300 and $1,000.) Mossberg continued their innovation…

Let’s assume that you’ve decided to start carrying a handgun for personal protection. Let’s also assume you know nothing about the subject. Your options for advice on where to start and what works are limited to friends, the geek behind the gun shop counter, or what you can glean from magazines, television or the internet. Gun writers often get a bad wrap because to the readers it often seems they’re just hawking the latest and greatest newly released products. But gun writers are also exposed to a wide array of guns, ammunition and holsters. That exposure often comes under the tutelage of some of the best firearms instructors in the world. For example, I was recently at Gun-site Academy, where we tested a new handgun. A collection of writers fired…

There was a time when dinosaurs walked the earth. And a time when revolvers were the most common carry gun. I’m not saying there was any overlap between the two, but some want to push revolvers back in time enough to do that. Revolvers do have the disadvantage of not holding as many rounds as pistols do, but by the time you make a pistol as small as a revolver, the advantage is not so great. What revolvers do have as advantages are the uniformity of the trigger pull, and the ease of getting past a dud round. If you need your revolver to fire, simply stroke through the trigger and repeat as necessary. Back when we mostly carried revolvers, the baseline gun was an S&W K-Frame in one caliber,…

We’ve all done it: We’ve slipped down to the store, packing just a J-Frame, and sometimes we don’t even have a reload onboard. Tsk-tsk. Or, the emergency tool option is a light, compact .380 pistol, because “you’ve got to have a gun” but don’t want the hassle of a “real” gun. One of my friends in the gun writing biz, James Tarr, can always be found packing a hi-cap 9mm and a spare magazine or two. Another longtime friend of mine, a retired chief of police, packs not only a full-sized all-steel 1911 — with spare magazines — but he carries a backup gun, a reload for that one as well, and a tourniquet. Every time I think, “Maybe I’ll go light today,” I think about them, and I wonder…

Let’s start with this premise: The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a viable concealed carry handgun. Yes, even though there are more powerful personal-defense calibers available. And, yes, even though there are lighter, more compact, higher-capacity concealed-carry handguns available. And, even though there are more contemporary handguns than John Browning’s 115-year-old design. Concealed carry was clearly Browning’s intent for the Model 1903, with its sleek, rounded design, not to mention “pocket” in its name — which is but one of the many names by which it’s known. It’s referred to by many names, including the Model M, Pocket Hammerless Pistol and General Officer’s Pistol. The Model 1903 wasn’t Browning’s first semi-automatic pocket pistol. His first was the Model 1900, produced by Fabrique Nationale in Belgium, which was based on…

Truth be told, the .38 Special and 9mm aren’t worlds apart, so put away your pitchforks and torches. However, the implication isn’t that the time-tested cartridges are carbon copies of each other, either. Not by a long shot. Their countries of origin are disparate, there’s plenty that separates them ballistically and, even as most novice shooters know, they are generally shot from much different handguns. That said, if you sit down and rattle off the .38 Special and 9mm’s virtues, you’ll end up with nearly identical lists. To start, both are relatively versatile for medium-bore handgun cartridges. Shot out of the right gun, they’re both accurate and mild recoiling. Both have more than proven their worth as self-defense options. And each is economical, plentiful and just plain fun to shoot.…

I am not an attorney, nor do I pretend to be. I’m just like the rest of the folks who carry a firearm for personal defense; I want to live out my days in peace and harmony. In a perfect world, none of us would need to carry a firearm for personal protection. In a perfect world, there would be no threat to life or limb, and we could all just smile and wave and trust to the Almighty that all will be okay. However, the stark reality of it all is that we live in a less-than-perfect world. The Declaration of Independence, so thoughtfully written and carefully planned out, brilliantly summed up some of the basic human liberties: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are…