Recent content by Rexster

Just within the past few months, I noticed that my dry-fire routine, to train for double-action revolver shooting, and to keep my index fingers strong, was starting to vex the arthritis in my right index finger. Then, within the past two weeks, the problem is starting to show in my left index...

A magazine is a point of failure, whether the magazine fails, the engagement/release system fails, the holster causes an unintended release of the magazine, or, the shooter causes the failure. Watch enough police body cam videos, and will become apparent how many times police officers will...

Yes, a G17, plus a hand-held light, is right up there, with the best of the best. Amen, regarding the hand-held light. Additionally, I like the option of a Surefire X300-series light, being available to use on the accessory rail. I, too, am “into” revolving pistols, and will, I think, always...

Well, in the past nine days, since typing that long post all about why I carry revolvers, here in this discussion, my double-action dry-fire routine has started to vex the arthritis in my right index finger. So, the Glocks, that were barely mentioned, in my earlier post, might get their...

Ritchie makes an excellent ankle holster. Think in terms of all-day comfort, with a “baby” Glock. (It does require trousers, with some volume, to conceal a G26, while it is on the ankle! My issued uniform trousers sufficed, with the dark navy blue color playing a part in that aspect. Most...

I won’t carry my much-loved S&W Model 58, because its parts started getting a bit too loose, about 1990. It had served as my duty revolver, from 1985 until 1990, and, before I bought it, it had been a San Antonio PD duty revolver. I also finally realized that N-Frame revolvers are just a bit too...

Yes, that is one of the newer pre-assault indicators, but even that one has been going on, for a while, to a limited degree, in some contexts. Back in the day when “cam-corders” were relatively large, and actual film tape was rolling inside them, one gang in Houston’s Fourth Ward thought that it...

Nothing wrong with single action sixguns, for those who use them well. I generally carry DA revolvers, but I went through a phase of wanting to try “cowboy action” shooting, when one of my LE colleagues was helping with planning and running the matches, and tended to inject some amount of...

I trend medium-frame revolving pistol, for daily carry. A revolver does not care whether whether my right Ulnar Nerve is having a bad day. (The Ulnar Nerve is important, in having a strong grip, being especially important for the thumb, and the ring and little fingers.) My usual minimum, in...

Well, rather than worry about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, I will simply try to remain sufficiently alert for anyone who wants to bop me in the head, whether he is “playing a social media game,“ or simply wants my iPhone, vehicle keys, and wallet, like most typical Robbing...

As my aging right hand gets gimpier, the various non-Fed-mag .32 cartridges are becoming my friends. Such weapons as slim-line micro- and mini-nines are NOT my friends. If I want to keep using little guns, such as S&W J-Frame snubs, they have to be chambered for milder cartridges. I am still...

The shotgun will, absolutely, move the most living structural material, within the body of an opponent, per shot. (Well, some rifles will move that much material, but, such rifles are not as man-portable.) A handgun, however, is usually handier. My wife worked for 21 years, as a Death Scene...

Short answer: Yes. I have done it. Longer answer, as follows: 1984 to 1985: I experimented with carrying my 4” S&W Model 629 during personal time, but mostly carried a 2.5” S&W Model 66. 1985: HK P7, on and off the clock. Is a P7 a “duty size” gun? Yes, of course it is. Very flat, but yes, a...

A problem with training, while wearing gloves, is that one will be building reps based upon a slightly different reality than what will exist in the real world, unless, of course, we go about constantly gloved-up. The thickness of the material, used in the gloves’ construction, adds volume to...

While I do not worship screen writers, or consider them to be religious advisors, I like “Lord, make me fast and accurate,” and also like the “Aim small, miss small” quote, both spoken by Mel Gibson, in “The Patriot.” In short, I care about my neighbors. “Love thy neighbor as thyself” is one of...