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Today I'll carry my Colt Detective Special in an IWB holster from Privateer Leather. It will be loaded with semi-wadcutters.

What are your 'Rodney Dangerfield' guns, the ones that get no respect. We likely all have a few but we all likely also love them even if they get nothing but ridicule. Often it seems like most of the things I like fall into that category. One such example is my Walther 'First Edition' #143 of...

Other than the P99/SW99; what other DA/SA striker pistols are out there?

I guess it might be part of jess getting old; or maybe just not bringing much ammo. I decided to let my old SAA clones get to go WalkAbout and so took the Schmidt made 5½" 357 mag and also the 9mm Luger cylinder to the range. I just grabbed a handful of ammo to make sure all still worked since...

It's going to be in the 80sF Christmas day and so I'm breaking in a new Andrew's Leather Tegu Lizard 1911 5" holster. The Tegu are really big South American lizards growing up to four feet long and weighing up to 30 pounds or more. They are invasive in the US like the Boas & Pythons most...

I just got two new Privateer Leather OWB holsters. Wes Dahl was great to work with as always and we went over all the specs and options before hand. The first is a Corsair in Russet Brown with a British Tan Western Tooled overlay. It took about a day of inserting and wearing the holster...

Since my local range is closed right now for cleaning and lead abatement I've had a chance to do a cleaning and inspection of my Tisas Fatih. Some basics. First about the name; "Fatih" is the old district in Istanbul/Constantinople. The pistol is a licensed version of the Beretta 84...

I recently had a chance to get a lightly used Tisas Fatih which is a licensed clone of the old Beretta Cheetah 84 at a quite favorable price. The purchase was made and FFLs were exchanged and the pistol was shipped and tracking showed it was headed to Austin, Tx 78754. Neat except for one...

Put a set of relatively new Altamont walnut Magna style grips on my old "Highway Patrolman". Using an equally old Strong basket weave pancake holster that carries the 28 high and tight. Actually it's also a quite comfortable carry and kinda easy to obscure if not conceal.

About a week ago I was sorting through one of the Box of Shame holding old holsters and came across an almost new looking Roy Original Pancake for a 1911. IIRC I bought it in the mid 80s for a Colt Series 80 that was a nightmare. When the Colt got sent to Foster Care and I hope a Forever Home...

Few things garner faster notice than displaying a Bowie knife. Here is my Ken Largin Damascus and Mokume Bowie knife and sheath and a Bic lighter.

My Privateer Leather (Wes Dahl) holster for the S&W 380 EZ came in. It took a little patient fitting before drawing became reasonable but very very pleased with yet another of his holsters. I also have one of his Marauder IWB for my Detective Special. And another Marauder for commander...

Classic Firearms had the Tisas "Duty" 111A1s on sale for $339.99 and despite my resolve that was simply too tempting for me to pass up. I already had the Tisas "Army" version but the "Duty" had Novak style three dot sights that worked with my Gen-U-Wine WWII issue eyes better than the...

So Davidson's latest exclusive Girsan arrived and did so quickly and over the Thanksgiving holiday. But my FFL was upstate on his deer lease suffering lousy weather and no sight of Bambi so it sat for a few days until he got back in town. Yesterday I got to pick it up and bring it home for...

So I have a small order coming from Midway via UPS but the tracking information seems somewhat confusing. Granted, I'm old and so likely not as bright or quick witted as I once thought I was but still this has been more difficult for me than reading the Canterbury Tales in Middle English...

It is generally considered proper that unless you are on the line and actively shooting any rifle or shotgun should have the action open and visible as well as the barrel pointed in a safe direction (usually up or down). With several of my rifles though there is simply no way to lock the action...

Got a chance to shoot one of my shotguns for the first time in over 40 years, a 20 gauge Spanish SxS made by Aramberri and imported as the Star Gauge by Interarms. Back in 1972 (IIRC) it was $150.00. It's a 20 gauge double trigger field gun that I used to annoy squirrels, amuse ducks and carry...

I have an Aramberri "Star Gauge" 20 gauge that was made in 1971 and imported by Interarms. I bought it in 1972 or 1973 and used it for a couple years until moving around the US kinda put all my shooting on the back burner. Lately I wanted to get back into shooting so got the old shotguns out...

I thought it might be fun to take a look at two Winchester shotguns; my model 12 that was made in 1927 and my SXP that was likely made last year. They are both 20 Gauge since about all I've ever considered has been doves and nolegs. They are very similar in overall length and weight but...

We're moving into cooler weather now, cool enough to wear a shirt over my t-shirt so at this time of year I tend to pull out my shoulder holsters. I have two basic types of shoulder holsters, a small, medium and larger vertical and a few small horizontal ones. The vertical holsters are used for...