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My vision was 20/14 in my left and 20/12 in my right eye into my mid 30s, which was the last time I had my eyes checked. I'm almost 50 now and about 20/20 in both eyes, I stood on the line and read the chart to myself a year or so ago. I don't recall the term for it but my eyes are very...

The Wilderness Tactical Instructor Belt is considered by many to be the best gun belt ever made. I have the polymer lined version which is the stiffest option as far as twisting goes and it's fantastic. The more resistant to twisting your belt is the more comfortably it will carry a holster and...

Everything I've ever read about 10mm says even good hollow points over penetrate and go all the way through human targets much of the time. If that's still true I wouldn't even consider carrying a 10mm with FMJ for defense against two legged predators. The people that say "shot placement is...

My carry gun is by far the most expensive gun I've ever owned. My personal opinion is the people who won't carry an "expensive" pistol for self defense because they might lose it if they ever have to use it are out of their minds. If I ever find myself in another situation where I need a handgun...

My XD45 Compact that I bought new in '07 and have carried every day since has never had a malfunction of any kind. I stopped keeping track of it's round count at 11,000, but it's probably around 12.5k as I mostly train with my 22/45 now. The XD has seen just about every brand and type of ammo...

I clean my carry gun after it's been fired, every range trip. Every Friday evening I field strip it and blow it out with compressed air. I also empty the mags, take them apart, and wipe them and every round down with a dry cloth to remove lint. It's amazing to me how much crap ends up inside the...

I guess I could have left the word "consecutive" out of that sentence. What I meant was 200 rounds of carry ammo with nothing else mixed in. It's a consideration for how much any particular ammo dirties up the action. 50 rounds of carry ammo over four range trips doesn't cut it for me. If a gun...

psyopspec said Crackheads and tweaker zombies, mostly. People that barely even notice when they're shot and don't stop fighting until they bleed out. I carried a .380 PPK/S daily for 17 years and considered it to be 'enough' for most of that time. I'd been wanting to up the caliber of my...

If I were a classy Hollywood mobster I could afford and would carry a pair of Les Baer Premier IIs. :)

Everywhere I go except the Post Office.

I ride and carry and I only carry IWB. On the rare occasions that I want to go into a bar (prohibited place) while I'm on the road I find a discreet spot nearby where there doesn't seem to be anyone watching, unholster the gun, and lock it under the seat. Then ride back to the bar. Having three...

My EDC is on my person anytime I'm not in bed or in the shower, it's always within reach. I think stashing guns throughout your house is stupid and just asking for an intruder to find one before you realize he's broken in. My carry gun goes under a pillow on my bed when I'm sleeping and my...

That's easy, I still carry a .45 because they still don't make a .46! ;) But seriously, I consider all the things everybody else considers when choosing a carry gun and caliber and .45 makes the most sense for me and the situations I find myself in. The biggest factor for me is that I'm a...

I don't really like wheel guns but I would rather carry five rounds of .357 in one than 7 rounds of .380 in an autoloader. In fact, I'd rather have five rounds of .357 than 20 rounds of .380! I do not consider .380 to be a viable self defense round anymore. 9mm is the weakest round I would even...

With a new or new to me autoloader my standard is 400 rounds without a malfunction with 200 consecutive rounds (with no cleaning or oiling) being my chosen carry ammo. If I change carry ammo, 200 rounds of the new stuff to prove it properly functions. A couple people said something like...

If there's one thing I've learned in a long career designing innovative mechanical things (race car parts) it's that whatever the new idea is, somebody has to think of it and try it first. We're talking about the possibilities for legal AP handgun rounds, not common self defense ammo. I doubt...

One gun forever with the world the way it is today: My every day carry XD45C. One gun forever if the crystal ball says bad things are going to happen to the world: My Ruger 10/22 with 2.5-10x scope.

I have not tried the HD sights but I highly recommend contrasting color between front and rear night sights. My carry gun has standard Trijicons with a green front dot and yellow rears. How much does the ring around the front globe of the HDs glow in total darkness?

In this age of tweakers that barely react to being shot by any caliber I don't consider .380 to be a viable personal defense caliber anymore. It just doesn't do enough damage. I carried one every day for more than a decade, but that was then and this is now. IMHO the only thing .380 has going...

One of my fellow machinists used to drill out his hollow points a bit and press in a hardened steel ball bearing equal in weight to the amount of lead he removed. I know this is illegal now, but I wonder about a ceramic ball or core? Some of the modern ceramics have astounding mechanical...