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My grandfather kept a .32 Long revolver next to his bed, and his son in law kept a .45 Automatic under his pillow. When I reached adulthood, I followed suit; I had long been a "gun guy". Later, a friend's father decided that he wanted "a gun for protection". He acquired an Astra 400. In more...

Some years ago, a woman in Murfreesboro, TN was putting groceries in her car in a store parking lot when she heard a man behind her. The man was speaking to her and approaching her. She had up her hand to warn him to stop. but he continued. She drew a handgun and pointed it at him. He...

@Dave Markowitz started a thread about a Ruge DA revolver, and it was mentioned that there have been ,38-200 (.38 S&W) versions. I remembered that those were carried by law enforcement personnel in India. I did some searching, and I came upon a very interesting website: Indiansforguns.com...

Long, long ago, I had a holster that my grandfather used for his .32 Regulation Police revolver. I have lost it. Im 2008, conealed carry became a possibility. Knowing little about SD, I bought a 642, because it fit into a pants pocket. I was advised to buy a pocket holster. I did. In...

We often speak about the importance of trainers' aptitude for teaching. Read this and see if you can use any of it. Or just enjoy it. Fifty years ago this summer, I put some rifles in the trunk and went back into the house to fill a canteen. When I came back out, the eleven year old boy who...

In September, 1966, a fiend broke a panel of glass in a home on Lake Michigan, opened the door and entered, ascended the stairs, and savagely committed the first murder in the history of Kenilworth, IL. The victim was Valerie Percy, one of the twin daugthers of Republican political candidate...

This piece is about the Kimber K6s (I bought one when they first came out), but the discussion is framed in ta larger context, with descriptions of Colt, Ruger, and Smith and Wesson design philosophies. Worth reading. https://revolverguy.com/kimber-k6s-from-blank-paper/#more-2751

I was happy to see CraigC's post today about the new Colt Python in blue. Stainless is less resistant to corrosion and holster wear, but for many of us older folks, blue steel sure does look a lwhole ot better. When I was on the co-op plan in the early to mid 1960s, I headed out to a sporting...

This is not about capacity. It is not about "multiple attackers". It tell sus something about handgun wounding effectiveness, about how rapidly one may need to shoot in self defense, and about how many hits may be required. I think it also tells us something about how vioent criminal actors...

It was 1961 or 1962. No Time for Sergeants was in theaters here for the second time. As a reward for having Simonized his 1955 Coupe DeVille, a friend's dad let us take the car on a Friday evening.. We went to a movie. We were late; we had to park on a residential street; we ran from the car...

We like to define the priorities for the use of defensive force as Mindset, Skillset, and Toolset, in that order. Perhaps that could be described as knowing what to do and when; being able to do it; and having the tools with which to do it. The tools may include firearms, non-firearm...

A dozen and one years ago, i sighed up for a defensive shooting course to be put on at our club by some instructors from Texas. I had a S&W compact 9MM, but there was no way to persuade me to use it for two days of shooting. Fifty rounds with it was enough for me. They recommended a service...

We all advise anyone who acquires a gun for self preservation to "get training"--that is, learn to use it. We know that there are other things to defensive education and training--the law, tactics, recognizing danger, and so on. It is important to emphasize also that basic gun handling and...

I just read Ready to Defend: Tips for Living the Armed Lifestyle by Eve Flanigan. MS. Flanigan is a security person in NM who is a firearms instructor. I was impressed by her recent review of the Avidity Arms PD10,, so I ordered the book for the Kindle. It is a quick read. The book starts...

Has anyone tried the slide racking effort on this gun? Thoughts?

Recently, three female friends of ours were involved in two serious automobile collisions that destroyed their cars. Airbags deployed, but the shoulder belts caused severe bruising and broken ribs. I do not know ifeither car was equipped with belt pre-tensioners. It has occurred to me that...

I sent the following to an extremely select, small group of friends. Some are anti-gunners. Others nave trained but do not carry. Others sometimes carry but have had little or no training. Some have gained most of their "knowledge" from screen fiction. A few are gun people. A couple are...

This blog post from Andrew Branca has to do with an attempted home invasion in an apartment building in Dallas. Shots were fired, and no one was hurt. The would-be invaders had not breeched the door when the resident fired through his door. The rounds were stopped by the wall across the...

I have been interested in learning about revolver shooting since Eisenhower's first term. This is a neat publication http://snubgunstudygroup.com/pdf/FBIRevolverCoursesAndTechniques.pdf

This is lengthy, but it is worth watching. US law would not support the actions of the defenders, but we can learn from this. What it tells me is that the idea of living in a 'hardened" residence with the doors locked all the time, having a gun stashed somewhere, and believing oneself to be...