Kramer Leather
Old School Is Good School By Roy Huntington I’ve known of Greg Kramer and his solidly designed holsters and penchant for using horsehide for going onto 20 years. We’ve visited a few times at trade [...]
Alternatives
By Roy Huntington I think too many people default to the word “holster” when they think of carrying a gun. There’s nothing wrong with using good holsters and frankly, you’d be nuts if you didn’t [...]
Ritchie Leather Co. Inc
Memorable Quality By Roy Huntington A holster, is a holster, is a holster, isn’t it? Well — isn’t it? In the sense a wrench is a wrench or a car is a car, I can’t [...]
Classic Designs — Steeped In Heritage
Mike "Doc" Barranti By Roy Huntington In a 1967 article entitled “Hide For Your Handgun,” gun’riter extraordinaire and all-around pistolero Skeeter Skelton said: “My holster maker is as important to me as my doctor.” I [...]
CHOOSING AN EDC FLASHLIGHT
There are several considerations when choosing an EDC flashlight. Every flashlight compromises size, weight, light output, battery type, beam shape, beam reach, and runtime. Flashlights differ significantly in convenience and performance. The American National Standards [...]
TAKING AIM ON LASERS | Laser Sights for Handguns
The advent of miniature red dot sights (MRDS) has not made laser sights for handguns obsolete. There are unique advantages and disadvantages to each. The differences arise from how they work. A laser sight is [...]
INTO THE DARKNESS | Powerful Lighting & Emergency Power Options
Having a high-output flashlight can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. Think of the police officer on patrol, the first responder treating an injured individual, or a person lost in the wilderness after [...]
MANTIS LASER ACADEMY | Affordable High-Tech Firearms Training at Home
It takes time and practice to become proficient with firearms. It’s an art that needs to be developed. And no matter how finely tuned a shooter you have become, shooting is a perishable skill. This [...]
Gear Showcase: Safety and Security
My wife thinks I’m OCD about having back-up supplies for my personal consumable items. Perhaps I am, but she ended up pleased we weren’t caught short during the Great Toiler Paper Shortage 2020. She also [...]
Safe Storage
Bad Guys Often Use Stolen Guns, And They Like To Steal Them From Us. Let’s Make It Tougher. We’re all familiar with the Four Rules of firearms safety promulgated by the late, great gun guru [...]
Exclusive: Birchwood Casey Sportlock Deluxe Range Bag
Let’s face it, most shooters — especially experienced shooters — are accumulators, maybe even bordering as hoarders. When we go for a quick trip to the range, packing our range bag usually takes longer than [...]
LOW POWERED VARIABLE OPTICS AND THE PATROL CARBINE
Over the last ten years or so, the use of low powered variable optics (LPVOs) on M4 carbines has become the standard set-up for most U.S. Special Operations forces and military units. LPVOs allow [...]
Scope Setter
To state the obvious, this tool does just what it says. I always seem to wrestle getting the reticles straight when I mount a scope. Doesn’t matter if it’s a handgun scope or a rifle [...]
Sights & Optics See It — Hit It
By Mark Kakkuri Sights and optics are better than ever, constantly benefitting from the firearm industry’s ongoing technological innovations. Whatever your tactical need or preference, from good old night sights to red dot, holographic, magnifying [...]
C-More RTS2 Red Dot Sight
There’s no doubt red dot sights make it easier to shoot your pistol more accurately. The single sight-plane, aim, and shoot operation is fast, natural and easy. And while I strongly believe learning to shoot [...]