AMMUNITION

Federal’s #1 Buck Is Back

Along with chasing the best firearm, the collective “we” chase the best in calibers and bullets. Like pretty much anything else in life, the better can be subjective. It all depends on who is being [...]

HANDGUNS

Why Not PPC?

(Editor's note: August is National Shooting Sports Month. Because of that, you will see a few articles covering competitive shooting. Appropriately, we are starting with PPC.) PPC (Police Pistol Combat) shooting was developed in the [...]

Shadow Systems’ XR920P – Part 1

Normally, when “we” (gun writers) start to review a firearm, it’s from the perspective of what the writer learned about that one gun. Knowledge of the company comes into play as well. This one will [...]

Making Ready

There was an interesting confluence of events over the weekend. The first was the anniversary of Patrick Rogers' death. A good number of experienced private sector trainers were influenced by Rogers and likely connected to [...]

Ed Brown’s Fueled M&Ps — Part 2

When I hung up my 1911a1 pistols at the end of 2011 (isn't that year an odd coincidence now?), I figured I was done with custom pistols. The custom market really wasn’t active with Glocks [...]

RIFLES

Selecting Your Patrol Rifle

The patrol rifle or patrol carbine has exploded in popularity in the last ten years. While some agencies had them long before that, I didn’t see them become as popular or prevalent in New England [...]

Mk 3 For Thee

Courtesy of Merriam-Webster.com, a magazine is defined as: noun - mag·​a·​zine ma-ge-zenˌ 5: a supply chamber: such as a : a holder in or on a gun for cartridges (see cartridge sense 1) to be [...]

Trust A Process

Trust the process. We hear that phrase a lot. Do we have processes when it comes to our firearms? We previously addressed this issue and how it related to one's handgun. For police officers and [...]

SHOTGUNS

Federal’s #1 Buck Is Back

Along with chasing the best firearm, the collective “we” chase the best in calibers and bullets. Like pretty much anything else in life, the better can be subjective. It all depends on who is being [...]

Staging Your Long Gun

A fair amount of defensive firearms training comes from the experience of domestic law enforcement. That is not necessarily a bad thing, as it can be experience-driven. Likely, it is vetted within local and federal [...]

Rangemaster’s Shotgun Instructor Class

  We had just finished a call involving pointing guns at dangerous suspects that ended well, all in custody with nobody hurt. One of my partners walked up to me, holding a wood and steel [...]