Should I Appendix Carry?

The fact is, most of us walk more like a gorilla than a penguin. Why is that important?  Humor me for a moment. Stand up and let your arms naturally fall in place. You’ll notice your hands and your palms are just below and in front of your hip. It doesn’t matter if you are Read More The ...

By Robert A. Sadowski •

Miracle at Truk: Operation Hailstone

The Japanese seized the Caroline Islands in Micronesia in 1914, and established a naval base on the island of Truk within it in 1939. As the primary anchorage for the Imperial Japanese Navy’s 4th Fleet, Truk was soon transformed into a fortress. Truk seemed the perfect spot. Offering a natural ...

By Will Dabbs, MD •

Front Line Friday #37: EMS Gear on Patrol - What to Carry and Why

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is medical gear an individual patrol officer can carry on the body to extend capability in the minutes before EMS arrives. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going e...

By Tom R •

Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Before Police Arrived; Wyden Answers With Call for ‘Common Sense Gun Laws’

A Bend father took a .40 pistol from his vehicle and followed a shotgun-armed 16-year-old into Silver Rail Elementary. Wyden wants gun laws. Read the original story: Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Bef...

By Luke McCoy •

FFL License Lookup: How to Verify Any FFL Dealer

Every transfer, sale and shipment between licensees rests on one question: is that FFL real and current? Here is how the ATF lookup actually works, what it returns, what it cannot tell you, and how customers use it to judge your shop.

By Fred Thompson •

Review: Meprolight MPO PRO-F

Disclosure: The Meprolight MPO PRO-F was provided to the author by Meprolight for the purpose of this review. The pistol used in testing is the author’s personally owned handgun. All opinions are the author’s. In a sea of available optics, you can find something for any budget. Howeve...

By Joshua Swanagon •

The Sierra Lake That Isn’t on Any Map

Below the snow-cross on the shoulder of Mount Tallac lies a lake that never appeared on a California map. People who knew of it called it Lost Lake, and the trout living there put up a harder fight than any fish I had hooked before. How I reached it, recounted in the November 1951 issue […]...

By James Chen •

SIG Sauer’s New XRAY5: The Solid-State Matrix Red Dot Explained

Every pistol red dot sold today works on essentially the same plan. An LED emitter sits on a carrier plate, and screws and springs nudge that plate to adjust windage and elevation. The SIG Sauer XRAY5 drops that plan entirely and is pitched as the world's first solid-state advanced red dot. ...

By Eric B •
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