When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...
Weapon-mounted lights have become a fixture of low-light hunts, whether that’s a pre-dawn stand sit or trailing game after last light. However, in parallel, FALCO Holsters is closing a gap in its Kydex lineup with the D910 L Light-Bearing Kydex Chest Holster, a chest-carry option designed s...
When I was 10 years old, I read Jeff Cooper’s articles in Guns & Ammo magazine in which he extolled the 1911 “.45 automatic” as the ultimate gunfighting/self-defense handgun. What he wrote made a great deal of sense to me. All these years later, it still does. Slim and flat, among ...
Chest holsters and the like have understandably been in the American firearms zeitgeist recently. However, in parallel, FALCO Holsters is closing a gap in its Kydex lineup with the D910 L Light-Bearing Kydex Chest Holster , a chest-carry option designed specifically for weapon-mounted lights. The...
FALCO Holsters just plugged a hole in its own product line, and it doesn’t look like it took them long to notice it needed plugging. When FALCO originally started to expand into Kydex chest holsters last year with the D910, alongside a cross-draw and a small-of-back model, the chest holster...
I recently had the chance to test the Springfield Armory Mil-Spec pistol in .45 ACP, positioned in the manufacturer’s line as a very reasonably priced basic service pistol — yet one that still features a rugged forged frame and slide. Except for its taller sights, it shares the silhouette of ...
The 1911 has now been with us for a century and a decade. Throughout that lifespan, there’s been no point at which it was not beloved by huge numbers of soldiers, law enforcement agents, and civilian shooters. Astonishingly, perhaps implausibly, the 1911 remains a darling of serious pistol...
You have a well-made, high-quality defensive handgun. You have bought the best defensive rounds available and made sure they run in your pistol. You have a sound EDC rig that allows you to quickly and safely present your firearm, and you have trained to do it effectively. You are set, right? Howe...