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I am like many here that trained on iron sights for quite a while before being exposed to a red dot on a rifle. I believe it is a big improvement over iron sights. Faster in both sight acquisition for most people and training for new shooters. I’ve seen it in the Marines and at my current job...

I’d say most stock guns are not what is holding back the typical shooter. It’s the experience and training. Switching between pistols, calibers, and trigger types can make it harder to get good at the basics for inexperienced shooters. The money for new guns would be better spent not only on...

OP, you might be too hard on yourself. That you carry, practice and compete tells me that you take this responsibility more seriously than most gun owners. While there is always room for improvement, you should carry what you’re comfortable with. I got my M&P compact after I trained with a...

I have been using Ammoseek lately. They have a feature for selecting based on shipping cost. I hate finding what looks like a good deal only to see at checkout that the shipping would cost half of the purchase price.

My time in the Marines has me cleaning after a range day. Not to an inspection-ready level, but getting most of the carbon out and putting clean oil on it. I’ll play a podcast on my iPad while I clean. I don't know when I’ll next shoot a particular gun, next week or next year, so I want to...

My understanding of the original colt 1911 is that because it was designed only for FMJ, later hollow points would not always load correctly because of the tight feed ramp and barrel angles. The newer bullet is shaped just different enough to cause problems. If your handgun is a newer design...

My understanding is that higher humidity is the bigger risk in a safe. The other concern would be fluctuating temperature and humidity. As previously said, have the safe indoors. Since moving to south Florida 2&1/2 years ago and having a safe installed in the house the humidity in the safe is...

I also did it through Silencer Shop. I bought a couple of suppressors recently so I already had a profile and login. I only needed to update the photo of me.

I just completed these so I’ll see how they hold up to use.

I read the Sage Dynamics white paper a few years ago on handgun red dots. Aaron Cowan wrote that battery failures for red dots may be related to the brand; Duracell seemed to hold up better than other brands.

After two years I’m still going through stuff and unpacking and reorganizing. I came across some magazines I had picked up while in the Marines and packed away a couple of moves ago. I have one Colt, a few pre-ban Okays, and some banned era ones. From what I have read, it looks like some of...

It’s not a concealed carry permit but Florida has an armed security “G” license that is renewed every two years. I started work here in South Florida when I moved down here in 2021. I qualified last month on the range at my job, filled out the paperwork with someone from the training department...

This is my CCW, I have 9mm and 357 barrels for it and had the slide milled for the RMR.

I carry a M&P compact 9mm with a RMR. I trained at work with the M&P over twelve years ago and have grown to like it. I have briefly carried the M&P 45 compact and the Sig P320 RX compact but I kept going back to what I think of as my Goldilocks gun. One thing to never do is go between wildly...

I have a S&W M&P 40 compact, (the 1.0) that I EDC the most. I’ve had that one for over ten years. Just as the pandemic started I saw a great deal online for an identical one. I bought it in case something should happen to the first one. S&W is now on the 2.0 and over time parts beyond springs...

I have used both metal and Pmags: metal in the Marines, Pmags in the security field. It’s been my experience that it’s easier to see damage on a metal mag: dents in the body or bent feed lips or floor plates. With a Pmag the damaged feed lips may look ok when unloaded, but when loaded the...

I clean after I go to the range, every time. I feel better about putting away a pistol that I spent $500 to $1000 on back in the safe clean. I also can’t say when I’ll pick up that gun again; work and life change plans constantly. It doesn’t take very long to run a few patches through the...

I’ve carried 1.0 M&P compacts (.40 and .45) in south Florida for the past year and a half. I use a minimalist holster IWB and never have had any problems with rust. I clean and oil every couple of weeks. Don’t overthink it.

In December I posted my refinishing of a Garand with a new Boyd’s stock I got from CMP. I used pure tung oil because I read somewhere that it was a little more water resistant than BLO but I can’t remember the source. The first couple of coats I did 50/50 of tung and orange oil and then just...

I think this is a step in the right direction for the army. If it works the scope will improve a soldier’s accuracy with every shot. And if they can connect them in a network it will aid in situational awareness. I saw the such a leap in performance when Marines went from iron sights to red...