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The problem with "professional training" is that it always has a target audience and that audience is usually not designed around armed citizens. It might be advertised that way, but instructors marketing that kind of training need tactics to teach and most of those diverge from valid armed...

Most state statutes (and the federal safe passage provisions) are written in a manner where most LEOs won't agree with you. If a loaded magazine is in the firearm, the firearm is loaded. Most range officers will also interpret a loaded magazine in a firearm as meaning the firearm is "loaded".

Agreed. Way back in the day with the 1911A1 carrying in Condition 3 (un- hammer over an empty chamber) was the norm. For the US Military it was just a safety issue. They assumed (correctly) that the vast majority of times a 1911 might be used the soldier, sailor or Marine using it would have...

Mean Rounds Between Stoppages. It's not synonymous with Mean Rounds Between Failures. For example, for a machine gun the military might specify a Mean Round Between Stoppage (MRBS) of say 7,500 rounds, along with a Mean Rounds Between Failure (MRBF) of 25,000 rounds over a minimum planned...

People look to the FBI as if they are the last word, and they are not. Like any federal agency there is a lot of bureaucratic infighting and disagreement. The separate factions and infighting in play in the FBI before and after the Miami shootout was notable, but typical. There was a big...

Many of the current generation of shooters have the mistaken impression that handguns should be run dry. that works with many polymer framed pistols, but all metal and in particular alloy framed pistols need to be run wet. In the mid to late 1980's many troops had a similar opinion about the...

The various trials in the 1950s were long before the XM9 trials in 1979-1980, and then again in 1984, so its apples and oranges. Beretta only had the Model 1951 at the time the 1950's trials, and I don't believe it was entered. In regard to the XM-9 trials, the S&W 459 was the S&W entrant in...

There's no doubt some troops found the .45 ACP's recoil objectionable (although it was more an issue of magnitude than sharpness), and the lower recoil of the 9mm Luger helped in that regard, particularly in range qualification. But a US 9mm Luger service pistol was envisioned as far back as...

A couple observations: 1) LE contracts, like military contracts, usually include armorer training for a specified number of people, plus parts support, etc. So that turns a $700 real world retail priced handgun that would probably have a contract price of $500-$550 each, into a $1000 gun. 2)...

And we all know that Glock leg results from some type of user input. A Glock user wants to carry one on one of those farm animal stupid slide clips with the trigger fully exposed in your waistband? How about re-holstering in a non readily removeable IWB holster, with a loose shirt, jacket or...

Let's broaden it out to the Beretta 92. I lived through the transition from the M16A1 to the M16A2 and felt we lost more than we gained. I also lived through the transition from the 1911 to the M9 and felt the same. It wasn't that moving to 9mm made sense, as it did. It's just the form...

That's a "case study", and in the big picture a logical fallacy. I've never personally had cancer. Hopefully neither have you. But in the big picture a lot of people get it and we both know cancer is a real thing. Just because I, and hopefully you, have not had it doesn't mean it doesn't...

I don't recall any major gun tubers or earlier gun rag writers actually saying Glocks were unsafe. That's exactly what is happening now with Sig. Glock was smart enough to incorporate a striker fire design that never comes to full cock until the trigger is pressed, as well as a trigger...

It's why it gets discussed in the home defense context for civilian use. It's also why in the military context its a weapon that is still considered light enough for the solider to keep on their person. Think M1 Carbine, or any of several options carried by Israeli reservists. But I agree...

It's called the "side plate". It's a retainer for the sear pin at the bottom, and is attached to the hammer pin at the top. The 59 series evolved. You'll find early Model 59s with the side plate on the right side like yours and later examples of the 59 series like the Model 459 with the...

I used to be in an interesting position investigating rape and sex abuse cases involving minors. The district attorneys all played the same role, but a public defender or pro bono attorneys might at different times in represent the defendant or act on behalf of the minor, when the accused was...

There's a reason I will only go so short on an AR-15 pistol, or SBR for that matter. Besides the excessive muzzle blast and loss of velocity, even with a hand stop it's putting your hand a bit too close to the muzzle, for my tastes. The trend some folks display toward shooting an AR carbine...

There is a lot to be said for that. I put a fair amount of effort into developing a load for my AP5 using a readily available and reasonably priced bullet. I wanted a load that would expand reliably and give good penetration (14" to 18") in 10 percent ballistic gel, in the AP5 but also in the...

Poorly written legislation aside, in most cases when anti gun legislation is passed designed to restrict gun ownership, the backlash is normally to spark an increase in gun sales, and often an increase in who buys them. The last time there was a national push for more gun control (the SAFE...

I read through that hot mess of a bill and there are a few things I noted: 1) It's registration of gun owners: It's not just a required license to purchase, as once someone receives a purchase permit the state patrol is required to check annually to ensure the person is still eligible to...