Accessories Optics & Sights Will You Favor Visibility Over Range? By Dave Bahde • September 6, 2025 The question about the size of the actual red-dot in your red-dot sight has always been one of those recurring... Read more »
Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles Does AR Barrel Length Matter? By Dave Bahde • August 12, 2025 It seems like one of the more recent trends in ARs is building 5.56mm rifles that use longer barrels. 20-inch... Read more »
Accessories Optics & Sights Does Size Matter? The Many Sizes of Red Dot Optics – When is Big, Too Big? By Dave Bahde • July 28, 2025 Much like the advancement of the rifle RDS, pistol versions have undergone a significant transformation over the years. Early versions... Read more »
Featured Self-Defense Shooting 101 Training Is a Truck Gun Really a Good Idea? It Sounds Cool. But Is It? By Dave Bahde • July 25, 2025 The firearms training world is loaded with “sayings” or anecdotes that sound great. Some are meaningful, most are more myth... Read more »
Guns Handguns Semi-Automatic Handguns Do You Really Need A $4,000 Pistol On The Job? By Dave Bahde • July 19, 2025 All of a sudden the world has decided that double-stack 1911s or 2011s are no longer “just a competition pistol”. ... Read more »
Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles Desert Tech WLVRN — The Multi-Caliber Bullpup By Dave Bahde • July 16, 2025 Military clients and enthusiasts have pined for a single carbine accommodating both 5.56mm and 7.62mm based cartridges for years Several... Read more »
Featured Review Training DryFireMag: A Realistic Trigger-Reset Magazine for Dry Fire Training By Dave Bahde • July 14, 2025 Dry fire practice has long been the staple of dedicated firearms training. It remains the best way to practice the... Read more »
Concealed Carry Featured Shooting 101 Training So, You Want to Carry a 1911: Basics of Transitioning to the Iconic Platform By Dave Bahde • July 11, 2025 During my last few classes teaching at Gunsite Academy, the presence of the 1911 is becoming more frequent. But not... Read more »
Accessories Suppressors & Silencers Dead Air Lazarus 6 By Dave Bahde • June 18, 2025 Hard Use Suppressors: while the definition can vary, in my mind a true hard use suppressor has no barrel restrictions... Read more »
Accessories Featured Gear Parts Shooting 101 Shooting 101: Do You Really Need a Muzzle Brake on Your 9mm Pistol? By Dave Bahde • June 14, 2025 I have been using handguns with ports for decades. My first was a ported .357 Magnum revolver in the 80’s... Read more »
