How do you keep up your skills when ammo is pricy and your schedule is full? If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that ammunition is expensive. Yet we still need to practice our gun skills to keep them up. Like a lot of other skills, shooting is perishable. Stop doing...
Gun Store Protocol: How to Safely Navigate This Tricky Environment
Gun stores require certain protocols beyond your typical retailer. You may have seen this sign circulating around social media. It’s been around for years. The original version appears on the front door of Top Guns gun store in Terre Haute, IN. The story goes that store owner Steve Ellis was frustrated by customers constantly...
The Crossbreed Rogue – Latest and Greatest
Travis Pike gives us his take on our new non-leather Rogue, the first CrossBreed holster with a full Kydex design. While I write here for Crossbreed, they don’t let me in on their little secrets. I was quite surprised by the Crossbreed Rogue as you were. Crossbreed moved away from the hybrid design they’re...
The Top 7 New Handguns of 2022
Among the many products to come out of SHOT Show 2022, 7 handguns stood out to Travis Pike for different reasons. SHOT has come and gone. In its wake are the SHOT Show crud, a million press releases, and dozens of new guns. All of this brings a lot of static, hype, and excitement....
The FN 509 LS Edge – It’s Big, Accurate, and Capable
What sets the FN 509 LS apart from the stock FN 509? Is it really any better? FN Herstal arms the United States military with machine guns and M16s, and at one point, aimed to produce their next handgun. FN submitted the 509 series to the MHS trials, but SIG ultimately won. However, FN...
The SIG ROMEO1PRO Red Dot Sight – Hands On
Sig Sauer’s Romeo red dot line has grown. Travis Pike takes a look at the ROMEO1PRO. Red dot sights on defensive handguns are here to stay, and as such, there are more now than ever before. Mini red dot sights rule and provide a faster, more precise aiming system that beats iron sights in...
