May 18 2012

AMERICAN GUNS CASTING CALL

DISCOVERY CHANNEL SERIES

“AMERICAN GUNS”

NOW CASTING IN COLORADO

‘American Guns’, Featuring a Colorado Family Business Dealing with Historic, One-of-a-Kind and Downright Cool Guns,

Now Looking for New “Customers”!

The Wyatts are your typical suburban family… who just happened to own one of the premiere firearms facilities in the world. Rich Wyatt and his wife Renee own Gunsmoke, located outside Denver, Colorado, where they buy, sell and trade guns – from hand canons to hunting rifles.  And if you don’t see what you want, they’ll build one for you – from nothing more than a block of metal.  Gunsmoke has the largest and most experienced group of gunsmiths in the state.  When the Wyatts aren’t building or selling guns, they’re shooting them.  No gun leaves their shop without being test fired by the family first.  They – and the one-of-a-kind and historic guns they make and sell – are featured in the hit Discovery series.… Read the rest

May 17 2012

“I WILL NEVER…” PART 1: CORE BELIEFS

A few months ago, I posted an article The Hard Questions – Gracie’s Fireside Chat. This article posed a handful of questions that every person should consider before they carry a gun, or expect to use one for defense. It was also a key article in my series on the defensive mindset. Today we continue the project of  asking ourselves tough questions so that we can continue to build our personal tactical doctrine.

My Sifu once told the whole class that our home work was to make an “I will never …” list.… Read the rest

May 16 2012

HOT CALIBER – THE STORY BEHIND THESE BULLET THEMED BEAUTIES

I have written up some pretty serious posts as of late, most of them reviews. So this week I want to lighten the mood up a bit and write about something a little more on the fun side.

As some of you may already know, I have had the Hot Caliber Renegade pendant on my Amazon universal wish list for quite some time now.  About a week ago, it arrived in my mail box. Thank you, summertime Santa!

While there is a lot of gun themed jewelry out there, the only pieces I’ve actually fallen in love with are Hot Caliber’s.… Read the rest

May 15 2012

READING MATERIAL

 

Tuesday again? Already? Alright, let’s do this. 

Ruger MK III Takedown….. – by Monkey at Four Guys Guns (this is an older article, but I have a MK III and understand what a booger they are to takedown and put back together. This article is very helpful).  <—Packing Pretty’s Pick of the Week!

Blackhawk! Women’s Apparel - by Richard at Blue Sheepdog.com

Fun Hakim Rifle Facts – Only Surrendered Once! - by Tom at My Gun Culture

Firearms Guide - by Richard at Guns Holsters and Gear

Cheyanne Bell: Minnesota’s Annie Oakley – on CBS Minnesota

Julie Golob wins USPSA Ladies Single Stack National Champion - by Women’s Outdoor News

May 15 2012

9 TIPS FOR WOMEN STARTING OUT IN COMPETITVE SHOOTING

I am not a professional shooter; I do not even attempt to compete outside of my local ranges.  If I were to be spending every weekend at local, regional, state, or national matches; I wouldn’t have the time to do what I really love, teaching firearms courses.  However, I do make the time to shoot and participate as a range officer in our monthly action pistol matches because I think it’s great training; it tests your capabilities as well as the capabilities of your gear under stress.… Read the rest

May 11 2012

THE PINK GUN DEBATE

There has been a lot of dispute on the internet lately concerning pink guns. Some people think that pink guns are a sexist approach by the manufactueres to sell to women; some people think pink guns are just a desperate attempt to make women interested in  shooting to begin with; some think they look too much like a toy; and then there are those who actually like pink guns.

I usually don’t jump into these petty disputes (honestly, why are we even taking the time to write about this), but I haven’t seen anybody make the obvious arguments yet, and I’m sick of waiting.… Read the rest

May 10 2012

THE SELF-DEFENSE SEMINAR TRAP


 
This is a guest article by Nick from www.IndestructibleTraining.com . Nick has been studying martial arts since childhood, he now teachs both Kyokushin and Rifle Marksmanship. His blog focuses on integrating training across a variety of systems and platforms for the purposes of self-defense.
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Self-defense seminars are a great way to get the self-defense subject in front of people, especially those people that wouldn’t normally dedicate significant amounts of their time to training.

Short seminars, especially those targeted towards women, also have a huge flaw.  People tend to attend them and then leave that as the sum total of their training.… Read the rest

May 8 2012

READING MATERIAL

Reading Material Tuesday. You know the drill: fresh cup of coffee, cupcakes (or whatever your thing is), and eager mind.

I haven’t had much time to read at all over the past week, so the list is pretty short today.

 

A Salut to Our Troops – by Richard at Guns Holsters and Gear <— Packing Pretty’s Pick of the Week!

USPSA Women’s Titles - by Shelley Rae at Gun Nuts Media

The Women’s Champion – by Caleb at Gun Nuts Media

*BREAKING* LightSabers are finally real!… Read the rest

May 7 2012

SIG P238 REVIEW

Four of the Sig P238s have come through my classes in the recent past, and I have had the opportunity to both shoot them as well as observe them in the hands of my students.

I realize that the P238 is by no means a newer gun, but with them recently becoming more popular with the female students in my classes, I would like say a few words regarding it’s functionality for both myself and my students.

The Specs:

The Sig Sauer P238 is marketed as sub-compact pistol, with a 2.7 inch barrel chambered in .380ACP, a capacity of 6+1, and comes in many different finishes (One of my personal favorites is the Rainbow Finish).… Read the rest

May 4 2012

THOUGHTS ON THE POPULAR STIGMA SURROUNDING GUN OWNERS – And What We’re Doing Wrong

There is a lot of bad stigma out there about gun enthusiasts. Everybody seems to assume that we are egotistical rednecks with an eagerness to shoot someone. The sad part is, this stigma came from somewhere (yes, a segment of the shooting community) , and many gun enthusiasts are not helping to correct it.

It’s really no wonder that he anti-gun people think we do not value human life. When so many people wear gun themed tee shirts with distasteful slogans, it in no way helps our cause to deflect this stigma, it instead deteriorates it.… Read the rest

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