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The 1911 Style Pistol – A Gunsmiths Perspective on Maintenance and Reliability By Phillip Lebow The 1911 is one of the oldest, and most reliable pistols still available. While the design is over 100 years old, it is still a viable defensive handgun, as attested to by its continued production, and its many variants.…
FENIX TK16 FLASHLIGHT Product Review I recently purchased the Fenix TK16 flashlight, which I can definitively say is the best hand-held tactical light that I’ve owned to date. I’ve used numerous hand-held and weapon mounted lights from most major manufactures (Sure-Fire, Streamlight, Pelican, UK, and others) during my thirty-four years as a police…
For Home Defense — The Shotgun is Still King By Brian Fitzpatrick People frequently ask me questions about shotguns as the weapon relates to their home and family defense plan. Typically, these folks are considering which type of firearm to purchase for home defense, or whether the shotgun that has been collecting…
Surviving a Violent Encounter: Are you Prepared? By Brian Fitzpatrick As the owner of a firearms and tactics training school, I have found that most of our students—at every level of instruction—mention self-defense, or defense of home and family as their primary reason for seeking training. We also get customers who list…
A Strategic Terror Attack on U.S. Soil Now that it’s happened, what’s next in the Homeland? By Brian Fitzpatrick In the aftermath of the November 13, 2015 coordinated terror attacks in Paris, France and its northern suburb of Saint Denis, which collectively killed 130 innocent civilian victims and wounded over 350—all of…