Featured 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 Lazerus 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 »
Accessories Optics & Sights RDS Versus GDS, Which Is Right For You? By Dave Bahde • June 11, 2025 Red Dot Sights, or pistol optics, are about as popular as it gets these days. Seldom seen at Gunsite classes... Read more »
Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles Desert Tech Quattro-15 — The 53+1 Capacity Rifle By Dave Bahde • May 24, 2025 The idea of carrying more than 30 rounds in an AR-15 isn’t anything new. Several companies have tried to engineer... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense Shooting 101 Carbine Corner: Should You Use a Carbine for Home Defense? By Dave Bahde • May 18, 2025 Arguments about using a carbine for home defense are anything but new. My introduction to them came in the mid-1990s... Read more »
Accessories Concealed Carry Featured Guns Handguns Optics & Sights Revolvers Concealed Carry Corner: Do Red Dots on CCW Revolvers Make Sense? By Dave Bahde • March 24, 2025 Revolvers continue to be popular, maybe not as much as semi-autos, but popular nonetheless. I regularly carry a revolver concealed,... Read more »
Accessories Featured Flashlights Gear Lasers & Lights Shooting 101 Is a Weapon-Mounted Light on Your CCW a Pro or Con? By Dave Bahde • March 21, 2025 While there is a general consensus on a weapon-mounted light (WML) on a long gun, running a light on your... Read more »
Accessories Optics & Sights Shield Offers Its Best Pistol RDS Yet with the AMS and AMSc Sights By Dave Bahde • March 3, 2025 Built in the UK, Shield Sights SIS was one of the first multi-reticle Red Dots built to withstand combat. Small,... Read more »
