An ode to the snub
Seen over at Unc’s place, a wonderful poem about the snub nose revolver. Cute for sure. But it does point out why revolvers, specifically snubs, still have a place in our modern “plastic gun” world. I...
View ArticleM&P Shield, and capacity
The first thing about the Shield is capacity. Maybe it’s because I came about in the age of the Tupperware Wonder Nine (i.e. Glock, etc.), with double-stacked magazines and manufacturers constantly...
View ArticleAAR – BP2 & Skill Builder @ KR Training, 14 July 2012
Saturday July 14, 2012 was a bit of a different day for me at KR Training. The morning was a Basic Pistol 2 class and the afternoon was Skill Builder. It’s the Skill Builder that made things different,...
View ArticleAAR – DPS-BUG @ KR Training 28 July 2012
Today was pretty cool. I took part in the first offering of KR Training’s new “Defensive Pistol Skills – Back-up Gun” class. I participated as a student, tho I certainly assisted where and when...
View ArticleBut they never malfunction, right?
With all the gun-related and concealed-carry-related chatter going on recently, I’ve been seeing more of the old debate about revolver vs. semi-auto. And it’s the same old reasons dragged out to...
View ArticleWhy don’t you have a backup?
In our modern world, we seem to accept that things break. Things break because anything mechanical sooner or later does (parts wear and age). Maybe it’s because things are more cheaply manufactured and...
View ArticleErgo Delta Grip – First Impressions
I read about the Ergo Delta Grip in a recent issue of American Rifleman magazine. I thought it was interesting — a “better” grip for a J-frame (S&W snub-nose) revolver, that takes away some of the...
View ArticleSnub Carry
A few years ago, Karl Rehn adapted the KR Training Defensive Pistol Skills course for “small guns”, dubbing it Defensive Pistol Skills: Back Up Gun (BUG). It serves a couple purposes. First, for those...
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