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Out of curiosity, what gun, or guns, do you never shoot but just can't bear to part with. My list is embarrassingly long, so won't bore you with the total, but I have a Colt 1911 that Bill Wilson modified for me years ago before he started manufacturing guns, that I used for Combat Matches...

I would find it interesting to hear from those that carry a knife for personal defense, when they would use it. And more importantly, how. Any training? How much training and what kind of knife would you elect to use?

I would like to get some feed back on those of you that have a 1911 with a red dot sight. Do you prefer it over iron sights? Do you have iron sights to index? On the few I've seen there were no iron sights. One ingenious person had two slides; one with the red dot and the other with standard...

This is a question posed to any police officers reading this (or simply someone that wants to jump in). I was a cop for 13 years and always carried a knife of one kind or another. Just what cops did. Had automatic (switch blade), Emerson Karambit, and one of my favorites, a Crawford that is a...

Does anyone know the course of fire for the new NRA Instructors CC Course. I heard it was difficult with a pretty high failure rate. From close up to 15 yards' all timed. And fired from a CC garment.

Does anyone own or has shot the Nighthawk Counselor? Fairly new to it's stable of guns and it interests me, but I'm concerned about the accuracy of the 3 1/2 inch barrel. Not comparing the two, but had a Kimber 3" bbl and couldn't shoot it very well. Have no trouble with 4" bbl's but didn't do...

Thought some of you might be interested in this. Not so much on this site but on a lot of the gun forums there are always those ripping the high end manufacturers, going on about how they wouldn't waste their money on any gun selling for more than a few hundred dollars and badmouthing the...

I'm often asked by friends where they should go for good training. I'll address this with this thread. First, what kind of training do you want? There are some facilities that orient their training towards those that want to improve their competition skills. I'm going to discuss defensive...

When a drunk driver plows into a car and kills a family of 5 there's neve any talk about closing bars and banning the sale of alcohol. And it's never referred to as "car violence". But no hesitation to call any shooting as "gun violence" rather than mentally deranged people violence. No talk...

Wasn't all that familiar with the SVI so went on their website. Beautiful guns but a little too blingy for me. I guess the pricing can go to $6-7,00 pretty quickly, but it appears that entry level can be about what a Wilson, Baer or Brown sells for. Maybe a 6 month wait list for a truly custom...

If you had to make the choice between the Wilson EDC x9 or the STI DVC C as your daily CC, which would it be? Both are abut the same price in the $3,000 range. And your reason for your choice.

The argument goes on. And of course, it's personal choice but based on past experience, I've found that leather, for all day carry, is more comfortable for me when carrying IWB. However, if I'm taking or teaching a course, Kydex seems to work better due to the constant holstering and...

If anyone has a suggestion for a good kydex holster for AIWB for their Wilson EDC x9 I would appreciate the name of the maker. There are several leather holsters that the maker will make on a custom order for Appendix carry, but most of the Kydex manufacturers seem to be concentrating on the...

Not much to know. Former Marine, former Cop. Both civilian and law enforcement instructor certification in rifle, pistol and shotgun. USCCA Instructor and teach MO CC classes. Have gone to a ton of firearms courses, both civilian and law enforcement, but the best one was my third Gunsite course...

A few years ago I was taking the Patrol Rifle course at Thunder Ranch while Clint Smith was still in Texas. Had my Wilson Tactical Custom in 5.56. Knocking the center out of the target and the guy next to me was struggling. All over the place and multiple misfires and jams. Was using the Thunder...