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One Of A Kind
The whole thing began as a kind of misunderstanding, I think, but it led to a lasting friendship and the ownership of a simply phenomenal pistol from the...
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A Better Box for Pocket...
Pockets were the keepers of the sacred treasures we found as boys. It didn’t matter if we knew what the item was for or what function it served; if it...
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Vince Coleman: The...
Vince Coleman is an example of how normal, everyday people are often capable of stepping up to perform amazing feats of courage when faced with abnormal...
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Ed McGivern: “World’s...
Ed McGivern’s record-setting Smith & Wesson M&P .38 Special revolver that will be up for auction May 2, 2025 by Rock Island Auction.
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Golf’s Unsung Hero: The...
I never cared much for golf myself. Part of that is because it demands a great deal of time, particularly if you aspire to do it well.
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Any Way You Cut It
Let’s talk about homicide; you know, murder most foul (or otherwise), slayings, killings, whatever you want to call it. Ultimately, somebody ends up at room...
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Big Mouths,...
Handloading provides us freedom like no other. It lets us choose the bullet for the task at hand, while also deciding how fast or slow we want to drive our...
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Gunfire And The...
Talking guns with shot-up thugs was actually one of the bright spots of my time in an urban ER. They were all rank amateurs, but they spoke the language to...
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Bullseye! More...
Bullseye powder's main purpose is obvious. Just a pinch allows the shooting of light recoiling loads with a consistent velocity spread, providing accurate...
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Be The Ball!
I had one particularly unfortunate soldier when I was stationed in Alaska. We’ll call him Billy. Billy was a good kid, but he grew up with a dearth of...
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Home Security
Early last month, a former staff writer for the Washington Post penned an Op-Ed about the night a total stranger entered his home at about 2:35 a.m., walked...
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Elmer’s...
Elmer Keith was larger than life itself. To others, he was a blow-hard gun writer full of manure. Certainly, his reputation far exceeded his size 5 cowboy...
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Skulls and...
I was on a remote rotation during my medical residency in a small Southern town. In many ways, visiting these forgotten parts of the Mississippi Delta is a...
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Programmable...
When digging deep within this thing we call the internet, defeating several levels of security from probing eyes, there’s no discoverable limit on what is...
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Hunting...
I came of age in the 1970s hunting behind the levee in the Mississippi Delta with my dad. Though I took it for granted at the time, this was the coolest...
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Can’t Make It Up
When’s the last time you heard of a sheriff getting an award for not enforcing the law?
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Unintended Gunplay
Gunplay is never advised! Worst case scenario, it can easily end with fatal results. In best-case instances, it leads to the embarrassment and/or annoyance...
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Boys And Their Toys
What would happen if a bunch of men were entrusted with a whole pile of nuclear bombs? They would dig an enormous hole and create the world's biggest gun.
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Real Heroes
Not all heroes wear capes or sports uniforms. And though not everyone wearing a police uniform is a hero, my friend, my brother, and my best man, Victor...
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Making Good Choices
Most people start out with about the same amount of raw material. As a result, everybody is the sum total of the choices they make in life. Some of those...
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A Gripping...
It is the grip that makes the handgun what it is, a “h-a-n-d gun,” and it must be functional, practical and comfortable. More about that in a minute.
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S&W Ultimate...
As promised, I have most of the results from shooting a variety of factory ammunition from the 2” barreled Smith & Wesson Ultimate Carry (UC) in .38...
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Sinus Secrets
“Doc, I have sinus,” says almost everybody. At that point, I typically smile and inquire about how long someone has felt bad and explore the sordid...
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Lipsey’s...
Featuring an XS Tritium front sight and dovetailed u-notch rear, the Lipsey’s Exclusive Smith & Wesson Ultimate Carry J-Frame is designed to be the...
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What Uncle Sam...
Army aviators will do absolutely anything to fly, and to keep flying. In some cases, that means a little selective truth management.
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If Handguns...
This started as a subject line in a Facebook post, accompanied by a photo from somewhere in my past showing a couple of Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolvers....
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A Shootout At...
Built in 1872, the St. James Hotel is nestled in historic Cimarron, New Mexico. Known for being the hotel of choice for infamous outlaws in need of a soft...
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Will’s Redneck...
If random armed rednecks are a deterrent to crime, that seems like an opportunity to me. Enter: Will's Redneck Rentals.
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Breaking The...
It all started with a YouTube video. While searching for something, I ended up down the rabbit hole. You know how that goes. But I stumbled onto a video...
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The Price Of...
As a card-carrying man, I have little use for safety stuff. I have an antique lawn mower I inherited from my grandfather. Everything on it is pressed steel,...
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