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Working on the Concealed Carry Draw
Here’s an interesting article from The Daily Caller (https://dailycaller.com/) regarding the importance of practicing the draw from concealed carry versus doing most of your shooting from the low ready. I’ve republished here in it’s entirety and included a link back to the original source if you like to read it there. Below the article, I’ve […]
Top 5 Best Concealed Carry Handguns
Here’s an interesting article that was posted on another website looking at the “Top 5 Best Concealed Carry Handguns”. While I don’t necessarily agree on some of the logic and choices, it’s a different perspective on the topic. My comments and opinions are in bold under each section. Here are the top 5 best concealed […]
A Tough Few Weeks for Sig Sauer
If you are a regular reader of the Gunner’s Alley blog or newsletter, then you know most of the staff here at GA are big Sig Sauer fans. I carried a Sig (P226 and P228) through most of my law enforcement career, and we all own a number of Sig models personally. So we were […]
New Pistols of Interest
Summer and Fall are typically slow months for new firearm product introductions. Most gun makers spend this time tweaking the final prototype or are holding their new product introduction until the SHOT show in January (The Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trade show is the industry’s biggest trade show of the year.) A few companies have launched […]
Are You Prepared for the Aftermath?
Like most people who carry concealed, I do my best to be prepared when and if I ever have need to defend myself, my family, or someone else. As such, I like to think I’m doing the right things to be prepared should that situation ever arise: I try to train when I can in […]
A Little Research Goes Along Way…
I recently came across this story: https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/prosecutor-concealed-carry-instructors-forged-basic-requirements, and thought it was worth sharing on our newsletter. This article brings up an issue that seems to plague the CCW licensing industry as a whole. That issue is simply based on taking “shortcuts”. If you don’t want to check out the article directly, here’s a quick recap: […]
Pocket Carry – 5 Things You Need to Consider
Like most any other industry, there are certain trends in the holster industry that are tied to the season. Over the years, we’ve noticed that in the spring months just before summer, there’s always an increased interest in pocket holsters. Being a pocket carry fan, it makes perfect sense to me. Warmer weather means less […]
Gun Modifications That You Might Want to Rethink…
Over the years, we’ve been fortunate enough to meet lots of shooters and, through that process, see lots of guns (mostly handguns) with various levels of modifications. Now those modifications ranged from basically the smallest customization you can imagine (think +2 mag extension) all the way up to some seriously awesome custom guns. Some of […]
How Many Rounds to be Confident for a Carry Gun?
Recently, we’ve had a few customers in the shop pose the question “How many rounds should you run through a new pistol to be confident enough to carry it?“ It’s a good question so I thought I’d share some thoughts on it here. Now keep in mind, these are just opinions based on my own […]
Continuing the Stopping Power Debate
With the FBI recently announcing that they are migrating down from the .40 caliber to the 9mm, the on-going debate about stopping power has reached a frenzied pace. Thanks to my prior law enforcement career, I’ve (unfortunately) got some experience seeing what rifle and pistol rounds do to the human body. I’ve seen victims succumb […]