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Tips on Concealed Carry

DIY Video: Marking Your Magazines for Night Visibility

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Here is a quick video showing how you can use leftover night sight paint to mark your magazines for night use. The magazine in the video is from our Kahr CT380, already equipped with “night sights”.  The same concept can be used for anything you might drop in the dark.  It’s not a perfect solution, but it could give you the… Read more »

Shooting Glasses with Built in Readers

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These shooting glasses have built in bifocals and are available in tinted or clear styles. When you get to be my age, it can be difficult to do fine work on your firearms, especially at the range.  If you are trying to move the sights, or clear a jam, it can be difficult to see up close without switching to… Read more »

The Lenwood Training Plug Video

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Firearm training plug

Lenwood Training Plugs Let You Train Safer If you are going to carry a firearm, you need to run dry fire exercises.  This involves drawing and pulling the trigger in a safe and effective manner, with an unloaded weapon.  Given the inherent potential for human error (meaning, a negligent discharge), you should take every practical safety measure you can.  The… Read more »

A Cool Way to Watch Gun Shows

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Who doesn’t love gun shows?  But I’m not talking about the ones where you pay $20 to get in and spend the day bumping into people.  No, I mean the ones on the Outdoor Channel or on YouTube. I used to spend entire evenings hunched over the computer or my iPad, watching hickok45, Gunblastdotcom, Nutnfancy, or FPS Russia, among others.  If those… Read more »

The Ruger LCP Laser is on Sale!

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Laserlyte discount code

I just spotted the Ruger LCP LaserLyte unit on sale for $78.22 on Amazon! Two posts ago, I talked about how this laser works great for an LCP (original or new, Custom model) or Keltec P3AT. If you have either one of these pistols, make sure to add one of these slim, lightweight units. It doesn’t say how long the… Read more »

How To: Modifying a Braids Holster to Fit a Kahr CT380

Happy Thanksgiving! An upcoming holster review is going to cover holster options for a Kahr CT380.  Ahead of that article, I wanted to make a post about how I re-formed a holster designed for the Kahr P380 & CW380, to fit my CT380.  That way, the next post can focus on the review, and link back to this article. As I’ve mentioned in past reviews,… Read more »

Quick Tip: The Best Shirt for Concealed Carry?

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I’m always looking for another shirt or jacket for concealed carry. I’m also a big fan of Duluth Trading Company Clothes.  As a result, I’ve come across a couple of dandy over shirts for hiding a large pistol.  The first is the Fire Hose Hanger Bender Shirt Jac.  There’s a link there, but I’m not getting any money if you buy… Read more »