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So you want to be tacticool, but break from those unoriginal so-and-so’s with their boring ARs and AKs by getting a bullpup rifle? Well…you may want to hold your horses. There are a few things to know about bullpups prior to pulling the trigger (ha!) that bear a little consideration. First, what is a bullpup? […]

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If you’ve followed the rhetorical gymnastics of the NRA then you know that its way to avoid responsibility for the disgusting amount of gun deaths in America is to suggest that the only way to stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun; that fewer guns don’t stop crime, […]

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A Walther P99 AS is center stage of this pocket dump. Walther manufactures some very reliable, accurate guns and this model is certainly one of them (in my experience). Always nice to see a spare magazine in there as well. Spare mag carry. Do you do it?

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The words ‘lightweight’ and ‘low recoil’ are not things that are typically associated with the .44 Magnum. If you think that this article is going to be a rejection of that concept, well, you’re wrong. Today we’re going to be taking a look at an absolute unit of a gun: the Ruger Redhawk chambered in, […]

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Most any hearing protection muffs you can buy these days will do at least a passable job of protecting your ears. Hearing loss and tinnitus are nothing to mess with. And the advent of cheaper electronics making muffs that let you hear what’s going on around you between gunshots and carry on a conversation has […]

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Matt’s EDC includes a GLOCK 43 with a Streamlight TLR-6. I’ve had great success with various Streamlight products on different guns (my current favorite is the TLR-8, the light and laser combo has been awesome for hunting. It’s the tactical pen I’m most interested in, though. Seems quite a few of you carry tactical/defensive pens. […]

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So…there’s a Diamondback in this pocket dump and a Menovade S.T.U.B., the latter of which is certainly a unique tanto blade. It’s the hammer I can’t stop staring at, though. Is this meant to be a statement about the fact that more people are killed by hammers annually than by rifles? Is this gun owner […]

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By Roger J. Katz Concealed handgun carry reciprocity is about to die. It’s about to die through deliberate inaction or the callous indifference of the U.S. Senate. But we have a small window of opportunity: 21 days left to achieve the goal that has eluded us for years. It seemed assured of being accomplished by the Republican-controlled 115th Congress but, […]

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This gun owner carries a CZ P07, a hammer-fired 9mm double-stack with a 3.75-inch barrel. CZ manufactures some very nice guns – I’m a big fan of their long guns – and it’s cool to see one pop up in a pocket dump. The Winkler SD2 fixed blade is of great interest. So many pocket […]

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If my house were on fire and I could only save one gun, it would be my Alamo Precision Rifles 6.5 Creedmoor. I have rifles and pistols that are worth more money than the APR, but none are worth more to me. In fact, I have a strong feeling that the guys at Alamo Precision […]

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[Ed: Nick originally wrote this less than a week after the Sandy Hook shooting, but it’s still just as relevant today.] In the wake of recent events, it’s obvious and unfortunate that the vast majority of pundits have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to guns. Especially with a firearm like the […]

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“Whether you’re in law enforcement or a private citizen, you take a life, you’re going to go through something,” [former LEO Brian] Warner said. “We don’t do enough to combat that.” Aliza Luft agrees. She’s an assistant sociology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles who has studied war and violence in countries like […]

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Today’s pocket dump comes from Erik somewhere in the United States and includes a SIG P320 X-Carry and a RATS tourniquet. The P320 X-Carry is designed to be carry-ready out of the box and has features like a Straight X-Series trigger, X-Ray sights, and X-Series Modular Polymer grip. The flared mag well facilitates faster mag […]

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The Internet Movie Firearms Database is a great resource and a powerful tool. The brains behind IMFDB recently begun to use its accumulated data to compile a variety of fascinating facts on guns in pop culture and the results of this list — the most frequently used guns on-screen — may surprise you . . […]

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One of the review pistols I’ve been running this fall is from Devil Dog Arms. It’s proven itself to be a reliable, accurate gun (of course, I say this as a 1911 addict…hey, I’m basically an everything pew pew addict). Anyway, among the Black Friday sales you all should be aware of is this one […]

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The owner of this pocket dump goes by the screenname of Mr. Crabs and had this to say about his gear: “Here’s a layout of my day to day essentials. The only things that change are my glasses which are usually in my pack and are replaced with one of several sets of sunglasses, and […]

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Jeffrey Barrington in Texas says “Everything I keep on me when I’m off work. When I’m at work the only that Changes is I carry a Glock 17 in a safariland holster with a owb spare mag carrier same flashlight and I carry a Gerber swagger.” We see a lot of GLOCKs in pocket dumps which […]

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Here we have some of the expected items plus a suppressor. The gun is a Gen 4 GLOCK 34, a model designed for competition, and the suppressor is a SilencerCo Osprey. The GLOCK has a 5.31-inch barrel and empty weight of 23.10 ounces. Even with the inclusion of the backpack – which means this is […]

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This pocket dump comes to us from Florida and includes a customized GLOCK 43 and a ZT 0350 folding knife. There are two schools of thought on customizing carry guns. One says it’s fine and don’t worry about it while the other firmly states making significant changes from the factory features can be detrimental if […]

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