Dan Zimmerman, Author at Concealed Nation

ZORE X Core Gun Lock [SHOT Show 2018]

Published 01/31/18

We first heard about ZORE’s novel gun lock concept almost two years ago. Its design was innovative enough that their IndieGoGo fundraising campaign attracted more than half a million dollars to get them into production. So when we saw them hawking their ZORE X Core lock in the SHOT Show’s NEXT Pavilion, we had to see […]

SnagMag Magazine Holsters Make it Easy to Carry a Spare Mag [SHOT Show 2018]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/30/18

Not nearly enough of us carry a spare magazine. That’s one thing if you’re someone who totes a GLOCK 19 with 15+1 rounds, but a lot of us don’t EDC anything with that kind of capacity. We carry smaller, thinner single stack pistols that pack only seven or eight rounds. And no one ever came […]

Otis Bore Sticks Keep Your Barrels Rust Free for Two Years [SHOT Show 2018]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/30/18

Face it, if you have a fair number of firearms, you probably don’t shoot some of them very often. There are a couple of guns in the back of my safe that haven’t been shot in, well, years. The biggest problem with that — especially if you don’t have a humidity- and climate-cotrolled safe to […]

Remington’s New R1 Ultralight Executive 1911 [SHOT Show 2018]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/30/18

Ruger wasn’t the only gun maker to show off a new officer-sized 1911 pistol at SHOT this year. But in contrast to the 9mm SR1911, Remington’s taken a more traditional — and more refined — approach with their R1 Ultralight Executive pistol. Big Green equipped their aluminum-framed, .45 ACP Ultralight Executive with a 3.5-inch match […]

Another Out-Of-State Gun Owner Arrested in New York

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/29/18

ALBANY, NEW YORK — Ever since the expansion of concealed carry laws and the gun buying boom really got going in the early 2000’s, lawful gun owners becoming inadvertently snagged by anti-gun states’ ultra-restrictive laws has become a regular thing. Travelers fly into a state like New York from free states like Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri […]

Shooting the Ruger EC9s [SHOT Show 2018 Range Day]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/27/18

Ruger’s been really busy in the last year coming up with dozens of new options for shooters. One of the their latest that’s sure to catch the eye of concealed carriers — especially those on a budget — is the EC9s 9mm pistol. Think of it as a bargain version of their already reasonably priced […]

Safariland Model 17 IWB and Model 557 Belt Slide Concealment Holsters [SHOT Show 2018]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/27/18

Safariland is out with a couple of new concealment options this year that are both wallet-friendly and give you a little something different than most of the other products already on the market. Let’s start with their new Model 17 IWB Inside-the-Waistband Concealment Holster. If the Model 17 doesn’t look like Kydex, that’s because it […]

Shooting the Springfield Armory 911 .380 Pistol [SHOT Show 2018 Range Day]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/27/18

The first reaction by many gun nuts when Springfield Armory announced their new 911 .380 pistol: they copied the SIG P238! And for good reason. The 911 is a dead ringer for SIG’s miniaturized 1911-esque single action micro-compact semi. Springfield made the new 911 available at Range Day and we didn’t miss the opportunity to put some […]

Three New/Updated Galco Concealed Carry Holsters [SHOT Show 2018]

Dan Zimmerman

Published 01/26/18

Galco is showing off a few new options for concealed carriers here at the SHOT Show this week that accommodate almost any way you like to carry. Maybe the most popular will be an updated Gen 2 version of their popular Quick Slide Belt Holster (above). It’s now a hybrid spap-close design rather than the […]