Dan Zimmerman
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We woke up this morning to the news that Remington isn’t the only magazine-fed pump gun maker any more. Mossberg, the maker of the the venerable, reliable 590 pump action shotguns announced a magazine-fed model of their own, the Mossberg 590M. We shot the 590M at SHOT Show Range Day today and based on a…
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UPPER DARBY, PENNSYLVANIA – There’s a good reason that cops hate domestic violence situations. They’re among the most unpredictable and dangerous calls they respond to. And while the police weren’t called until after the shooting stopped in Upper Darby Monday evening, you can bet they weren’t thrilled about getting the call. In some kind of…
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Arizona may not have the largest percentage of gun owners in the nation — they come in somewhere in the middle of the pack at just over 30% — but the state has a strong gun culture. And if you surveyed the owners of stores that buy collectible coins, gold and silver,…
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Nighthawk Announces The Agent 2 1911 Pistol
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Nighthawk Custom, makers of some of the finest 1911 platform handguns on the planet, has just announced a collaboration with four other firms. The result: Their new Agent 2 pistol. Few handguns carry as well as a 1911. And while packing 2.5 pounds of steel isn’t for everyone, the weight combined with a government-length sight…
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AMARILLO, TEXAS – Last week, a legally armed employee of La Bella Pizza shot and killed a robber who was holding another employee at gunpoint. Clayton Jerrell Morgan — who was 36 and will never see his 37th birthday — was challenged by a La Bella worker who has a concealed carry permit and was…
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WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA – Essam Ahmed manages the AZ Patterson Grocery in this hyphenated town in the northern part of the state, not too far from the Virginia line. He didn’t think much about the customer who actually had a question about fidget spinners. And when the same man asked about cell phones, that probably…
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What’s The Best Carry Gun You Own?
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While there are a lot of good arguments for choosing a single everyday carry gun and sticking with it — mastery (especially under stress) comes from training with and using the same tool over and over again — I tend to alternate between two options. Most of the time, I have a GLOCK 43 strapped…
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Robert Stuckey’s San Antonio home was recently burglarized. On Christmas Eve, no less. In that incident, he lost his Xbox, Social Security cards, some jewelry and a handgun. After that experience, he apparently installed a web-enabled alarm system, so when the burglar made a return visit last week, Stuckey was alerted to the intruder on…
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When Springfield Armory introduced the first XD-S single stack pistol at SHOT six years ago, it was a departure for the Illinois gun maker and drew plenty of attention. But slim concealed carry guns had been and are about the hottest segment of the handgun market. So the XD-S proved to be wildly popular and…