For shooters you want to remember on Christmas, no matter what your budget, consider ammunition.  Your gift budget simply determines the volume. Big box stores sell shotgun shells in birdshot loads for less than a sawbuck for a box of … Read more

Richard “Red” Nichols was lead designer at the Bianchi holster company for many years.  I’ve known him for decades: he was often in attendance back in the days when I shot the Bianchi Cup, and I’ll never forget him taking … Read more

When the Christmas presents are unwrapped, guys silently moan, “Great, another necktie.” Gals sigh inaudibly “Terrific, another scarf.”  And each gender tries not to visibly roll their eyes as they think “Aarrgghh, more socks.” For the pistol packers in your … Read more

Thanks to host Tom Givens, I recently spent several rapt hours listening to Ed Mireles, the hero of the notorious FBI shootout in Miami, tell us his perspectives and learning points from that terrible day in April of 1986. It … Read more