Skill Building
3 Must Have Upgrades for the AKM
While the AKM is not as easy to customize as your typical AR-15, it does need some practical additions. Here's a look at some logical choices for the platform.
Changing Magazines: Embrace the Reality
If you are going to carry a gun, you should practice some skills and drills. One of the most important is changing magazines. This assumes, of course, that you carry a spare....
How To Use a Laser Engraver to Customize PMAGs
Customization of guns is a growing industry. New CNC machines and laser technologies are allowing for crisp precision and unlimited personal expression. Check out what a laser engraver can do to a PMAG.
VISM G5+ Glock Pocket Tool – Dissassemble Your Glock And Magazines
Taking apart your Glock is easy enough. Taking apart a magazine should be just as easy. Now NCStar has a Glock pocket tool that make Glock maintenance easy.
Five Ways to Improve Non-Sighted Fire.
Defensive shootings happen fast. Proper alignment of a handgun's sights is sometimes impractical. Practicing the basics of point shooting will build your skill set and make you faster.
<p>Many of us have rifles that are purpose built for self defense. Most of those guns, though, are locked in safes, safe at home. So what is your strategy when you are miles away? Would you have to rely on your concealed carry gun to get you home if somethign were to go terribly wrong?</p>
How Often Should You Clean Your Gun?
<p>A year or so ago, I was taking a class with a respected firearms instructor who took one look at the rifle I’d brought and told me I should clean it. The rifle seemed fine to me. When I pulled the trigger, it fired, ejected, and cycled another round. There was no rust or corrosion. No harm-no foul, right?</p>
Raptor Charging Handles For Your SIG MPX Or MCX
<p>Radian Weapons has come out with a Raptor charging handle for the Sig Sauer MPX and MCX.</p>
Shooting Subcompact Handguns Well
<p>Small guns aren’t without their disadvantages. Subcompacts are lower capacity and that is the aspect most folks like to focus on, but as a professional defensive shooting instructor, what I tend to focus on when it comes to small guns is how different they can be to shoot.</p>
Shoot Gooder: Balancing Front Sight Acquisition and Precision
You never quit learning. At a MAG-40 course I had a problem with accuracy at 15 yards. Here's what I did to easily resolve the problem.