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Gear, product, book, training and other reviews of interest to gun owners.
by John Boch I’d been eyeballing the new Glock 43 (street price about $450-500) since the NRA Convention when I got my first fondle. It feels like a skinny Glock. Now, I’m a Glock guy. I like them, at least in 9mm flavor, and I can’t tell you how…
[caption id="attachment_18355" align="alignnone" width="800"]Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 2.0[/caption] by Eric "Bear" St. Pierre For our second installment of testing out gear while practicing your Second Amendment rights, I would like to focus on Alien Gear’s Cloak Tuck 2.0 IWB Holster. I have had curious GSL members and non-GSL folks…
By Bear St. Pierre (Reprinted from the August 2015 issue of GunNews Magazine) (Guns Save Life) - This month marks the beginning of a regular column on concealed carry, firearms and outdoor-related equipment. We have been (torture) testing different holster rigs and related accessories these past few months. Yes, even…
by John Boch In November 2014, I wrote about Guns & Ammo gushing over Taurus' new offering "The Curve" in a story here at Guns Save Life titled, "TAURUS TURD: Guns & Ammo loves Taurus’ new Taurus Curve, a curved .380 pocket pistol". Guns & Ammo's staff raved about the…
by John Boch I’ve been an instructor for sixteen years now and I still remember the very first class I taught in Springfield, IL along with John Naese and a third brand-new instructor. It was exciting, but not so much in a good way. A lot has changed in…
by John Boch The Truth About Gun Reviews Gun reviews, in almost all publications, are driven by advertising dollars or at the very least, product samples provided by manufacturers seeking positive publicity about their new offerings. The pressure to get positive reviews about new stuff in particular is intense. Here…
Book Reviews... The Concealed Handgun Manual & Thank God I Had a Gun: True Accounts of Self-Defense by John Boch (Guns Save Life) - Guns save innocent life from criminal attack one or two million times each year. Most of these incidents don’t involve the police and aren’t reported…
by John Boch Guns are collectible - and tend to accumulate for many of us for a host of reasons including self-defense, historical fascination, or even retirement investments. Guns well-maintained accrue value and part of taking care of them is keeping rust at bay. One of the single best…
The Remington R51 was a century-old design that was reborn last year. A lot of folks liked the novelty value of the gun and its action, but persistent reports of problems with the gun were everywhere. Some of the bigger gun mags offered up gushing reviews of the "new"…
The new Remington R51 pistol is actually getting more digital and dead tree ink than the new G2 Research RIP 9mm round, if that's actually possible. We saw how the hype is just that with the new R.I.P. round and it looks as though an unbiased look at the R51…
