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Carrying the Venerable 1911.

In the early 1900’s, John Browning (1855-1926), a renowned firearm designer, along with Colt Manufacturing, designed the firearm that would be designated the “Automatic Pistol, Calibre .45, Model of 1911.” This pistol with some minor modifications served as the U.S. military sidearm from 1911 to 1985. It served as the standard U.S. service pistol seeing …

Cleaning a Firearm, How Often?

How often one feels they must clean their firearm varies person to person. Some will wait thousands of rounds in a torture test. Others will clean it once a week whether it needs it or not. Personally I am somewhere in the middle. If I go to the range and shoot a magazine of defense …

The Perfect Handgun

Most instructors I know have been asked what is the perfect gun? The answer to the question is like locating the fabled unicorn. I am not sure I have found the perfect gun for myself let alone know what would be someone elses perfect gun. There are a lot of questions that need to be …

So you’ve passed your CPL class, now what?

So you have sat through the classroom, the legal presentation and done the range time. What’s next?You should have received a certificate for passing the class. Now you take your Michigan Id or Drivers License, a completed (but not signed) Concealed Pistol License application, form RI-012 (Here), your certificate and 100 dollars to the county …

Methods of Carry

Chuck Bates “Remember the first rule of gunfighting … have a gun.” Lt Col. Jeff Cooper I am often asked by students how should I carry? Knowing this is a very personal choice I try to educate the person on the various ways I have carried, iwb, owb shoulder holster and tell them what some …