The AR-15 rifle club has seen a lot of new members in the last several years. With that proliferation, we have seen quite a few hobby-enriching options. One of those options is optics as few shooters are satisfied with shooting only iron sights. For many shooters, the choice comes down to either red dot sights (RDS) or traditional scopes. […]
Among the many internet gun debates that tend to clog up cyberspace is whether or not weapon-mounted lights should be on carry pistols. Discussions of weapon lights often devolve into a debate of weapon lights versus handheld lights. That doesn’t make sense to me. The addition of a weapon-mounted light (WML) doesn’t require the user […]
I recently reviewed the Mossberg Shockwave and found it to be lots of fun, but less practical than I would have liked. I found the Shockwave a little hard to aim effectively other than at the closest of distances. It seemed like the perfect candidate for the application of some technology. Namely, I figured that […]
“Not everything has to be about urban combat.” That was my justification for considering a Mossberg 590 Shockwave. I knew my more tactically “woke” friends would harangue me if I reviewed one. Pistol-grip-only (often called “cruiser grip”) shotguns aren’t looked upon favorably by most highly experienced self-defenders. I noted that the Shockwave doesn’t have a cruiser grip. Instead, it […]
There are plenty of articles on the “best” of this or that. Those pieces are usually written on specs alone rather than actual experience. In this case, my picks of the best home defense shotguns are based on and limited to my personal experience or that of trusted colleagues. The Essentials Some common attributes of […]
