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By Gabe Suarezhttp://www.suarezinternational.com/augmailer.html
We recently returned from several force on force training courses. What follows will eventually be written up in an article of sorts, but the points are quite important and so I thought sharing the raw data with you would be beneficial.
1). All fights involve one party taking the initiative and the other party […]

It has gotten so friggin’ hot that shorts and a t-shirt are about the only thing I can stand to wear. My preference is for a pair of cargo shorts with nice, deep pockets. In this mode of dress, the Airweight Model 637 is the perfect gun for concealed carry. My darling wife insisted […]

As originally designed and produced, John M Browning’s 1911 pistol had no mechanical interlock that prevented the firing pin from going forward when the pistol was dropped on the muzzle or when the slide went forward in the normal loading procedure or during the normal cycle of operation. These two theoretical circumstances through which […]

There is no greater stain on the honor of this republic than the fact that in our nation’s capital the civil rights of American citizens are denied. A law-abiding citizen cannot even own a handgun, much less carry one, in Washington D.C. This, of course, doesn’t slow the criminals a nanosecond. Yesterday, the police chief […]

I shot the Kentucky Practical Defense League’s (KPDL) match Saturday morning at Knob Creek. The weather was just about perfect, clear skies and mid-70’s. I used the Springfield XD-9 Tactical carried in a new Haugen Gunleather Speed Scabbard III with matching belt and double magazine pouch. The stages were predictably gamey — one had […]

“Is the 1911 .45 an outdated design”
Of course the 1911 is an outdated design. It came from an era when weapons were designed to win fights, not to avoid product liability lawsuits. It came from an era where it was the norm to learn how your weapon operated and to practice that operation until it […]

As a “fighting” handgun, a properly set up and tuned 1911 has no equal. It has superb ergonomics, redundant safeties, excellent reliability and longevity, and the best trigger action available on any common service pistol. The trigger alone makes it the easiest service pistol to shoot well at speed. My primary handgun every single […]

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness — That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of […]

This is my Springfield Armory Mil-Spec. It’s the pistol I bought in 1997 to start shooting IDPA. It’s the pistol that inspired The Sight M1911. It’s the one that, when I fired the first magazine, I said, “Wow!” It’s the one that my son, Alex, prefers over his $1K Kimber for matches, and he […]