One of the things that I get asked every week is how to choose the right handgun for someone.  If that person is simply going to keep the gun at home for personal defense the answer is easier to discover.  However, if they plan on carrying the gun for CCW or off duty  work the answer isn’t as simple.  It’s kind of like asking what clothes you need to buy this year. Obviously for off duty carry the main goal is to have a firearm...

Dave asked a great question that I have never thought about addressing on the blog concerning holster fit issues when using Big Dot’s on a Ruger SP101.  Our experience has been that this isn’t an issue.  While they are a big front sight, they are not so big as to cause holster fit issues in most cases.  Since we started doing the conversion several years ago, we haven’t had anyone inform us of an issue. In fact, we install...

I just put another pair of XS Big Dots on for a retired cop yesterday, and I am continually impressed with the response they generate.  Lately it seems we have been doing a pile of revolver work, but the last three weeks have seen Big Dots going on Glocks like crazy.  If you have been considering them, let me tell you why you might want to get them installed on your Glock. The Big Dots are as fast as any sight that is out there.  They make a...

You have probably heard me say that your Glock trigger will never feel like your 1911 trigger.  The two systems are so radically different in form and function that it is impossible to replicate that wonderful 1911 feeling. I recently had a customer come to me for help with the overtravel on his Glock.  He is an avid 1911 shooter who didn’t know if he could make the transition to the Glock.  He was interested in the Ghost Rocket Trigger...

Since I entered the gun business in 2001, Glock 19’s have been the same price at the dealer level.  We have not seen one increase in 9 years.  Pretty impressive if you ask me.  I wish I could say the same for things like gasoline.  Unfortunately everything seems to go up even though the manufacturing processes are getting simpler. Glock has just introduced their first price increase and I bet you didn’t even notice that it had...

I was looking through the Glock Annual magazine the other day, and I was suddenly stuck by the thought that for the first time Glock seems to be playing a little catch up to some of the other brands that are on the market. For years they have been the leader in all things polymer. If your gun was black, it was a Glock. Now the Smith and Wesson M&P, Springfield XD and others are competing heavily for your polymer dollars. The Generation 4...