I had the opportunity to teach an NRA First Steps class Friday to two of my friends.  When I woke up Friday morning I was a little concerned about my “rain or shine” policy because it was nasty weather.  By the afternoon things had cleared up, and we were fortunate enough to have a wonderful day at the range. One question that was asked was, “what type of gun should I get?”  As you know there are several great options...

There is a post on the Tactical Shooting Forums right now that is giving the XD quite a thrashing.  The problem seems to be long term reliability.  I personally don’t have many rounds logged behind an XD so I can’t add to the discussion.  If you have had any types of issues,  you might want to follow-up on this post.  Springfield is a good company that should want to stand behind its work.  Perhaps they will change some policies...

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...