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Not all guns have external safety mechanisms, but if yours does, it's important to understand how it works.
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Video: Difference Between Centerfire & Rimfire Ammunition
You'll hear and read these two terms used constantly to describe your gun's ammo. Here's what they mean.
Video How-To: Sight-In Your Rifle
Most scoped commercial rifles can "outshoot" the shooter ... but only if you sight them in properly. Here's how.
Ammo Awareness: .280 AI
This caliber is essentially a ballistic cheat code for magnum-like impact downrange and lighter recoil on your shoulder.
Doctor's Rx: Reduce Felt Recoil & Bruising
Getting tired of the "gun bashing"?
CCW Minute: How to Grip a Pistol
Silent, sage-like and short: Here's how to properly grip a semi-auto, in 60 seconds!
CCW Minute: How to Safely Reholster Your Handgun
How do you reconcile Rule #1 of gun safety with the need to reholster your defensive gun? Here's how!
Ammo Awareness: .223 Wylde
Want to know the difference between cartridge, chambering and caliber? Dennis Bradley gets Wylde on a major rifle ammo question.
Ammo Awareness: .45 ACP
The .45 ACP was at one time America’s pistol cartridge of choice. And for some, it still is.
CCW Minute: Hammer-Fired Concealment Guns
Striker-fired concealed-carry guns have "ruled the roost" for years, but don't count out hammer-fired CCW pistols!
Ammo Awareness: 8.6 BLK
It's a new twist (ahem) on an older system, with the potential for accurate and hard-hitting suppressed hunting.
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