Gun Gear
Mec-Gar: New-Breed Magazines
Pistol magazines are amazing for their reliability. The feed devices feed from six to 19 cartridges into the handgun’s chamber.…Read More >
Gear
Whether you’re looking to maintain, tune or update your firearms — or complement them with the best parts and accessories — this is the section for you. Our gun gear blog posts cover everything from accessory reviews (triggers, sights, etc.) to maintenance tips.
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Firearms
How to Completely Evaluate a Range Rental Pistol in Just 50 Rounds
It’s not just about how it feels—there are more things you need to consider when purchasing a handgun. Here is a walk-through guide on how to evaluate a pistol using only 50 rounds of ammo.
Competitive Shooting
Multi-Gun Competition for New Shooters: Four Rifle Essentials
These five essential AR-15 accessories are sure to give you a competitive edge, from big stakes 3-Gun events to local matches. Better yet, none of them leaves your wallet empty.
Competitive Shooting
Eye Protection: Safety Versus Prescription
Looking at firearms in use, it is pretty evident that plenty of gas, unburned powder, and oil droplets are in the air. Add ejected cartridge cases from your firearm (and those of people around you), possible ricochets, and it’s a bit of a wonder that many shooters make it to old age with their vision intact. Unfortunately, those requiring corrective lenses have long faced an awkward dilemma, we could either wear prescription glasses or ballistic eye protection, but not both—until now.
Gear
Top 10 Stocking Stuffers Under $25
The economy may be better, but that does not mean you want to empty your wallet. On the hand, everyone want to give a gift the recipient will appreciate and use. Here’s 10 gifts for the outdoors enthusiast that won’t break the bank.
Gear
Winter Preparedness: Building Your List
There are three layers of preparedness outside of the home: Vehicle, Every Day Carry, and extended. This article touches on all three; however, the distinction between each is important. Vehicles have ample space and carrying capacity, so you can set and forget certain items in the trunk or under a seat. Everyday carry is the exact opposite of that. Each item needs to be judged versus space, weight, likelihood of use, and importance in an emergency.
Gear
Gearing up for 3 Gun
Getting into 3 Gun is a great excuse to pull out the gear you bought and have not used in awhile, or purchase the new toys you have had your eye on but needed the excuse. Either way, while 3 Gun is a gear intensive sport, it does not take a huge investment to get started. Over time though, there are certain pieces of gear that you’ll want to improve your game. Here is you your starter list.
Gear
Mass Shooting — Minimizing the Damage
The law may prevent you from carrying a defensive handgun, and in some places even from carrying a knife, but it does not prevent you from carrying a tourniquet, dressings, QuikClot, CPR masks, etc. The life that is saved may be your own.
Gun Gear
Video: How to Mount a Rifle Scope
There is a difference between properly mounting a rifle scope to your long gun and properly mounting a scope for the shooter. While one ensures the optic is secure, the other adds the additional factor of ensuring the shooter may obtain a comfortable, repeatable mount for increased accuracy. Few of us shoot to miss, so let’s look at how to do it right the first time without the frustration and wasted ammunition when we sight it in.
Camping & Survival
The Best Gifts for Dads
Father’s Day is his day, so why not make it special? Long gone are the days of another tie or a few implements for a grill. After all, would you give mom a new frying pan or a girdle for Mother’s Day? Of course not, but Father’s Day is probably the hardest gift giving day of the year, so The Shooter’s Log has made it easy a categorized gift guide. Each category a a couple of hand-picked selections and plenty of ideas with a touch of humor mixed in!