Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2022 i Gun Digest

On Friday, February 18, 2022, Judge Regina Chu presided over a courtroom in downtown Minneapolis. Kim Potter, a former offcer within the Brooklyn Center Police Department, stood before Chu, awaiting sentencing. Potter had been tried and found guilty of manslaughter two months prior for the killing of Daunte Wright during a traffc stop, when Potter mistakenly pulled and discharged her Glock instead of her taser. With the livestream cameras rolling, Chu sentenced Potter to two years in prison. Before that courtroom was emptied, protesters began demonstrating outside the Hennepin County government building, and three activists were arrested in the lobby. That was a Friday. By the following Sunday, nearby business had been looted and damaged, mimicking—albeit on a smaller scale—the aftermath of the George Floyd incident that took place less…

Inforce is a newer name in the weapon-mounted light world, and a few hiccups with some of their earliest models initially gave the company a subpar reputation online. Even the most established and reputable companies have released lemons in the past, however, and Inforce’s attempts at improving their products will never be illuminated if nobody tests them out. Here, we’re assessing Inforce’s newest weapon-mounted light designed for use with handguns; they call it the Wild1. SPECS AND FEATURES I decided to text the Wild1 against a Streamlight TLR-1 HL because, quite frankly, that seems to be one of the models the Wild1 was designed to compete directly against. The two lights have much in common, but we’ll go over their different specs and features. Starting with the three most prominent…

Weapon-mounted lights have become quite common in recent years, yet there’s still a great deal of confusion and disagreement between competing schools of thought. So, let’s shed some light on, well … lights. PRACTICALITY VS. FUNCTIONALITY The main reason I divide handguns from rifles and shotguns in this discussion is based on the crucial factor of weight and real estate. It’s barely an afterthought to add a light to a shoulder arm, but it’s a deciding crossroads of utility on a handgun. It takes little, if any, imagination to mount a large, intense light onto a rifle these days; most modern handguards are covered in M-lok mounting surfaces, in years past it was mil-spec Picatinny. In fact, the minutia has taken over to the point that there are dozens of…

We don’t all live in a location or situation that lets us wear a gun around the house … or have racked rifles or shotguns at the ready. When you’re not there, or perhaps while you’re sleeping, your home-defense gun has to be someplace secure. Enter Gun Vault. They make heavy-gauge steel lock boxes that you can access with a press of (several) buttons, or use a key as the manual override. MICROVAULT XL The model I have is the MicroVault XL, also known as the MV1000. There are four buttons on the lid. You open the box by pressing them in the open sequence. Well, you do that after you’ve used the supplied key to open it and have installed the battery. It comes pre-programmed with a factory default…

01 Rock Island Armory STK100 Striker-Fired Pistol Best known for its relatively affordable and well-built 1911 pistols, Rock Island Armory has seemed to buck recent trends. And, despite jumping into the striker-fired pistol market, the Filipino company still is. That’s because the STK100 isn’t your ordinary striker-fired. Build around an aluminum frame, the 17-round 9mm offers the advantages of metal—such as a bit more heft for excellent recoil mitigation. Further enhancing the pistol is a beavertail that helps facilitate a fundamental high grip, positive grip texturing, a Picatinny accessories rail and front and rear cocking serrations. The STK100 also comes optic-ready, with a slide cut for the addition of a red-dot. MSRP: $599 02 Federal Premium Shorty Force X2 When shotgun firepower is at a premium, Federal’s newest shotshell delivers…

In my heart, I’m a revolver guy. In a recent conversation with some industry friends, we began talking about my affinity and their opinions regarding wheelguns. They made an effort to gently let me know that they were dissatisfied with my previous inclusion of revolvers in my content, to the point where people may in fact be influenced to make a poor choice in self-defense gun. Oddly enough, revolvers are, in their mind, not something I should be promoting due to the nature of violence in today’s world. The only tip or trick was to simply ditch revolvers in general, my advice on the topic being only to pander to rustics set in the past. One stated if it weren’t for nostalgia, there’d be simply no reason to make them…

For decades, some scoffed at the Deep South as a hub for worldclass technology, but they weren’t paying attention. Alabama, and especially the intellectual lightning rod city of Huntsville—headlined by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center—is home to some of the world’s most advanced scientific and engineering minds. Brothers Matt and Dave Tandy are two such minds. Together, the military veterans parlayed their love for shooting sports with an aerospace engineering background into one of the world’s most innovative rifle stock companies—AG Composites—a grand feat that should be taken lightly … very lightly. AG Composites doesn’t just make composite stocks; they make incredibly light and remarkably durable composite stocks that, on average, weigh as little as 25 ounces in their AG Privateer line. Their heavyweight stock, the AG Carbon K2 Adjustable,…

While life would be a lot easier if there was one right answer for every question, that just isn’t the case. When it comes to selecting the most optimal firearm for home defense, the number of variables that come into play can make what should be a simple decision tough as hell. Can you blindly follow generalized advice and successfully defend your palace? Sure, but why not give yourself the best chance at success? While most think about how to end a threat in the most effcient way, very few think about the potential liabilities associated with employing deadly force in an urban setting. You might stop a bad guy from harming your family physically, but choose your tool poorly and you might be facing financial ruin or worse should…

We aren’t all airbornequalified. A lot of us can’t bench press our own weight. The bad guys know this, and preferentially target-select from those who aren’t likely to put up much of a fight. So, insisting that “the only proper self-defense cartridge starts with a four” is doing those among us who are less capable to handle that horsepower a disservice. If you need an example, consider your grandmother. Even if you can convince her to choose a firearm, do you really think she’s going to appreciate the 9mm+P load you just handed her to try? And if you had her fire it out of the sub-compact pistol that’s “easy to carry” which you prefer, how many rounds will she put up with it? Those of us younger, more fit,…

My relationship with shotguns reminds me of the movie Quigley Down Under, where Matthew Quigley tells Elliot Marston that he didn’t have much use for handguns, but that didn’t mean he didn’t know how to use one. Now, I’m no Quigley, but I have received some very good training on the defensive shotgun at Quantico and at Gunsite Academy. For personal protection, I prefer a handgun or a carbine, but I know plenty of folks who do prefer the shotgun. Dave Hartman, former training director at Gunsite Academy, does like shotguns. Not only does he like them, but he’s also very skilled in their use and application. With the current situation across America, many citizens have decided it’s time for them to take their safety into their own hands. Many…