Archive for October, 2009

Women are buying more guns in Chicago in reaction to a downturn in the economy and an upturn in crime.

More good news – many are looking for professional training. Tucker and I used to have a shooting school in the 1980’s and 75% of our students were women.

They were good students because accepted training and wanted to be better. Most of the guys “knew how to shoot.” (Wanna bet on that?)

One thing we noticed for sure – a woman will shoot you in a heartbeat if she’s threatened – especially if her kids are threatened. Like a mama grizzly bear.

Check out the story here.

What’s the best gun for a woman’s first gun? Any opinions? Stories? We’d like to know.

The Silent Thunder is our most popular holster right now and we’ve increased production capacity to meet the demand.

To celebrate, we’re offering a special purchase from now until the end of November 2009. (THIS OFFER IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT)

Buy two Silent Thunder holsters and the second one is 25% off.

Details:

Order online or by phone and ask for the November Special.

If ordering online, just type “November Special” in the comments section of the order that appears near the end of the ordering process.

Note: I have to manually apply the discount to the order, so you won’t see the discount in your confirmation. The computer doesn’t know how to add the discount automatically.

This means also that a credit card is better than using paypal for this. Paypal takes the money right away and it will take the regular price.

Call me if you have questions or just want to order by phone.

Don’t need two holsters? I’ll bet you have a buddy who might like part of this deal.

Important Note: No hesitating, cogitating, lollygagging or puttering around allowed. We expect a lot of orders, so don’t be  a “tail-end Charlie.”

You might end up at the end of the line, waiting longer than you have to if you come in late on this.

The top 20 percent of earners

-makes about 53 percent of the income in America, but

-pays 91 percent of the income tax.

The top 1 percent pays 36 percent.

The IRS says the bottom half of earners pays less than 3 percent.

If you’re in the bottom 50% of earners you have no reason to oppose higher taxes, do you?

How about when 60% of the folks pay no taxes?

How about when 70% of people pay no taxes?

The percentage has been growing every decade.

We might want to pay attention to who gets elected next time.

If you work and pay taxes, the current trend is against you.

Wussy Weasel Wimpy Dude would never stand this strong, speak this clearly, be this direct, this straight. I sure miss Ronald Reagan.

This video is from the 1964 Republican Convention when Barry Goldwater was running for president. It still resonates with us today.

Ronald Reagan, 1964

What do YOU think about this speech?

I bought a new Kahr PM45 yesterday. (No waiting period with a Concealed Handgun License in Texas).

Kahr recommends shooting 200 rounds through it before trusting it for defensive carry, so off the the range I went.
I had 200 rounds of FMJ and some defensive carry ammo with me. (Ouch! At today’s inflated ammo prices that’s almost $100 just to break in the gun.)
I remember a time when I was competing heavily and using a progressive loader, that my cost per thousand (200gr SWC) was just $65. Ah, the good old days!

I already have three other Kahr pistols – First was the P9, then the PM9 and more recently, the P45.  All have been totally reliable with ball or hollow points.

The only modification is that I put Agrips (by Brooks Tactical on each. ( I wish I’d had time to put Agrip on the new PM45 before putting 200 rounds through it with the pronounced checkering on the front strap and back strap.)

Despite the good history with Kahr pistols, you never know until you actually shoot a new pistol how reliable it will be. Fortunately, I got a good one again. 200 rounds with no malfunctions.

The recoil spring is very strong on this compact pistol, so if you’re an occasional “limp-wrister,” butch up and hold on. You can’t let the gun move backwards or the slide will not have anything to work against, and it will short-cycle. This will cause failures to eject and/or failures to feed.

Toward the end of my range session I ran some hollow points through it, including my carry ammo, Corbon DPX 185 grain all copper hollow points. Again, no failures of any kind.

.45 ACP in this gun doesn’t sting and the gun is completely controllable, There’s no reason to fight the recoil, just grip properly and the gun will come back on target quickly.

(See this recent blog post on recoil control).

The PM45 will be for pocket carry, backing up a 4″ Lightweight Springfield Champion that’s my primary carry gun. I’m in Texas so I carry everyday, everywhere I go (except the post office).

I carry my 1911 in a Tucker Cover Up IWB or a leather-lined kydex Silent Thunder IWB.

Like all our IWB’s they’re made so that I can tuck my shirt over the gun and holster, and I can conceal it without hanging my shirt out or wearing a jacket.