Author: Andrew Tuohy

This email was sent to the contact address on the Colorado Gun Sales website on 3/21/12; no response has been received. To whom it may concern, I recently purchased one of your M10 rifles in 5.45 from AIM Surplus. It arrived on Monday evening and I am now, as of Wednesday afternoon, shipping it back to AIM for a refund. I wish to inform you of some issues I saw with the rifle so that you may improve future production runs. I do not expect any action on your part.… Read More

After seeing a few photos of fake Marines recently, an 0351 friend and I bounced ideas off of each other for the details behind the awards some of these wonderful people choose to wear. You see, some of the ribbons they put on are for campaigns that took place before they were born, such as World War II. I guess when you're trying to build a stack the size of one of your manboobs, you need some filler, and that ancient campaign ribbon looks great next to your Army EOD… Read More

In this video, I relate some of the lessons I've learned about performance under stress, and how to improve my chances of survival in a dangerous situation. In order to provide a background for the opinions I have formed, I describe a few of the stressful situations I have encountered. I do not include them in order to boast or brag - they are the cornerstones of my experience regarding performance under stress. As you will see, I have learned as much - or more - from failure as I… Read More

As a reformed M&P fan, I feel that I have to provide a counter-opinion to her opinion. Don't get me wrong - I think that the M&P pistol could certainly be a Glock-beater. It just isn't at this point in time, as far as I am concerned (and this is coming from someone who has carried an M&P revolver for years and previously owned multiple M&P pistols). In order to understand why I feel this way, let's look at why Glock is successful, and where I feel the M&P falls… Read More

Several months back I wrote an article about shotgun ammunition, and just realized that I had forgotten to link to it. Here it is. It was intended to give people who don't have a huge firearm knowledge base an understanding of the topic, but several people who have been shooters for a while told me that they still learned a few things.

...and the Smith & Wesson Governor isn't much better. But I strongly dislike the Taurus Judge. Here's why. It is, relative to other firearms of its size, inaccurate with big, useful bullets. To be sure, it is most accurate with .410 slugs and .45 Colt bullets, and may even provide "acceptable" accuracy - but other handguns that weigh less and are smaller will be more accurate, and easier to be accurate with, than the Judge in any of its variations. If one primarily wants to shoot big bullets, there are… Read More

Below are a number of things that I think should exist, but do not, or not in acceptable quantities. A Browning 1911-22 in a cartridge suitable for self-defense purposes. A single stack Glock in 9mm with frame and slide length and height approximately the size of a Glock 19. Larger would be cool too. A Smith & Wesson M&P would also be acceptable, if the trigger stopped being so incredibly, painfully horrible. Spike's Tactical hard chrome M16 bolt carrier groups. They exist, but are discontinued. A single cell Elzetta ZFL-M60… Read More

I should mention that I do not use Purolator filters...but I found this quite clever.

As a pilot and fan of DeHavilland aircraft, as well as private industry, this story makes me feel warm inside. As an outside observer and non-fan of the United States Air Force and its institutional insecurity, it angers me; at least, the background does. Basically, the Army and Air Force were going to buy a bunch of C-27Js, twin engine turboprop transport aircraft that can go places and do things that C-130s can't, albeit with a smaller payload. Still, something that was very interesting to the Army and Special Operations… Read More

I've been using Elzetta lights for several years and have found them to be extremely impressive. In this video, I discuss the features that set them apart from other lights.