Category: Firearms

I have carried a handgun every day since Virginia Tech (the first one). The point was driven home even further by the fact that I had been within a few hundred yards of a school shooting several years before. To me, the danger was not abstract. Of course, I carried rifles, light machine guns, and pistols in Iraq before that, but this was different. It wasn't legal for me to carry at the time I was under 21, and I was also in school. The university prohibited weapons on campus,… Read More

There are three Kahr pistols in this video - 9mm, .40, and .45. Which is which?

...for my dad, that is. He won't officially receive the Kahr CW9 until Christmas, but we went to the range yesterday and fired approximately 200 rounds of various 147gr JHP (Gold Dot, Ranger T, Ranger Bonded, HST, Federal Tactical Bonded) as well as another 50 or so mixed FMJ of all weights - it functioned perfectly. Recoil was noticeably less than the CW45, although it still exhibited some degree of what I would call "trigger guard slap."

Dear Santa, I haven't asked for anything from you in a long time, mainly because my life is pretty good and I don't really need anything. This year, though, I'd really like for my wish to come true. Please prevent new AR-15 manufacturers from starting up. I know it's a terribly anti-free-market thing to wish for, but I'm getting really tired of all the new AR-15 companies out there. It was hard enough when we only had a few dozen to choose from - now, everyone with an LLC and… Read More

I must be out of my mind. I had a good streak going - no firearms purchases since September 2010. However, all good things must come to an end, and the vehicle of my no-buying-streak's destruction is a Ruger SR9. I don't know that I would ever have bought one of these, but the price was right, and it was brand new. On second thought, since I haven't paid for it yet (but have had it transferred to me), if I buy (transfer and pay for) another pistol before I… Read More

Hey, look! The first Vuurwapen Blog video in over a month! This is a short video that is not meant to discuss all aspects of firearms or accessories for home defense. It is a test vehicle for a new format that I have been developing. This format requires significantly less time to produce than previous formats. Please let me know what you think of it.

Because I was sent a few different handguards by Rainier Arms recently, I needed to disassemble and reassemble a few upper receiver assemblies. One of those was the 5.45x39 upper sent to me by Spike's Tactical last year. It's seen crate after crate of corrosive surplus ammunition, and has never been properly cleaned. Coincidentally, I had just received a CAT M4 bolt scraper tool from Rainier, and thought I'd see how much carbon it would remove - there will be a separate post on that. But the topic of this… Read More

Earlier this year, I wrote a short article on how to choose the right concealed carry handgun. I've now turned it in to a video on choosing the right concealed carry handgun - an extremely lengthy one, by my standards - for your viewing enjoyment. I know that most of the people who read my blog regularly are experienced when it comes to firearms, because I'm consistently impressed with the quality of the comments I see, but perhaps it'll be useful to the friends or relatives of my regular readers.… Read More

Check out my rundown of the Vz-58 vs the AK-47, shot in the CZ Collection Room in Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic earlier this year. It was posted over on The Firearm Blog, but due to a scheduling error, it was buried back in August's posts. As we were shooting this video, an older gentleman - who turned out to be our tour guide, as up until that point we'd been with the president of CZ-USA - came into the room. He saw my spiel about the Vz-58 and was pretty… Read More

Rainier Arms has provided a Centurion Arms midlength extended rail system for T&E. Even when barrel nuts are considered, it has roughly the "length to weight ratio" of a Daniel Defense Lite Rail (this one is 12.4oz, compared to a DD 12.0 FSPM at 13.6oz). Plus, it offers rotation limited QD sockets. Although the current trend seems to be toward handguards that only have a top rail, the Centurion rail is different enough to warrant some attention. So far, I've only photographed and examined it, but it'll go on a… Read More