Wicked grips and a journey with an old friend

Benjamin Franklin once made a comic with a snake separated into segments with a simple caption, “Join or Die.” I learned about this in Social Studies and it always stuck with me. When I had to option to choose a set of grips for my Wicked Grips review I spotted the Join or Die grips and I […]

Sig Sauer announces ‘voluntary upgrade’ program to fix P320 drop-fire issue

Sig Sauer dominated the headlines earlier this year when it was announced that they had secured a contract with the U.S. Army to make their new modular pistol system, the P320, the standard issue service pistol branch wide.  Other contracts with law enforcement soon followed suit, and with good reason.  The pistol has received good […]

Elite Tactical Systems | Just another Glock mag?

Is the Glock magazine from Elite Tactical Systems just another polymer mag? Not really. The ETS magazine has a few features not found on the run-of-the-mill options out there. Instead of using a black polymer like Glock and Magpul, ETS uses a smoked transparent polymer allowing the user to quickly visualize the status of the […]

Watch: 1st Marine Division Reconnaissance Battalion | Weapon Transitions

Marines with Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct a close quarter tactics course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 2, 2016. The course is part of the pre-deployment training for the upcoming tour with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Eastern Pacific. Featured image courtesy of marines.mil This article is […]

Minimalist Glock cleaning kit

Over the course of time I have settled on a no-bullshit small minimalist cleaning/maintenance kit for my Glock that goes into my range bag. This small kit is the result of my military service, many years of going to my local range and attending shooting courses. This kit contains everything I need and nothing I don’t. I can […]

The Glock 19 in the hands of Navy SEALs

Naval Special Warfare Command made the decision to add the Glock 19 to the available inventory of the SEAL Teams a little over a year ago. They will slowly begin to phase out the Sig Sauer P226 and replace those with the Glock 19 platform. There is nothing wrong with the Sig Sauer P226. It has […]

ST9 From T R Imports: Feature Rich Duty Gun

After the announcement and fall out of the Army’s Modular Handgun Competition we’ve been distracted by all the headlines.  From the new products that flew under the radar like the FN 509 to Glock’s incredible ability to not change much but call it new gun news has been busy since January’s announcement.  Meanwhile, in the […]

Colored guns… fashion or hazard ?

There is a growing trend in firearms that is on display in almost any firearms or prepping magazine on the newsstands and that what I refer to as “colored guns syndrome.” More and more people are using products like Cerakote or Duracote to essentially paint their guns, sometimes to use it as camouflage for hunting […]

Watch: The Safariland 6354 DO | One of the best tactical holsters available

There are thousands of holsters out there. A small percentage of these holsters have proven themselves in extraordinary scenarios. The Safariland 6354 DO is quite possibly one of the best on the market for an optic equipped handgun. In the following video I go over some of the features of the Safariland 6354 and talk […]

Range etiquette : A beginner’s guide

Range Etiquette 101, it sounds so very basic but sometimes people forget things like I did this past weekend so we here at The Arms Guide though it would be a good time to write a refresher course. The topic can be as simple or difficult as someone wants it to be, and that is […]

Active shooter response: The reality

Lately there have been people who get their hands on guns and proceed to kill innocent people for political or personal reasons. This is a huge threat today with the rise of Islamic extremism and radical beliefs both foreign and domestically. People in general still don’t grasp the reality that no place is safe from […]