There are plenty of motivating reasons to purchase a safe. The most common is to protect guns against theft. Other reasons include protecting favorite guns and heirlooms from fire, keeping them out of the reach of untrained children and possible legal implications if reasonable effort is not made to prevent them from being stolen. In other words, as absurd as it sounds, some states and cities will hold you both civilly and criminally accountable if your guns are stolen and then used in a crime – in spite of you being the victim. ...Read More >

Have you ever had thrust upon you, a gun you didn’t really want? It seems kind of dumb to complain about getting a free gun in a complex capitalist culture, so I’m not really complaining. Yet, I wonder how often it happens to others and I suspect there may be true gypsy guns in the world that will pass from hand-to-hand until the sun goes nova because nobody really wants them and whoever heard of throwing away a gun? ...Read More >

Many rifle fans demand their guns to be in near-new condition. Lesser riflefolk aren’t so particular. We regularly repair overused rifles in order to have a new toy to play with. Yes, I and all the shooters I know play with our firearms, spending many happy hours studying, rebuilding and reshooting. It is truly sad that there are so many unhappy and ignorant people working day and night to end our fun. ...Read More >

Fans of Lucid Optics specifically, or prismatic optics in general, might be familiar with Lucid’s proven P7 Prismatic Combat Optic. When the company set out to refine the P7, there was so much new technology and features that were introduced, the company simply renamed it. The P8 was the result, an optic built around asymmetric lenses using a mixture of polymer and Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) glass, including improved multi-coatings, top-drawer, phase-corrected silver coated prisms and an upgraded reticle. The P8 is a fixed-power prismatic 4x optic providing impressively clear viewing in a surprisingly lightweight and compact package that includes a workingman’s price ($599.99 – usually lower on the open market). ...Read More >