In this guide, The Noob walks you through the basic process of how to draw from a holster and talks a little on why developing muscle memory is important. Also...check out the new opening!
What's the deal with M
OLLE gear?
Recently MOLLE has become to tactical fashion what modular rails are to AR15s. They're everywhere. Vests, holsters, body armor, sheathes, bags, tactical tomahawks, and a Christmas stocking that makes me weep for humanity. You might have some and not even know it. Take a look at that "tacticool" rifle case you bought for your AR15. Does it have a bunch of nylon loops sewn into it about an inch-and-a-half wide? Congratulations, you have a place to strap frag pouches.
MOLLE stands for MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment, and you pronounce it like the girl's name, "Molly." Basically, it's a series of rows of heavy-duty nylon sewn into bags, tactical vests and body armor, and it allows a person to customize where they attach and store their gear. So, for instance, if you're a left-hander, you want your magazines stowed somewhere near your right hand. You just loop the straps of your mag pouches through the loops on the right side your vest and voila, convenience!
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I’m going to address this one to the fellas, just because I don’t normally see women behaving this way. It really goes for everyone though..
Before I begin, I want to say that this has nothing to do with safety rules, which we should all police each other on all the time. Hurt feelings or not, safety is paramount.
I want to tell you guys something that your girl wants to tell you, but holds back out of worry for hurting your feelings. I think it goes a little something like this:
“I really like going to the range with you. Shooting is really fun and it’s nice to have an activity we can enjoy together. But your unceasing, unsolicited critique of every detail of my shooting is annoying the bejesus out of me. If you don’t stop talking I’m going to have to pistol-whip you. Hush your face. Kthanksbye”.
Now dudes, don’t take this too hard.
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Recently, an 84-year-old Korean War veteran was awakened by the sound of someone trying to break into his home. Fred Ricciutti, pulled a handgun from a nearby drawer and yelled a challenge. When the man standing in his kitchen door didn’t respond, Ricciutti fired, shooting through the kitchen and storm doors and wounding the would-be intruder, prompting him to flee. The alleged intruder, Raymond Hiles, was arrested a few blocks away with a screwdriver, a stun gun and a 9mm hole in the back of his neck. It’s very possible that Ricciutti’s use of his firearm saved him and his ailing wife from a tragedy.
So what gun did this vet use to respond to this invasion of his home? M&P Shield? Ruger LC9? Beretta Storm? Would you believe it was a 65-year-old relic from World War II? A German Luger 9mm that last saw action when a German flag was flying over Paris?
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I was originally trying to do a fun list of the “Top 10 Fictional Guns We Wish Were Real”. After over a month of pouring through many guns from many movies, I gave up. As the great Frank Bama once said “indecision may or may not be my problem”. There were just so many awesome guns out there in the fictional world that I couldn’t narrow it down to ten and I’m admittedly too lazy to do a top 100.
There was, however, one thought that resonated through the dark depths of my geeky skull throughout my whole attempt to quantify and arrange these fantasy weapons: Companies could attract a lot more customers if they started making guns that look like the ones from video games and movies.
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Rebecca gives us her first video for GunNoob! In this video, she talks about defensive carry options for women.
-Don't form opinions about things you've never tried based on what other people say. Be brave enough to do the research yourself to formulate your own well informed views. You might think you know that guns are scary and they KILL people, but think about how you know that before you espouse it as the ultimate truth.
-Let go of the things you think you know about yourself. They can all change at any moment, given the right circumstances. Be open to learning new skills and remaking your own self-image. You will end up having some extremely enriching experiences.
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When I'm not blogging about guns, I'm a computer geek. I essentially work two jobs: a programmer and network administrator. I only started shooting about 6 years ago. When I saw that there was an IT guy who has only been shooting for a couple of years on this season of History's Top Shot, I knew immediately who I was going to cheer for. Here is a self-taught, geek that's going up against well trained powerhouses. You want to talk about an underdog, Chris is it. That underdog had some teeth, however, because as of last night, Chris Cheng took the title!
He has shown throughout this competition that he has an almost uncanny instinct for shooting. He has been able to adapt to any situation they've thrown at him and come out on top. We here at Gun Noob would like to congratulate Chris for his amazing accomplishment!
(We do wonder what the budget for his department will be next year now that they know how good he is with a gun!)
Gun blogger and Shooting Illustrated writer Bob Owens takes Senior Editor for The Atlantic, Robert Wright, to task over an article Wright published entitled “George Zimmerman’s Ammunition.” Wright apparently takes issue with the fact that Zimmerman’s gun was loaded with hollow-point bullets, remarking, “You don't need hollow-point bullets to stop a pit bull. And you don't need hollow-point bullets to stop a robber.”
The ignorance Wright packs into two paragraphs awes me, and Owens does a great job of eviscerating him over it. Check it out.
TJ
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There was a scene in the Bruce Lee film “Enter The Dragon” that comes to mind. Some big, mean-looking bad guy was trying to intimidate Bruce’s character. He held up a piece of wood and easily smashed it with his other hand. Bruce just shrugged him off and said “boards don’t hit back.” As I think back to the numerous holes I’ve put in all manner of silhouettes printed on paper, the striking reality of it all comes into an obvious but often ignored cognizance: paper targets don’t shoot back
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