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Crossbreed SuperTuck Deluxe Holster

by Tom April 5, 2012 My Gun Culture

This holster is my soulmate, but don’t tell my wife. I might even get one bronzed like my old baby shoes. The large leather backpanel stabilizes your gun, distributes the pressure over a broad area, and provides a large shield between your gun and bare skin. The Kydex sheath is thin which helps with concealment. [...]

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Soup It Up For Soldiers: You Can Get The Ultimate Ruger 10/22 and Benefit Project Valour-IT

by Tom April 4, 2012 My Gun Culture

We’re going to have some fun, learn some things about home gunsmithing, melt the phone lines to the the Brownells GunTech Team, and hopefully not butcher a perfectly good Ruger 10/22 Carbine in the process. And all for a great cause. At SHOT Show 2012, we got to talking to GunTech Team Leader Dave Bennetts. [...]

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GAMO Platinum Raptor Power Pellets

by Tom April 4, 2012 My Gun Culture

Here’s a fun way to increase the effectiveness of rodent control, or just doing silly stuff like shooting eggs. The GAMO Platinum Raptor Power Pellet promises to reach 30% higher velocity out of most air guns as compared to standard lead pellets. In our review a while back, we got out the Shooting Chrony and [...]

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Crimson Trace Lasergrips For Glock Full Size and Compact Models

by Tom April 4, 2012 My Gun Culture

In our review of the Crimson Trace LG-417 Lasergrips we found these to be a 4 Nun product. Super easy to install and use. Like most other Crimson Trace Lasergrip products, this model features instinctive activation – meaning grab your gun and the laser turns on. In this case, the activation switch is on the [...]

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How To Stare A Bull Elk Into Your Freezer: Our Interview With Huntress Mia Anstine

by Tom March 30, 2012 My Gun Culture

Today we have the pleasure of interviewing not just an interesting “gun person” but an exceptionally busy one as well. Meet Mia Anstine – Professional hunting guide at Wolf Creek Outfitters, blogger, Womens Outdoor News contributor, mentor, coach, soon-to-be-official shooting instructor, mom, wife, TenPoint Crossbows pro-staffer, Prois Hunting Apparel representative, and author of “Mia and [...]

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Top 13 Reasons NOT to Join the NRA

by Tom March 28, 2012 My Gun Culture

People who play with guns have all sorts of reasons for not joining the NRA. I forgot. My dog ate my computer. My dog peed on my computer. I am a member – I sent them $10 27 years ago. I bought a used gun, so I’m automatically a member. Isn’t it part of my [...]

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Forster Case Trimmer

by Tom March 28, 2012 My Gun Culture

Sometimes the traditional, classic method is the best. We picked up a Forster Case Trimmer about a year ago for light to moderate volume case trimming chores. And we couldn’t be happier with it. Here are some of the primary features in the Paupers English: Holes in the base allow easy mounting to a table [...]

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ESS Crossbow Eyeshields

by Tom March 28, 2012 My Gun Culture

We did a full review on these a while back and were suitably impressed. In fact, we gave them our 4 Nun rating. Apparently, you can even get shot in the face with while wearing them. Although we wouldn’t recommend that. We like the interchangeable lenses, the lens locking mechanism and the comfort, but most [...]

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Top 5 Ways To Teach A Successful Concealed Carry Class

by Tom March 26, 2012 My Gun Culture

Having acquired concealed carry permits from two different states over the past so many years, and forgetting to renew a license in one of them, we’ve been subjected to three different state-mandated concealed carry classes. Actually, ‘sentenced’ is probably a more accurate descriptor than ‘subjected.’ State mandated classes are always high-quality because legislators have arbitrarily [...]

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Swamp Thing: The Emergence – ZCORR Storage Bag Torture Test Results

by Tom March 26, 2012 My Gun Culture

A long time ago, in a swamp far, far away, we buried a ZCORR Zero Corrosion Products Vacuum Pistol Bag. When we originally buried the ultimate survival kit, the water table was normal, and the bag and its contents were buried about 2 feet deep in damp swamp mud. Did we say swamp? Sorry, we [...]

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TruGlo TFO Fiber Optic / Tritium Handgun Sights

by Tom March 26, 2012 My Gun Culture

This is hands down the best set of handgun sights that we’ve ever tried. The TruGlo TFO sights are intended to work equally well in light and dark conditions. Fiber optic channels on both front and rear sights allow lots of light in from the top that make these sights literally glow in daylight conditions. [...]

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Galco Ankle Glove Holster

by Tom March 26, 2012 My Gun Culture

It pays to buy quality. We’re about to publish a full review on this model as we’ve been using it regularly for about 3 months now. The sneak preview commentary is that this is one well constructed holster. The entire band is made of a thick neoprene type material that’s approximately 1/4” thick. Not only [...]

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Shoot! Your Guide to Shooting and Competition by Julie Golob

by Tom March 22, 2012 My Gun Culture

Three guesses as to who wrote this book. Here are a few hints: She roasts her own coffee. We’re still waiting for her to send us some of her famous “Powder Burn in Major Power Factor” roast… Rumor has it that she uses a fembot body double to help master her busy schedule She has [...]

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Speer Gold Dot 9mm +P Bonded Hollow Points

by Tom March 22, 2012 My Gun Culture

With all the ammo testing we do here, we keep coming back to Speer Gold Dots. Is it the newest? No. Does it contain exotic metals called something-illium? No. Does it play tricks with hyper-velocity? No. It just works. We find it expands reliably after penetrating all sorts of barriers. Just as importantly, the 124 [...]

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Review: Buffalo Bore 9mm +P+ 95 grain Barnes TAC-XP

by Tom March 21, 2012 My Gun Culture

They say you can blow up a tank with a marshmallow if you can get it moving fast enough. While we’re still waiting on a civilian legal marshmallow rail gun, we’re taking a baby step in that direction by testing this load. With all the shooting of random things we’ve done over the years, we’ve [...]

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CorBon 9mm +P 115 grain JHP

by Tom March 21, 2012 My Gun Culture

The CorBon 9mm +P 115 grain load advertises extra punch and by our experience – delivers. Factory rated at 1,350 feet per second, we clocked it at an average of 1,301 feet per second, 15 feet from the muzzle, out of a Glock 17 Gen 4. We’ve also found expansion to be excellent through a [...]

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Do You Make These 5 Range Mistakes?

by Tom March 20, 2012 My Gun Culture

Spoiler Alert: One of these 5 range mistakes involves the Hokey Pokey. We do a lot of our testing and recreational shooting at a public range, located in an unnamed and top-secret national forest. You can assume that it borders the Area 51 Dreamland property if you like. While the state maintains the facility, it [...]

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Let There Be Light!

by Tom March 15, 2012 My Gun Culture

Review: Crimson Trace Lightguard www.crimsontrace.com Suggested Retail Price: $149.00 Find the Crimson Trace Lightguard at Amazon.com The Good The Bad The Ugly Our Rating The Crimson Trace instinctive activation feature is outstanding on this unit. No levers or stretching of the digits – it just gets turned on easily. Like Tiger Woods. While easy to [...]

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Will Your Short Barrel 9mm Penetrate Heavy Clothing?

by Tom March 14, 2012 My Gun Culture

Of course, penetration is only part of the battle. Will your 9mm ammo actually expand after penetrating heavy clothing? On this episode of Will It Expand, we aim to find out! As we couldn’t find any heavily dressed bad guy volunteers, we resurrected the boots, stuffed them full of old shirts, and placed them in [...]

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Win a FREE BSA 180 Lumen Tactical Weapon Light!

by Tom March 13, 2012 My Gun Culture

Check out our Facebook page for your chance to win a free BSA Optics TW180LED combination tactical flashlight and weapon mounted light with remote activation switch. Just enter on our Facebook Page here. For 3 extra free entries, refer to a friend after you enter! For more details on this BSA Optics Tactical Light, check [...]

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Review: BSA 180 Lumen Tactical Weapon Light

by Tom March 13, 2012 My Gun Culture

The BSA TW180LED Tactical Weapon Light is a nifty little piece of gear. At a direct price of $79.95 it’s budget friendly but packs a number of features. Boxed in a sturdy zipper case, it includes all the components you need to use this as either a stand alone light or a rail mounted system [...]

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Will it Expand? Hornady Critical Defense vs. Flour

by Tom March 12, 2012 My Gun Culture

Why? Umm. Because we can? In this episode, we test Hornady Critical Defense ammunition against what is arguably the cloggiest stuff known to hollowpoints – flour. Stick with us, you never know when you might run into a real-world shootout in a bakery. Or something. Being that we expected flour to be a tough customer, [...]

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I’m A (Drunk) Security Officer!

by Tom March 10, 2012 My Gun Culture

Several days ago, the My Gun Culture team was at an undisclosed outdoor range doing some testing for our Will It Expand series. It was a quiet day with a family with kids and a couple of friends at the other end of the shooting line. While quietly going out our important business of shooting [...]

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Review: Gargoyles Striker Protective Glasses – Safety with Style

by Tom March 9, 2012 My Gun Culture

Suggested Retail Price: $75.00 to $110.00 www.gargoyleseyewear.com The Good These are really crossover shooting glasses. They offer ballistic protection without looking like range gear. The Bad The fit is very close to my face and there can be a touch of fogging on hot and humid days. The Ugly We don’t look nearly as menacing [...]

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Will It Expand? Hornady Critical Defense vs. Grape Jelly

by Tom March 7, 2012 My Gun Culture

All y’all have some pretty weird suggestions for our semi-serious ammo testing. Here we are, trying to be all scientific, and you keep sending suggestions for silly random things to shoot. Like you really might find yourself in a situation where you have to shoot through a large glass jar of grape jelly to protect [...]

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Mighty Mouse

by Tom March 6, 2012 My Gun Culture
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Hawke Optics Sidewinder Tactical Scope – A Video Tour

by Tom March 5, 2012 My Gun Culture

A nice scope for the money!

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Exotic Dancing, Narco Trafficking and the .45ACP Gospel – Our Talk With Black Man With a Gun

by Tom March 3, 2012 My Gun Culture

The best thing about putzing about the gun and shooting industry, and I do mean putzing, is the variety of interesting people I get to meet. One of those is the Reverend Kenn Blanchard, known online and in Homeland Security response strategy meetings as Black Man With A Gun. I met Kenn for the first [...]

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Nightstand Perfection? Glock + Crimson Trace squared

by Tom March 2, 2012 My Gun Culture

The stars aligned, it was a slow day on cable and there was not another Presidential Debate scheduled for 18 more minutes. In short, we were bored and started tinkering. Coincidentally at this particular time we found ourselves reviewing a Glock 17 Gen IV, Crimson Trace Lightguard, and Crimson Trace LG-850 Lasergrips. That moment of [...]

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Swamp Thing: The Immersion – A ZCORR Storage Story…

by Tom February 29, 2012 My Gun Culture

Some time ago, Jason from ZCORR Zero Corrosion Products left a comment on MyGunCulture.com. Something about his corrosion-proof storage bags for guns, ammo, supplies – most anything one might need to keep intact and rust-free for long periods of time in, let’s say, less than ideal storage conditions. We (pridefully) told Jason that if we [...]

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Hornady Critical Defense vs. SPAM (and Spam Juice)

by Tom February 26, 2012 My Gun Culture

Welcome back to our continuing series where we subject Hornady Critical Defense and Critical Duty ammo to all sorts of abusive and at times, ridiculous, tests. You see, it’s supposed to expand every time. And we’re going to find out if it does. Our reader suggestion for this episode is… Spam. Yes, the simulated meat [...]

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London Olympic Games to Debut Origami Pistol Competition

by Tom February 17, 2012 My Gun Culture

In a surprise announcement today the London 2012 Olympic Committee has reached a compromise on accommodation of the fifteen scheduled shooting competitions at this summers’ games. “Our panties have been in a wad like you wouldn’t believe” complained Neville Wiltchamberlain, Minister of Irrational Worrywarting. “We thought it would be awesome to have the Olympics here [...]

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Review: Crimson Trace Lasergrips for Glock Full Size and Compact Gen 3 LG-417

by Tom February 15, 2012 My Gun Culture

Beam me Scotty… Suggested Retail Price: $339.00 www.crimsontrace.com The Good Love, love, love that the newer model Lasergrips for Glocks have a positive on/off switch for the laser. The Bad Given the solid molded grip design of the Gen 3 Glocks, it will add a bit of circumference to your grip. The Ugly There are [...]

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Will Hornady Critical Defense Ammo Expand in Rocks?

by Tom February 13, 2012 My Gun Culture

We’ve had great success getting Hornady’s Critical Defense ammo to expand after passing through all sorts of crazy things – plastic, old garage rags, honey bears, Wal-Mart house brand grape jelly, spam, flour, e-mail, leather boots, canned vegetables, and more. So we figured it’s time for the ultimate test. Rocks. Rocks are hard and as [...]

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Corn Guns, Dentures, and Parrots: A Chat with Brownells Tech Team Leader Dave Bennetts

by Tom February 13, 2012 My Gun Culture

Today’s featured “interesting gun person” is Dave Bennetts, who leads the world-famous Brownells Gun Tech Team. In between helping us regular folks reassemble guns that we’ve, umm, fixed, helping customers find the right accessories and parts, and providing generally helpful advice, they produce an extensive library of videos. No, not that kind! We’re talking about [...]

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