Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Tactical Pistol Shooting Book

By mikecentola | Published: December 29, 2009
I recently picked up this book to get me by through the long nights when our newborn cannot sleep, and found myself not being able to put it down! The book is Tactical Pistol Shooting by Erik Lawrence. Despite some simple editing errors in the book, it was very informative, had accurate and helpful pictures, [...]
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Emerson La Griffe neck knife review by Chris Fry of MDTS Training

By darkvibe | Published: December 9, 2009
Last fall I was admiring knives at the Rochester gun show when I ran across this small knife.  I passed on it so I could do a little research on the internet having never owned an Emerson knife before.   It got a lot of praise so I decided to pick it up the next day.  [...]
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Cylinder and Slide Ambidextrous Magazine Release

By darkvibe | Published: September 2, 2009
I’ve always liked shooting single action pistols but when it came to anything beyond target shooting the magazine release became an issue.  As a left handed shooter it is difficult to become effective with most 1911s and the Browning Hi-Powers because they are set up for a right handed shooter with the magazine release [...]
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Review: GSG-5 .22LR

By mikecentola | Published: December 9, 2008
I recently had the opportunity to review the GSG-5 from German Sport Guns, because when I saw it, I just had to go out and buy one! The GSG-5 is chambered in .22LR, and looks mistakingly like an MP5. The version we are allowed to have in New York State is the GSG-5 L, which [...]
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Tactical Rifle Training with LMI Inc.

By mikecentola | Published: December 2, 2008
With the boom of the AR-15 in popularity amongst firearms enthusiasts, many people have little to no training in how to use such a firearm in a tactical situation. I have always been interested in tactical training not only because of the cool factor, but it can benefit my shooting, and hone my skills for [...]
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When Zombies Attack…

By mikecentola | Published: June 24, 2008
This past Sunday, I was invited out to Canandaigua Sportsmen’s Club to do some tactical shooting with Ron Lauinger of LMI, Inc. When I arrived there, Ron was already stapling various zombie targets to stands, and he said we would be hunting zombies today! I was already excited. After chit-chatting with Ron for a while, I [...]
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