One of the most talked about new products of SHOT Show 2022 is Federal Premium’s new self-defense cartridge called 30 Super Carry. What is the 30 Super Carry? The 30 Super Carry is a 31 caliber self-defense cartridge designed to work in semi-automatic firearms. The slimmer cartridge profile allows the defender to carry more ammo […]
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Pistol Training for Self Defense-Phase 3
In my last post I discussed pistol training for self-defense-Phase 2. In this, the last of a three-part series let’s move up the scale of training to Phase-3. Understand, this is a baseline formula for teaching progressive skills to students who are serious about dedicated pistol training. It may not be everyone’s approach, but it has […]
Defender’s Gun Jams After First Shot
Yesterday I shared an article that was a defensive gun use. The accompanying video is excellent in more ways than one. You can see the moment the defender pulled his gun and fired the shot. From the other angle you can see the bullet impacting the glass as it whizzes right past the alleged robber’s […]
Ohio Gas Station Owner Shoots At Armed Robber
Mount Sterling, Ohio – The owner of a local gas station pulled his sidearm and fired a single shot in the direction of an armed robber, narrowly missing him. Raj Patel has owned and operated the Mount Sterling BP gas station and store for the past 23 years, and on January 10, 2022 he was […]
Does My Self-Defense Gun Need A Safety?
I saw a question posted recently in a Facebook gun group that caught my eye, mainly because it’s not a topic we’ve covered on this blog before. The question was something like this: How many of you have a manual safety on your carry gun? If so, why? I’ll attempt to answer this question in […]
The Year of The Hi Power
2022 is shaping up to be quite the year for the gun industry at large. So far there have been some tremendous releases from S&W to Taurus and everyone else in between. There have also been several new gun manufactures that nobody has ever heard of before enter the market, as well as old makers […]
BRG9 First Impressions
There were quite a few new guns this year at SHOT Show 2022. While this is usually the time when guns are released, I was surprised at just how many of them actually came out. I was surprised at the number because there just wasn’t really a huge turnout for the conference this year. Several […]
Pistol Training for Self-Defense-Phase 1
Today people are rushing to obtain their concealed carry license and purchase firearms. Concerns over the changing political climate, the right of self-defense, and gun ownership are at least in part responsible for the drive towards concealed carry and new gun ownership. This article will be the first in a three-part series of a step-by-step […]
Federal Premium’s New 30 Super Carry Self-Defense Cartridge
Just two weeks before the most anticipated gun industry show of the year, which didn’t take place last year, Federal Premium announced a new self-defense cartridge called the 30 Super Carry. The 30 Super Carry is a new handgun cartridge meant to bridge the gap between the 9mm Luger and the 380 ACP’s effectiveness. The […]
What is a Derringer Gun?
One of our main priorities here at Gunner’s Den is education. And one of our main tracts of education is ballistics studies. We do a lot more ammo education than the guns themselves, but it’s a goal of mine to begin focusing more on the guns. So we like to talk about all manners of […]
