Brad Fitzpatrick

1 week ago | gundogmag.com | Brad Fitzpatrick

Turkish guns have become popular in the States over the last couple decades, primarily because they are affordable. But not all Turkish firearm factories provide products of equal quality. Some Turkish import guns are plain cheap. Others, like the Spandau Premier Field, offer good quality at an attractive price point. Boxlock over/under actions have been around for over a century, and there’s no secret recipe on how to build these guns.

3 weeks ago | tailscale.com | Brad Fitzpatrick

Blog|insightsApril 02, 2025It’s been said that nothing helps land a joke like explaining it, so here we are to explain yesterday’s Tailscale Plan 9 announcement, even at the risk of killing the joke. But really, if we had to kill a joke by explaining it, there’s no better type of joke to kill than a corporate April Fools’ Day post. They’re admittedly pretty terrible in general. I’m of the opinion that if you’re going to do such a joke, you better put some effort into it; it should actually work.

3 weeks ago | gunsandammo.com | Brad Fitzpatrick

It’s hard to place Kimber’s new CDS9 in a box. Its 1911 heritage is obvious, both in ergonomics and features. The CDS9 is a compact single-action, hammer-fired pistol with a short (3.18-inch) barrel, which would lead many to say it’s an officer-style 1911. But that’s not true, or at least that’s not the entire story.

1 month ago | handgunsmag.com | Brad Fitzpatrick

Humans rely heavily on our sense of sight to navigate the world, and it is our reliance on vision that makes adding a light to your firearm such a smart decision. Texas-based Nightstick (nightstick.com) offers a full range of lights that blend threat-stopping illumination with long battery life and simple operation. The company’s pistol-mounted lights are available with outputs ranging from 150 to 1,200 lumens, and some models have green lasers.

1 month ago | petersenshunting.com | Brad Fitzpatrick

There’s been a revolution in shotshell ammunition over the last decade. Modern high-density pellets like TSS are 56% denser than traditional lead pellets, and this offers hunters a number of worthwhile advantages. For starters, smaller TSS pellets weigh the same as larger lead pellets, and because the pellets are smaller, they penetrate more efficiently, and you can pack more pellets in a single shotshell load.