Patrick Sweeney

3 days ago | gundigest.com | Patrick Sweeney

Knives are hazardous … and dull knives are particularly hazardous because you have to use more force to cut, and that means any error can lead to gashes. The solution? DMT, the maker of diamond-sharpening tools, has a pocket-sized sharpener so compact that you might lose it in your gear bag or toolbag: the Glide-Pro. It has four angled pull-through sharpeners, a carbide and ceramic 20-degree, and a carbide and ceramic 30-degree sharpener.

1 week ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. There was a time when you could ask any question about suppressors, well almost any, and the answer would be “Doc Dater.” Or “Ask Doc Dater.” Well, the chance to ask has passed, as Philip Dater passed away while we were all hiking the aisles of the SHOT show.

3 weeks ago | gundigest.com | Patrick Sweeney

Owning and shooting an AR-15 pistol, or SBR, is fun. Well, it starts out fun, but the muzzle blast gets to be a bit much after a short while. Indoors, it’s even worse. And, if you happen to be working in a team environment … well, others will grow to hate you. Quickly. I’ve even heard of SWAT team members being retired with medical disability due to the muzzle blast of an SBR too close to them. What do you do? The “easy” answer is to put a suppressor on it. But that isn’t always an option.

1 month ago | gundigest.com | Patrick Sweeney

If you really want to put the hurt on something, like a big critter, a 12-gauge slug does that. And here I will be speaking only of the 12-gauge variety, because while the 20 can come close, the rest … meh. The 16-gauge is so rare that it might not even exist, and 28 and .410 slugs are pointless. First, what’s a slug? Simply put: a single projectile, not a payload of shot or buckshot. And the shotgun slug goes back a long way.

1 month ago | gundigest.com | Patrick Sweeney

Before we get to making mockery of those who insist on “the best trigger possible” in a firearm to be used for defense, we need to lay out the parameters of just what it is we’re talking about. In truth, most triggers are good enough. Most, even those that are deemed “beyond hope” by the cognoscenti will actually do the job when required. But “good enough” is a small comfort. And this is, after all, America … where we have choices. You just want to be careful what you choose.