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PTOOMA Complete Reference Guide to The GLOCK Fourth Edition

OK, a lot of you guys are waiting for the New Fourth Edition of PTOOMA’s (Lone Wolf) Complete Glock Reference Guide.  Over on my site GlockBooks.com, I have a LONG back order list.  You guys have been so patient!  Because of my personal attention and relationship with the authors, you guys who order on GlockBooks.com [...]

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Tenifer is the Ultimate Firearm Treatment Process and Highly Hazardous to the Environment! Or Is It?? GLOCK wants you to think so.

We’ve all heard the stories that GLOCK’s miraculous metal finish is impervious to any corrosive agent.  It’s so strong that it’s actually illegal in the United States!  Or so the story goes! Here are the facts: After some research, I found that one German company owns the various trademarks (Tenifer, Melonite and Tufftride) to a [...]

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Flat Dark Earth GLOCK Society or Earth Day for Glock Shooters?

For those Glock Shooters who believe the Earth is flat, Lipsey’s is offering GLOCKs in Flat Dark Earth, a greenish brown.  While it kinda acts as camouflage to match your BDUs, I think its real utility is to mask dirt ON your Glock, so you don’t have to throw it in the dishwasher as often.  Lipsey’s [...]

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Poor Glock Gen4! Nobody Likes ‘Em. Maybe It’s the “New Coke” of Guns.

Some of you will remember an episode in American culture in the mid-1980s when Coca-Cola introduced “New Coke.”  Falling in market share against Pepsi, Coke executives had the brilliant idea to almost literally shoot themselves and the whole company in the collective foot.  Based on secret taste tests, the decades-old formula of Coca-Cola was modified [...]

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Robert Boatman was a Glock-Toting Badass. And He Was My Father.

My dad was a badass.  An old-school badass.  He could back it up.  He’d seen the freakin’ elephant and he’d taken it out with his bare hands. He didn’t often talk big, but when he did, you knew you had to take him seriously.  One topic he talked big on was what the world has [...]

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Brief Glock History: Timeline of Innovation

Many Glock Shooters are interested in a brief history of the company.  On the Ammoland website, there is one.  Since they used a photo of mine, I can only guess that they also acquired the history from some other source, but it is concise and accurate, if a bit dated. UPDATE: AmmoLand is awesome:  Here’s [...]

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“Psychological Stopping Power” is half the battle in the Caliber Wars, but you also need Physical Stopping Power

The truths of handgun “Stopping Power” have been debated ever since there were handguns.  Today it seems every shooter, CCWer and gun manufacture is looking for or selling the ultimate ‘man stopper’ caliber.  It’s hardly ever based on facts though.  The arguments are fueled by what seems right or what your father shot.  It’s either [...]

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Damn it! Missed another ENDO Give-Away. Subscribe NOW. StrikeMark Camera Glock Mount Free Contest Event Thing

The ENDO Gun Blog is a booster shot of awesome to get you through the day.  The guy has a great sense of humor and is totally BS-Proof.  If you’re tired of poser operators and wannabe thugs and you can’t get enough of tactical light-heartedness like FPS Russia and Freddie Wong, check out ENDO.  Plus, he’s a [...]

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GLOCK Gen4 Modular Backstrap System at the 2012 SHOT Show

At the 2012 SHOT Show, I asked Dave Mallery to give us the low-down on the GLOCK Gen4 backstrap system. We learn that straight out of the box, the new Gen4s have a reduction in the length of pull of 1/8th of an inch.  Length of pull on a pistol is the measurement from the [...]

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Last Word on GLOCK Gen4 Recoil Spring Assembly Recall and Free Replacement

To some this is old news, but now that the dust has settled and the Gen4 GLOCKs are all running as smooth as the Gen3 ever did, I’m posting this so you can check your spring.  This only applies to Gen4 GLOCKs and really only to those shipped from the factory through July 2011.  If [...]

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