AREA338 News

When people think about firearms for self-defense in the home, the conversation often centers around handguns, shotguns, or modern sporting rifles. All of those...

One of the most interesting things about firearms training is how quickly improvement happens in the beginning. A new shooter can make remarkable progress in a ...

Spend enough time around firearms, self-defense conversations, or even social media, and eventually you’ll hear someone say it: “I’d just shoot him.” It...

You survived the encounter. Now comes the part most people are not prepared for — the aftermath. The adrenaline dump, the guilt, the reality of what just happ...

If you’ve been around firearms for more than a few years, you’ve seen the cycle before. Something happens in the world—an election, a new regulation propo...

Every few years, Glock tweaks the formula. And every few years, shooters ask the same question: “Is it actually better… or just new?” The Gen 6 models hav...

Let’s get uncomfortable for a minute. If you’re going to carry a firearm for personal defense, “I passed my CCW class” is not a standard. That’s paper...

When people think about improving with firearms, they usually think about accuracy. Tighter groups. Better scores. Hitting the bullseye more consistently. That�...

If you shoot regularly and don’t own a .22-caliber version of your primary firearm, I’ll be direct: you are making training harder, slower, and more expensi...

Most citizens will go their entire lives without a serious negative interaction with law enforcement. Unfortunately, “most” isn’t “all,” and hope is n...