Recent content by Anchorite

You’d think that with all the torture testing strikers were subjected to during development someone would have come up with this sort of freeze-thaw-freeze-thaw cycle test. But, IDK.

I don’t know the facts, but according to multiple sources the deputy answered a domestic call at the apartment complex and the airman’s apartment was the wrong apartment. I’ll say that you don’t have to answer your door, and you have every right to carry a gun around in your abode. I don’t...

True. And sometimes good judgment is the better part of defensive training, or as sometimes it’s said, discretion is the better part of valor. Choose different surroundings, walk away, don’t escalate the situation, stay away from questionable locations … these are tactics as well.

Haven’t seen anyone talking about this. https://weartv.com/news/local/ex-okaloosa-deputy-found-not-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-killing-of-airman-roger-fortson

Every aspect of personal safety-defense is some sort of a compromise on some level.

I post the following link as food for thought. Strikers can malfunction in cold weather. Might make you think about a striker as your choice in a cold environment. https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/03/12/that-was-my-last-resort-iditarod-rookie-recounts-frantic-bison-encounter-trail/

It’s like any other habit (skill?) in that it is perishable if not exercised.

The 41 is good for anything in the Lower 48.

The odds of me ever being in a gunfight are negligible. That said, I have carried some form of FP in my autos since I was old enough to get my first pistol permit back in the mid-eighties. During the BLM riots over the past few years, I could see bad guys using cars and other unconventional...

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. The most important self defense tool is the six inches between your ears, and self defense starts well before you decide on your armament.

Prefer hammer, but am (almost) equally at home with striker. I do always try to match the tool to the environment/AO as much as possible. I’m more likely to be in the boonies when I need to use my firearm than in civilization. That makes a difference, I believe.

I do like a 41. Thanks for sharing!

sorry for your loss

Yes. Also, as in, "reasonable doubt."

Never one to criticize anyone's choice in a carry piece .... carry what you feel the most confident in getting into a gun fight with.