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Down Range Radio #321: New study on first time gun buyers

Down Range Radio #321: New study on first time gun buyers

This week, Michael discusses the new NSSF numbers on Gun Culture Ver. 2.0. He also answers a question from a listener who wanted the rationale for using the AR-15 in…

Down Range Radio #320: Guns, Gear and Survival

Down Range Radio #320: Guns, Gear and Survival

This is "Photosynthesis" week on DOWN RANGE Radio! First off, a little rant about equipping the Syrian rebels with small arms without a background check for each and every Al…

What’s Best for Self Defense? A Profoundly Subjective Decision

What’s Best for Self Defense? A Profoundly Subjective Decision

"What's best" is a fallacious concept because there is no set of objective criteria for evaluation that works "across the board,"so to speak.…

Down Range Radio #319: Michael’s whirlwind tour of Europe

Down Range Radio #319: Michael’s whirlwind tour of Europe

This week Michael documents his whirlwind tour of Europe, where the Gun Stories crew visited Benelli in Italy and Steiner-Optik in Germany. He also talks a little politics and a…

Down Range Radio #318: A safety audit for you and your family

Down Range Radio #318: A safety audit for you and your family

This week, while Michael Bane is on the road in Europe finishing up season 3 of Gun Stories, we rerun a personal defense segment from 2009 on how you and…

Down Range Radio #317: The concept of making your own gun

Down Range Radio #317: The concept of making your own gun

This week, Michael ponders the concept of making your own gun and considers the self-defense implications of a world where terrorists kill soldiers on the streets.…

There are limits to situational awareness

There are limits to situational awareness

I have been thinking a lot about the London terror attack and what it can teach us. In truth, when a person gets knocked down by a car, the first…

Down Range Radio #316: A man’s got to know his limitations

Down Range Radio #316: A man’s got to know his limitations

This week, Michael talks about how one might know one's limitations and how cool it is that Winchester is making a replica Winchester...…

The New Model 1873 Short Rifle from Winchester Repeating Arms

The New Model 1873 Short Rifle from Winchester Repeating Arms

This reproduction is part of Winchester's long-term plan to offer some of their classic models back into the market. The 73 is made by Miroku in Japan, which has a…

Down Range Radio #315: Concealed Carry on a motorcycle and self defense in confined spaces

Down Range Radio #315: Concealed Carry on a motorcycle and self defense in confined spaces

This week, Michael catches up on guns that is ready for testing. He also talks about Concealed Carry on a motorcycle. Government out of control is the topic of the…