Membership
Welcome to Snub Noir, the only noir themed snub shooters association! We are dedicated to preservation, recording, and practicing both traditional snub nose revolver and small, single stack pocket auto gunhandling.
Membership Benefits
Online Content
We offer a large variety of online content to our members. Member blog posts offer both text and video material covering; training techniques, shooting drills, and book and product reviews. Blog posts also offer police and firearm books series excerpts by authors including Chris Bird, Ed Lovette, Paul Filipowicz Ralph Friedman, and Ralph Mroz.
Publications
In addition to regular blog material, Snub Noir also publishes The Detective GATzette, our full color print and downloadable quarterly members’ magazine.
Online Community
We host our own social media site as an alternative to the mainstream sites. We invite you to join the conversation! For our members, we have private groups for discussion and to buy/sell trade gear.
Products and Discounts
We are always working on acquiring product discounts and developing products to bring to you.
Training opportunities
Michael de Bethencourt, lead trainer at Snub Noir oversees workshops and snub shooting events throughout New England. For information on hosting a Snub Noir 4-hour workshops or a snub shooting event, please contact us at info@SnubNoir.com.
Membership Plans
Snub Noir Monthly
- Access to our online Community
- Early notification of new products
- Access to members only Community Groups
- Access to all blog posts
- Access to training videos
- The Detective Gatzette in digital only*
- Product discounts
- *Previous members who have been receiving The Detective GATzette in print, will continue to do so. New members may purchase a print copy.
Snub Noir Yearly
- Interactive access to our online Snub Noir Community
- Access to all Snub Noir blog posts
- Quarterly subscription to The Detective GATzette (digital form only)*
- Access to Snub Noir produced books and monographs
- Access to Snub Noir produced revolver parts
- Access to Snub Noir’s business partners’ revolver service discounts
- Access to out national Jumbo-Tron monthly e-match program
- *Previous members who have been receiving The Detective Gatzette in print, will continue to do so. New members may purchase a print copy.
$49 August 2026 Special*
- Access to our online Community
- Early notification of new products
- Access to members only Community Groups
- Access to all blog posts
- Access to training videos
- The Detective GATzette in digital only*
- Product discounts
- A galley proof of our 300-page Secrets of the Concealed Carry Snub book
- A .38 flexible loading strips for use with our Snub Noir e-matches
- *Offer valid until August 31, 2026. Access to discounted copies of our Secrets of the Concealed Carry Snub book and discounted samples of our .38 loop carrier will be made available to our current Snub Noir members.