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Issue 11, June 2024

Contents

  • Sharp Stuff by Conrad Szymczak
  • Why Do I Gravitate Towards Older Guns? by Bob Walsh
  • Review of Monsieur Spade – A Partners in crime review By Brian Drake and John A. Curley
  • Skeeter Skelton’s Dream Comes True…Almost by Shawn McCarver
  • Apollo AIWB from Dark Star Gear By Brandon S. Hizak
  • Performance WheelGun Ammunition from Remington by Mike Boyle
  • Cocktail Corner: The Manhattan by David T. Zeppieri
  • Citizens Defense Research Contextual Revolver: Fundamental Revolver Skills by Pat Tarrant
  • Equipment Review: the Texas Built Leather .38 Loop Carrier by Anthony David Carrington
  • Bill Jordan’s Revolver Modifications Improvements That Make Sense By Shawn McCarver
  • The Smoke Filled Room by Doc Hannah
  • Lobo Gun Leather by “ Pepe” Castillo
  • Excerpts from The Frontline Fugitives By Nick Jacobellis by R. L. Martin

 

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Issue 10, November 2023

Contents

  • Battle of the Snubbies – The Colt Agent Takes on the New Kimber K6xs by William Bell
  • Salsa and the Model 49 by “Pepe” Castillo
  • Knuckle Sandwiches by Conrad C. Szymczak
  • The Complete Book of Tokarev Pistols Review By T.C. Fuller
  • Nagant Shooting Review by Alan Weber
  • Cocktail Corner: The Manhattan by David T. Zeppieri
  • Citizens Defense Research Contextual Revolver: Fundamental Revolver Skills by Pat Tarrant
  • The Smoke Filled Room by Doc Hannah
  • Hands-On with the Taurus 856 by Erik Nelson
  • Ed Lovette – The Snubby’s Greatest Advocate by McKim Symington
  • Revolver Resurgence by Jeff Lehman
  • When Life Gives You Lemons… by Michael Brady
  • Vintage Gun Leather: In Praise of the Spring Holster by R. L. Martin

 

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Issue 9, August 2023

Contents

  • In Memoriam to Karl Sokol by Michael de Bethencourt
  • The Gunsmith’s Workbench by Michael de Bethencourt and Dave Laubert
  • A Simple, Elegant Holster by Shawn McCarver
  • Layin’ it on the Line by Mary Long
  • The Snubby Wheel Gun – Don’t Leave Home Without It by JD Jones
  • The Smoke Filled Room by Doc Hannah
  • Breaking with Tradition by Mike Boyle
  • Always Keep a Spare by “Pepe” Castillo
  • Reviving a Relic: The Webley Metropolitan Police Revolver by Dewey Winstead
  • The Enfield Snub Revolver by Chris Britton
  • Persuaders by Conrad C. Szymczak
  • The Teleporting Gun – A True Crime Story by Daniel de Casanueva

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Issue 8, May 2023

Contents

  • Snubbies! by John Farnam
  • Devin Stiles Was A Hard Man. Part I by Robert Luedeman
  • More than one way to load a snub=Zeta 6 products By Chris Edwards
  • Shoulder Holsters and Cold Weather By Mike Boyle
  • The Snubby Wheel Gun – Don’t Leave Home Without It By Nick Jacobellis
  • Snubby Ballistics By Sean Fitzgerald
  • Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction Reviewed By Brian Drake
  • Versatile EDC Gun Belts: NexBelt Guardian and Groove Belt By Earby Markham
  • Your Great Grandpa’s Snubby By Dewey Winstead
  • What I Carry, How I Carry It and Why By Bob Walsh
  • Movie Review – Marlowe By John A. Curley
  • Senior Shots By By Conrad C. Szymczak
  • Guns as Personal Protection in Sweden By Daniel de Casanueva
  • The Nagant 1895: A Timeless Revolver with a Dark History By Cohen Crenwelge
  • “Is This Your Car?” Part I By G. S. Morris

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Issue 7, February 2023

Contents

  • A Snub for a Dark Time by Chris Edwards
  • The Fight Game: Noir in Fiction and Film by Robert Luedeman
  • The Smith and Wesson .35 Auto By Tim Inwood
  • What’s In a Name? By Greg Bettis
  • Wood or Rubber By Mike Boyle
  • 22 Long Rifle Beretta Pistols For Close Quarters Battle? Don’t Laugh By Nick Jacobellis
  • A Custom Snubby .38 By Tom Givens
  • My “New” Gat By Bob Walsh
  • Kimber K6S Double Action Single Action (DASA) The legacy pistol of the FBI’s Model 13? By Earby Markham
  • Brightly Colored Guns By Conrad C. Szymczak
  • Learning Lessons By Frank Groth
  • Cigars & Noir By Doc Hannah
  • Try Going a Little Deeper By G.S. Morris
  • 1 of 100 S&W Round Butt M&P By Roy Ferguson

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Issue 6, November 2022

Contents

  • Gat Grips by Conrad C. Szymczak
  • Snubby Revolvers by John S Farnam
  • The Snub Returns To Federal Law Enforcement? By G.S. Morris
  • Straight Street Advice by Ralph Friedman
  • Before the Sap Man, there was the Sandbagger By Robert Escobar
  • Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora, and the History of an American Style By Neil Steinberg By Kevin Gonzalez
  • Horror in the Chinatown Catacombs by Doc Hannah
  • Neo-Noir. Sometimes, Concepts Should Remain Concepts By TJ Parmele
  • Access Is Everything By Mike Boyle
  • A Self-Assessment Course of Fire By Claude Werner
  • The Making of a Jovino Effector Replica By Bret Mills
  • “Wreckage” By Charlie Lehmans
  • The Front Line Fugatives Book I, II, III and IV By Nick Jacobellis
  • Cigars & Noir by Doc Hannah

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Issue 5, August 2022

Contents

  • A Review: Beyond the Muzzle by Mike Boyle
  • Straight Street Advice by Ralph Friedman
  • The Shotgun in Noir by Frank Groth
  • To Pin or Not to Pin… by Bret Mills of JB Gun Works
  • Horror in the Chinatown Catacombs by Doc Hannah
  • Load ‘em .44 S&W Special by Greg Bettis
  • Weird Science and Snub Reloads by Mike Boyle
  • The Japanese Type 26 Revolver by Tim Inwood
  • Revisiting an Old Noir Friend by Earby Markham
  • John Buntun’s “L.A. Noir”: History in Black and White by David Brown
  • Snub Revolvers: Short Barrels and Long Shots by Michael de Bethencourt
  • The Smith & Wesson M49 by Randy Bartlett
  • Arming The Business Man by G.S. Morris
  • Introduction to the Snub Noir E-Qualifier by Michael de Bethencourt
  • Cigars & Noir by Doc Hannah

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Issue 4, May 2022

Contents

  • The New Highcraft Arms Speedloader by Michael de Bethencourt
  • Load ‘em .32 Auto by Greg Bettis
  • New Book From Snub Noir by Jason Chandonnet
  • Bringing an old Smith & Wesson Model 10 back into action
    by Bret Mills of JB Gun Works
  • Patrick Johnakin Muzzle Up Shoulder Holster by Mike Boyle
  • The Snub Noir of Sean Flynn, Chic Gaylord and a New Holster
    by Shawn Pappas
  • Horror in the Chinatown Catacombs by Doc Hannah
  • “Let him who thinks he stands take heed…” by Lowell Anderson
  • Running a Round Gun In a Square Gun World by Mike Boyle
  • The Fight Game: Noir in Fiction and Film by Robert Luedeman
  • Redi-Load from FightLite® by Michael de Bethencourt
  • Straight Street Advice by Ralph Friedman

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Issue 3, February 2022

Contents

  • Pocket Holsters as a Carry Option by Mike Boyle
  • One of Three Hundred by I J Larivers
  • The “Business” Gun by Russell Howell Jr.
  • The Friends of George V. Higgins Part 1 – The Friends of Eddie Coyle by Robert Luedeman
  • My Family: Moonshiners, Bootleggers and Sundry Ne’er Do Wells by Ken Brinley
  • To Let It Be or Not Let It Be – That is the Question by Greg Bettis
  • Cocktail Corner: Old Waldoff Martini by David Zeppieri
  • A Dark Thread in .25 ACP History by Frank Groth
  • Horror in the Chinatown Catacombs Chapter 2 by Doc Hannah
  • Low Light shooting, Flashlights, and Revolvers (LLFR) by Conrad Szymczak
  • Appendix Inside the Waistband Carry: Can it Work for You? by Mike Boyle
  • Adding Zing to a Zippo by Glenn Gould
  • The Mask of Madrid Chapter 2 by Paul Filipowicz

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Issue 2, November 2021

Contents

  • Snubbing on the Cheap by Lowell Anderson
  • When Cops Were Gunfighters by Andy Stanford
  • Low Light shooting, Flashlights, and Revolvers (LLFR) by Conrad Szymczak
  • The Backbone and Bactrian by Michael de Bethencourt
  • My Little Friend by Greg Bettis
  • Some Holster Philosophy by Robert Lose
  • Provenance by I J Larivers
  • Cocktail Corner – Gimlet by David Zeppieri
  • Zeta6 Review by Frank Groth
  • Black Creek Leather’s Shoulder Holster by Michael de Bethencourt
  • The .38 Special 200 Grain Super Police Load: R.I.P. by Mike Boyle
  • The Mask of Madrid, Chapter I by Paul Filipowicz

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Issue 1, August 2021

Contents

  • The Magnum That Wasn’t by Frank Groth
  • Practice in the Time of Famine by Mark Hargrove
  • Snubbed! by Lowell Anderson
  • Two Noir Stories By Ernest Hemingway by Robert Luedemann
  • Ergonomic Ankle Carry by Jeff Lehman
  • The “Right” Ankle Carry by Michael de Bethencourt
  • “Correct” Ankle Carry by Rob Garrett
  • Smith and Wesson’s I-Frame, Yesterday’s Discreet Carry by Michael Rogers
  • Introduction to Saps and Blackjacks by Robert Escobar
  • Size Does Matter by Frank Groth
  • 442 Science Experiment by Conrad C. Szymczak
  • Cocktail Corner – The Roscoe Special by David Zeppieri
  • Cypress Shade: A true crime FBI memoir by John W. Whiteside
  • More from Lou Chiodo by Jason Chandonnet

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