Last week a news story out of Arlington, TX caught my attention. A pharmacist named Rick Ray, who owns Arlington Pharmacy, was beaten pretty severely with a tire iron by a man wearing a Halloween mask after Ray refused to give the man medication. Ray is only here to tell his story because of the .22 […]
Today we welcome Paul as a new contributor to Monderno. Paul has in the past helped out behind the scenes from time to time, and today marks his first post. Paul is a longtime gun owner, has worked in the industry for a well-known holster maker, and will contribute both reviews and opinion pieces to […]
Pictured above: Glock 19 Gen 4 in a PHLster Skeleton, Skeleton Mag Carrier, Kershaw Turbulence. View a high resolution version here. The PHLster Skeleton remains one of my all-time favorite minimalist holster designs. It’s a small, well-made holster that has a ton of features like ride height and cant adjustment among others. If you’re looking […]
Pictured is a Glock 19 in a PHLster Skeleton, Boxer Tactical Stryker Belt. About six months ago now, I was talking guns and gear with Jon at PHLster when he mentioned a new company he discovered sewing top quality tactical nylon gear here in the US, and at reasonable prices. Naturally, I was interested, and I contacted […]
I’m usually a nylon belt kind of guy. I have several leather belts of varying quality, but nothing that I can get too excited about. That is until I got my Jake Belt from Theis Holsters. Features The Jake Belt is a handcrafted leather gun belt made by Tommy at Theis Holsters. The belt comes in […]
A question I get asked fairly often is what handgun do I recommend as a first, and potentially ONLY, handgun. Partly because I think this is an interesting debate, and partly because I’m lazy and want to have a post to refer people to in the future, I decided to put my thoughts together and […]
Regular readers of Monderno probably know that I live in Texas, but I haven’t always lived here. We moved here three years ago because of my wife’s job, and I can honestly say that I love most things about Texas. Really there’s a lot to love – the people first and foremost, the economy which […]
In the past few months we have individually reviewed the Beretta Nano, Kahr CM9 and Smith & Wesson M&P Shield, all three of which we recommend for concealed carry. All three are single stack “micro compact” pistols chambered in 9mm, but which is best? In this post, we compare the three head to head to […]
A year or so ago, I was having trouble with the front checkering on the grip of my Kahr CM9. Whenever I shot more than 50 or 100 rounds in one range session, the checkering would really start to dig into my middle finger. My first thought was to wrap the grip in skateboard tape […]
The Smith & Wesson Shield was unleashed onto the market a couple weeks back with much hype and hoopla. I participated in the hype, and yes, I liked it. Hats off to the Smith & Wesson marketing team for creating such a buzz around the release. I think we can expect other manufacturers to copy S&W […]
