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Choosing Your First Handgun
How to choose your first handgun. Purpose- The first thing you must ask yourself is, “What will be the purpose?” Is this purchase going to be a self-defense gun, a hunting gun, a competition/ recreational gun or multi-purpose? A handgun in each of these categories...
Holster part 3- Recommendations
My recommendations are just that, mine. If you talk to six different instructors you will get six different opinions, that’s perfectly acceptable. Remember we live in a grey area when dealing with self -defense. Shootings are seldom black and white, so when you ask me...
Holsters part 2- Serpa is bad
Serpa, let’s get this out of the way right up front, NO! No, on all of them, but, especially the concealment or cheap versions. The Serpa is the worst holster out there that just won’t go away. It won’t go away for a couple of reasons. You will find them in every gun...
Choosing a holster
Holster selection- There are four things that a holster must be. Comfortable, concealable, secure and fast; if a holster you are considering is not all the above then it should be skipped. Now, everybody that carries a firearm daily will end up with a drawer full of...
Who Am I
Hello everybody, my name is Erik Tweedt. I am the owner of Archetype of The Gun. In a past life I was, technically still am, a Paramedic. I am medically retired from the Chicago Fire Department. Here come those dreaded words..."I've been shooting my entire life." That...