Jon Wayne Taylor

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May 26, 2017Fun With Iraqi Indigenous Forces!https://youtu.be/rrBbJSzbsmo There’s a lot going on in this short clip, but there are a few interesting take-aways. The things that most people will notice: one guy has a hard time ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 15, 2017MK-12 ‘MOD H’ or ‘Holland’ RifleBy tigerstr Most people here are familiar with the MK-12 SPRs MOD 0 and MOD 1 rifles, as there have been a few releases in 1/6 by different companies. But ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 10, 2017Wildcatting a New Caliber: .25 SPC“Wildcatting” cartridges is nothing new. Ever since the invention of standard cartridges, people have been making non-standard cartridges out of them. The motivations for these home-brewed concoctions vary widely. Everything ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Mar 8, 2017Shootout: SIG SAUER P320 RX vs. GLOCK 19 MOS With JPointUsing an Aimpoint on my M4 in combat taught me many real world lessons on the advantages of a red dot over traditional iron sights. That said, when it comes ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 22, 2017Texas Jack: Everything for the 1870 CowboyI grew up in the Texas Hill Country not far from Fredericksburg, about ninety minutes west of Austin. Back then it was an attractive little town, a good place to ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 8, 2017Defensive Gun Uses: Three Shots, Three Seconds, Three Yards?I often read that most defensive shootings occur within three yards, with three shots or less, within three seconds. As far as I can tell, that is a complete ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jan 11, 2017Team 5 Medical Foundation Holds Annual Online AuctionThe Team 5 Foundation is a 100% volunteer organization made up of veterans who travel to remote areas around the globe to provide medical assistance. We also give much needed medical training ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 22, 2016Pro-Tip: How to Stop a Vehicle Borne Terrorist Attack [GRAPHIC VIDEO]https://youtu.be/qCLtKPxYWYo With the onset of the recent terrorist vehicle assaults, RF asked me what was the best way for an armed person to stop a vehicle? I thought this one was ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Nov 30, 2016New from Cabot Guns: “Vintage Classic” 1911 PistolEarlier this year, the TTAG staff had a great time shooting lots of different models from Cabot Guns at the Best of the West Shooting Range in Liberty Hill, Texas. While the goal ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Nov 10, 2016Kimber Gun Rights Bulletin: Two Takeaways From The 2015 National Crime Victimization SurveyThe Bureau of Justice Statistics’ 2015 National Crime Victimization Survey is out. It’s based on interviews with 95,760 households and 163,880 persons. Here are two important takeaways: 1. “Firearm violence” declined from ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 7, 2016Why Pistols are Actually Very Important to Today’s SoldierResponding to the recent posts about the Army’s Modular Handgun System and MARSOC’s choice to move to the GLOCK 19, many of TTAG’s commenters have stated that the pistol isn’t ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 12, 2016All About the Dallas Shooter’s Saiga 5.45×39 Saiga AK74Despite what Mike “The Gun Guy” Weisser told us, the weapon used by the Dallas police shooter was not an AR, nor was it any kind of an AR variant. ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 11, 2016Dallas Police Massacre: Tactical TakeawaysUnlike 99.55 percent of the American population, I’ve been in combat, and I’ve been in a direct armed struggle with experienced combatants at ranges from around 15 to 800 meters. ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 6, 2016Shootout: Four Premium 9mm Pistols and the Wilson 5×5 Skill TestRecently, I decided to put four different quality 9mm pistols through the Bill Wilson 5X5 test. I would have never guessed the results. Maybe I should have. If you’re not familiar, ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 21, 2016DeSantis Gunhide Question of the Day: Do You Let Your Kids Play with Toy Guns?My kids are good with guns. They all know the safety rules; my 11-year-old son outshoots most grown men. The younger ones know not to touch a gun and to walk ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 5, 2016DeSantis Gunhide Question of the Day: What Gun for Active Duty Veteran Military and Police?Active Duty and Veteran military and police make up a lot of TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia. What firearms did you use, or do you use while on duty? Is there something ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 26, 2015“Underground Tactical is doing custom Cerakote colors. I think maybe it’s gotten a little out of hand.”Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 18, 2015Houston METRO Open Carry is a Great Thing for Gun RightsStarting with the new year and changes to state law, Houston METRO bus lines and light rail lines will allow passengers to exercise their civil rights by openly carrying a ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 22, 2015What I Carry and Why: Jon Wayne Taylor’s STI Duty One and Kahr PM9[ED: In response to reader requests, this is the third in a series of posts by TTAG writers revealing their choice of carry guns.] Being a friendly and caution-minded person, ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 21, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor Buys a Lower Receiver in Texas (vs. Massachusetts)I am a proud son of Texas. Although the firearms laws here are far from perfect, the difference between the Lone Star State’s gun laws and those of anti-gun rights states was ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 9, 2015Building Our Own AK-47s With the Dead Goose SocietyI was never much of a fan of the AK-47. I had a bit of experience with them in Afghanistan. During my first tour there, the Afghan National Police, Afghan ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Sep 2, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor: Now Are the Doves! (Texas Season Opener)For America, for me, hunting season started yesterday. September first is the opening day of Dove Season here in central Texas. I think that’s a few days earlier than Louisiana; as ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Aug 5, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor to Law Enforcement: How to Deal with Gun OwnersI often hear that no matter what a member of law enforcement is telling you to do, you should obey the officer immediately. People often argue that the only safe ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Aug 4, 2015Fighter Design Vertx Airflow Phantom Ops Pants – Cooler Than ShortsGun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 21, 2015There’s A Reason They’re Called The Armed ForcesSo far in 2015 our enemies killed four US military service personnel in Afghanistan and three in Iraq. On one day this year a terrorist killed five US military service personnel ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 9, 2015Combat Medic: Army’s Hollow Point Ammo Switch Will (Or Should) End the Caliber DebateIt appears that the US Army has finally decided to start using hollow point ammunition for the general issues service pistol. When RF called me and told me that, I ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 29, 2015TTAG Writer Jon Wayne Taylor Named CEO of Fighter Design. 10% Discount for TTAG Readers!I’ve been a customer of Fighter Design for a couple of years. I wear their Airflow pants. I use their Magnetic Retrofit Kit silent velcro adaptors. I use their featherlight rifle sling ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 1, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor: RF Dead Wrong on Home Invasion ScenarioIn your recent post Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Over-Penetrate a Room, you laid out a couple of scenarios. One was that there was a non-moving person laying on the floor during ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 20, 2015Afghan Journal: My First Firefight. And The One After That.My first real firefight had everything you see in the movies. It was great. I mean sure, I’d been shot at before, and a few IEDs just missed me. But ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 18, 2015Afghan Journal: The Worst Shot I Ever MadeI recently found my old armor from my second tour in Afghanistan. Stuffed inside of it was a well-used Russian army bayonet. It brought back memories of how I came ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 11, 2015Model Comparison Highlights Excellence of Smith & Wesson’s Performance Center TriggerAt the NRA convention in Nashville, RF learned that Smith & Wesson was replacing the existing trigger on their M&P pistols with a new “enhanced” trigger. (Currently sold as standard ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 6, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor Takes the GLOCK 20 for a Ride – And Shows It the DoorI love GLOCKs. In theory. The idea of a generic-looking polymer pistol that takes a licking and keeps on kicking [butt] appeals to me on the sub-atomic level. In practice, not so much. Truth be ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Mar 9, 2015Deep in the Heart of Texas: TTAG Tours STII love a machine shop, I love guns, and I love me some Texas. So it was a lot of fun for me to visit STI, the manufacturer of exceptional ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 13, 2015A Veteran’s Response to John Farnam’s Post Encouraging Police to Shoot More PeopleTTAG previously reposted Mr. John S. Farnam’s article, posted on the Defense Training Institute’s web site, titled “Police Use of Force.” In that article, Mr. Farnam writes “The problem is ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 12, 2015Cabot Black Diamond: Exonerated?A couple of weeks ago RF called me to say Cabot Guns wanted me to test their Black Diamond 1911. Again. “Cabot wants you to come up to Pennsylvania, see ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns