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At approximately 0700 on August 12, 2012, inside a military compound along the Helmand River in Afghanistan, an explosion lifted Marine Raider Prime Hall from his seat at a picnic table and sent him flying against a concrete wall. The rising sun had just started to reveal terrain, its light gradually outlining nearby buildings inside the compound, though, from behind Hall’s eyes, everything remained dark. “I’m on the ground there, and I’m delirious,” recalled Hall. “And I don’t know how I got there. We had a bunch of crazy IED situations where Taliban rigged a motorcycle with explosives and brought…
Running a revolver for self-defense is not a handicap, and the Diamondback SDR proves it.Not that long ago, the revolver was the most popular self-defense sidearm. Grandfather had a Model 10 S&W, and he said he’d never carry a “jamomatic.” Of course, the popularity of the revolver began to wane after 1968 when the Illinois State Police adopted a semi-automatic. What followed was a major law enforcement transition from revolvers to pistols, but it took a while for some agencies to get on board. When I was hired as a police officer 24 years later, I was issued a revolver.…
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Editor’s Note: The author received a loaner Springfield Armory Echelon Pro Comp pistol prior to the handgun’s official launch for writing this article. All opinions are those of the author.You could say I’m an early adopter. I have been running a Springfield Armory Echelon 9mm for several years now since its launch in 2023 and have put thousands of rounds and more range sessions with the pistol than I can count. Over that time, it has become one of my favorite polymer-framed, striker-fired pistols. Springfield Armory’s new Echelon Pro Comp line comes in three configurations: the compact 4.0C, the hybrid…
