P.S.A.'s Tactical Tuesdays

P.S.A.'s Tactical Tuesdays is Peach State Armory's firearms talk show, built around two voices who rarely let a claim pass unchallenged. Dr. Osiris Carter and Uncle Malcolm often introduce themselves with a fresh alias: the Earl of Ammo, the Duke, Tyron D. Glockafella, a law-abiding citizen. Then somebody says 'kick the intro' and the argument is on. The pace is rapid and overlapping, full of interruptions, repeated words and mock exasperation, closer to a shop-counter debate than a scripted review. The pistols-versus-revolvers conversation shows the dynamic plainly. It starts from a 12th grade science teacher's rule that the best answer to any scientific question is 'it depends', then derails into whether picking a Glock over a revolver is just taking the easy route, with pleas to stay on subject and a jab about the weather on the other's planet. The case that revolvers win on ease of control still gets made. Product reviews move through factors rather than spec sheets. For the Sig Sauer 365 SAS, that means price, mission and how the pistol compares with others in its class, plus the argument that a carry pistol has to become a training pistol too. The Glock 43 review starts by reading the maker's website claim that it is the most highly developed pistol in the world, then asks what it was bought for. Everyday carry, comes the answer, followed by talk of a bigger magazine release and an extended slide stop because the factory lever is small. Training is the point the pair keep returning to. A first pistol and a holster do not make anyone John Wick; proficiency takes hours and countless rounds downrange, starting with a gun that fits the hand instead of feeling like a brick. Carrying a firearm for safety gets called a full-time job. 'Ammo Basics 101' is the classroom side: an 1808 integrated cartridge from two gunsmiths, one French and one Swiss, and a rule of three the pair say they teach students, matching the markings on the box, the firearm and each cartridge's headstamp. 'What would you do?' turns grave, recounting a 2018 shooting at a Peace in the City event in Titusville, Florida, where an armed citizen stopped the shooter. Even there a movie joke slips in before the first real question: could you legally carry in that park at all? Sign-offs bring sayings credited to mama and granddaddy, 'watch your six and stay low', pandemic reminders to mask up and keep sanitizer in the car, and pointers to the armory's courses and pro shop. For the partnership at full volume, the pistols-versus-revolvers argument is the place to start; for fundamentals, 'Ammo Basics 101'. What survives the noise is a steady preference for fit, mission and practice over marketing copy.