Scott Wagner

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Scott Wagner is a 32-year law enforcement veteran. Currently a police sergeant in Baltimore, Ohio, he spent 20 years with the Union County Ohio Sheriff's Office as a Reserve Deputy where he worked patrol, training and SWAT, and was the assistant SWAT team leader and a team sniper. He is the author of Tactical Shotguns, Own the Night—A Guide to Tactical Lights and Laser Sights, and Survival Guns.

The Case for Direct Impingement AR-15s

When it comes to AR-15s for survival, there is a strong case to be made for standard direct impingement over newer piston-driven AR designs.

Survival Guns: Advantages of the 20-Inch AR-15

Full-length 20-inch ARs with the original pencil-thin barrel profile are rather hard to find these days, but it's my top choice among survival guns.

M1 Garand Bayonet for the Ultimate Survival Gun

Why would someone attach an M1 Garand bayonet to their rifle today? One good reason is covered in this article about survival guns.

Survival Shotguns: Not Just for CQB

Survival shotguns aren't just re-purposed tactical shotguns designed for CQB (close quarter battle), as Scott Wagner details in this article on survival guns.

Ball Ammo: The Best Survival Gun Bullets

A lot of careful consideration and planning needs to be done in order to make sure you are ready for surviving a long-term calamity. ...

Blackout: Rehearsing for the Bigger Threat

  Editor’s note: Ohio-based author Scott Wagner recently experienced a power outage from the powerful storms that have swept across America in recent days. Here...

Best Survival Guns for Vacations

For the past 32 years as a cop, I have never traveled on vacation without an off-duty gun.  Whether driving or flying to my...

6 Tips for Transporting Survival Guns

    When sudden disaster strikes, where will you be? No one can be sure. Add the additional variables such as whether the disaster will be...