Pistol Preparedness | Five Stages of Escalation
The vast majority of us carry a pistol daily in pursuit of our employment as a patrol officer,…
Rimfire Training Tips: to Improve Service Carbine Performance
AR-type .22 rimfire conversions and trainers have flown off dealers' shelves by the thousands, with shooters looking to mimic the appearance, form or function of their service carbines. Some of these shooters didn’t grow up on a steady regimen of rimfire shooting, while others are now shooting the .22 in volumes not encountered before.
Gunning for the Job: Extended Weapons Qualification Course
or the class I mainly used a Springfield chambered in .45 ACP with a SureFire X300 light on the rail (supplemented by a SureFire LX2 Lumamax on my belt) and equipped with LaserLyte’s RL-XD rear sight Laser. Holster was Blade-Tech’s Tactical Modular Mounting System worn on a Blackhawk belt with Safariland magazine and cuff pouches.
Tombstone Wisdom: EAG Tactical Level Two Handgun
“I must be a bad instructor! Here it is 1422 hours on the second day and apparently I…
Offbeat: Grooming The Next Generation Of Shooters
Recently my son Flint, my grandson Austin and I enrolled in a Hunter Education course sponsored by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. One of the reasons for taking the course was so that in January, when Austin turns ten years old, he can apply to hunt big game with Flint after successfully completing the course.
Sub-Caliber Carbine Drills: Maximizing .22 Trainers
The explosion of interest in the AR platform and the rising cost/scarcity of 5.56mm ammunition have generated unprecedented interest in sub-caliber training solutions for serious training and skills development.
Wounded Warrior: Magpul Dynamics Carbine 1
My days of not shooting because I’m in a wheelchair are over. Recently Magpul Dynamics (the training arm of Magpul Industries) conducted their Dynamic Carbine 1 course in Houston, Texas. Chris Costa and Travis Haley were the course instructors and I was one of their students.
Know Your Target: Tips, Truisms, and Myths
Targets are one of the least understood and misapplied tools in the trainer’s toolbox. Used correctly, targets can…
Shooters’ Building Blocks: Cumberland Tactics Tactical Handgun 101
When I was a kid in the early 1980s, I wanted a digital watch in the worst way. Not only was it a cool thing that all my friends had (hey, it was the '80s!), it was also a way around not knowing how to tell time on a traditional clock with hands.
Robot Warrior: Northern Lights Tactical TRACS
As you hastily turn the corner, a nasty three-round burst misses your ankles and thighs by only inches, and you are reminded that this is no ordinary range session. Back to cover, you properly "pie" the corner and deliver half a dozen rounds center mass back into your aggressor. The exercise controller signals, "Terminate exercise."