Training & Technique

http://youtu.be/q1z-9IzmO50 Team FN champion shooter Dave Sevigny disagrees with trainers who insist that focusing on your front sight (i.e. putting it on the target) is the be-all, end-all for accurate shooting. Dave reckons that shooters should vary both the speed at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0v1IFruU9c A lot of SPEC-OPs guys are high-ready types. But there's high ready and there's you-must-be-high ready. I believe this is an example of the latter. But what do I know? I don't own a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2qwRZXEWM Last week SIG SAUER gave both Tyler and myself a crash course in using firearms in CQB situations. Using some UTM training rounds and some of SIG's firearms, we spend a good part of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkA4PkVjH4 I didn't want to go into the maze. The last time I'd entered Patriot Protection's simulated house a simulated homeowner shot me with simulated ammunition that really, really hurt. By that point, I knew the training ground's layout...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzGboVQnJE By John Perkins and Ari Kandel In the main, firearms training is little more than target shooting. More "advanced" courses teach students to "get off the X" and "find cover and concealment." They offer courses on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHeXC7L85s&app=desktop Evolve's M.O. is promoting safe, responsible gun ownership while employing a more arch sensibility than, say, the NSSF's Project Childsafe or the NRA's Eddie Eagle programs. Not that there's anything wrong with those more staid, traditional...

By Jay D. Some friends and I recently took a trip to the desert to go shooting. In our group were two women with little to no experience with guns. After observing what worked and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=839ekp6ECFc There is no better way to train for real world armed self defense than force-on-force training. No amount of shooting at paper or steel can compare to directly facing a two-legged, thinking, reactive threat....

In Youngstown, Ohio last month, a couple of teenage criminals attempted to rob a Sami Quick Stop a little after midnight. The armed confrontation that ensued resulted in one robber wounded, both captured, and...

By Eric L. I've been a shooter for almost 20 years and these are my top 10 pet peeves about shooting range etiquette (your mileage may vary): 1) If you see a parent teaching a child...

By Jeff K. As a child I went to Scout camp over the summer and shot a .22 rifle. Man that felt cool. All laid out prone, looking down range 50ish feet, trying desperately to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6--4vZNQAqU Apparently SOFIC, the "Special Operations Forces Industry Conference" run by the NDIA, is a big deal. I had never experienced it before, but then again I've only been in this industry for a couple...