Training & Technique

For a lot of shooters, the primary barrier to moving past those 200-yard targets isn’t equipment or experience. It's a desperate hatred of mathematics. The calculations required to figure out bullet drop, translate that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y76u3IbtKy4 Gun control advocates view videos like this one with revulsion. It's not just the porno movie music that sets them on edge. Whenever they see civilians running around armed to the teeth, they wonder...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh3ad0dlsO8&feature=player_embedded I train as often as I can. I see no reason to stop training, ever. But I don't believe it's the government's business to decide how, when, where and how much firearms training a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ydywk4nMo I have belonged to an indoor range for about two years now. I practice every week or two. The range runs “Action Handgun Pin Shooting” on Tuesday nights. I gave it a try this...

As much as we drill the rules of firearm safety into our heads, anytime we step onto a range the possibility for injury is ever-present. The highest risk isn't even posed by the firearms...

Modern armies have faced a small dilemma: what should they use to arm personnel who are not fighting on the front line?  A full-size rifle is too big to let them do...

Does competitive shooting teach gun owners inappropriate self-defense gunfighting skills and instill dangerous habits? Entering the fray: Jeff Gurwitch . The Army Special Forces vet is a kick-ass competitor at USPA matches. You can't...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGYttXa0d1k Most of us have seen the YouTube videos of "shooting instructors" doing questionable and dangerous things. What sane person would take a class with the guy who advocates running at his assailant...

I love a good “end of the world” story. The Road Warrior is my all-time favorite action movie. Lucifer’s Hammer,  The Stand and Earth Abides are amongst my favorite books. What’s not to like? ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaEPQ_tZbiA This is not the way to draw, shoot and reload a semi-automatic handgun with an injured gun hand. It's a way. If your holster is further around on your body, you'll need to reach...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHr248LPuY Seriously. Wouldn't it better to drop it like it's hot? Or do you really need to hang onto that unknown number of "extra" bullets for another tactical reload? Remembering that most shooters in a...

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