Thoughts on training
Yesterday I threw a post up with some quick rant-style thoughts on the state of the professional firearms training community. Read “You are not an operato...
Category: training
You are not an operator
Operator-speak has become the lingua franca of the shooting community, and it’s annoying. Here’s the thing: Special Forces, Delta, Navy SEALs, etc a...
Steel targets for training
We all agree that if you want to get better at the shooting sports you’re eventually going to have to go to the range and actually pull some triggers. Bec...
Wandering eyes
One of the areas I’ve been working on to improve my performance has been my reload; which with a single stack gun is especially important. After taking th...
Ron Avery on the draw stroke
Cory & Erika have a video up from their recent class with Haley Strategic. Ron Avery (whom we’ve featured in the past) talks Cory through the science...
Guns break, carry spares
Just recently, I had a chance to see a 1911 extractor break in the strangest fashion – the base of the part. Check out the pictures: A side note, why is i...
Automatic Accuracy USPSA Class review
The weekend of April 13th-14th, I drove down to lovely Eastern Nebraska to attend Automatic Accuracy’s USPSA class, hosted by the Eastern Nebraska Practic...
Mindset: As Explained by Jared Reston
When discussions of self defense come up on various forums, invariably the word “mindset” is worked in the conversation. People make a lot of noise ...
Tactical vs. Competition? There’s no controversy
The topic of competition shooting as a vector for all manner of ills that will get you killed has been popping up in various places of late, and I have to confe...
I coulda been a contender
When Caleb hired me to write for the Gun Nuts team, his instructions were simply to write about anything I wanted, as long as it related to guns. I considered h...