The truth hurts
You can have lousy technique and still be an accurate shooter. I hate saying stuff like that, but it’s generally true. We’ve even seen examples of i...
Category: shooting
Reload training: eliminating wasted movement
When you’re shooting Single Stack, reloading is the name of the game. Pretty much every stage is going to have at least 2 reloads, which means you’r...
Gross Motor Skills
One of the most common arguments for using the overhand method of releasing the slide on a semi-automatic pistol is that it’s a “gross motor skill”. I use to re...
I love my M&P
I have been shooting a lot of different guns lately. I’ve been playing with my M5, my Kimber and my Uberti. At the end of the day though, I always find my...
You don’t need to buy a zombie target
With just a pen and a little creativity you can take any target from ordinary to extraordinary. Why spend $2.00 a piece on fancy silhouette targets when you can...
Equal Rights
One of the great stereotypes those of us who are employed by gun ranges have developed is the guy with his girlfriend teaching her to shoot teacup hollywood wea...
Local matches
One of the primary complaints I hear after we run our club matches at West Coast Armory is “I didn’t get to shoot very much.” You should never...
Stance, Body Mechanics and JG Videos
There is one part of an individual’s body mechanics that affects their shooting that seems to popping up everywhere around me as of late: natural body str...
Status Update
I’m getting better at shooting guns. Yay! I can shoot the A-Zone of an IDPA target at 15 yards on demand, which I will take as a vast improvement. Howe...
Guns are like shoes
You wouldn’t buy a pair of ski boots for a day at the beach, would you? So why are you buying snubbie revolvers for new shooters? I don’t understan...