Goal setting for CCW focused shooters
Yesterday I talked about the importance of goal setting when measuring performance, and I approached the subject entirely from a competition shooting standpoint...
Tag: Training
The best drill for concealed carry
None of carry a gun because we’re optimists, that much is a fact. However, it’s taken me years to accept the fact that most people who carry guns ar...
Be like Pat Mac
I don’t have trainer goggles – I’ve never really bought into the whole “cult of personality” thing that you see with a lot of R...
FAST Drill with the Springfield Armory Range Officer
The RO is over 1500 rounds now, and after being generously lubed and politely talked to, it made it an entire range session without a malfunction. Although the ...
HK VP9 shooting USPSA Limited Minor
Matches and good classes are really the best place to test out your gun. Once you’ve established that a pistol is reliable enough for a match or a class, ...
Post-ignition recoil control vs. pre-ignition flinch
I guarantee one of the first comments on this video will be “nice flinch” – which was the entire reason why I posted it. This post is targeted...
0.99 Second draw from a retention holster
While working on draws the other day with my Safariland ALS 1911 holster I spent some time working on raw speed, trying to get the gun out as fast as possible. ...
2016 training goals
Yesterday, CJ had a post up about setting realistic training goals; which is an excellent thing for people to do. One of the issues I’ve encountered in th...
Training for the changing threat
A couple of posts popped up on my radar today that both hit on the same subject – how we’re training and what kind of threat we’re training to...
Taurus PT1911 Torture Test Part 4: Reload practice and other drills
In part four of the torture test, I simply had a straightforward training session. I shot 48/50 on Dot Torture at 5 yards, I worked on draws to a 3×5 card ...