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MantisX uses gyroscope motion detectors, computer software, and apps to provide you with expert coaching. Through the magic of technology, that I have no way of explaining on my own, the device records and analyzes every shot you make on your firearm. When I received a MantisX as a gift, I was a bit perplexed […]
Have a Blast Shooting Bring back the fun of shooting with Firebird Targets pyrotechnic exploding targets. Use them to improve marksmanship, provide instant hit recognition, for situational training and more – but don’t forget the fun. Found at SHOT Show 2019 SHOT Show 2019 was fun and a bit overwhelming as usual with the plethora […]
Anyone who has tried to make notes on a notepad standing outside during bad weather knows the agony of soggy paper. I can say that in my 20+ years of professional work experience from being a deployed USAF Civil Engineer to my current career as an Emergency Manager more than once I’ve tried to decipher […]
Incorporating technology into training can be an invaluable means to increase your overall proficiency. Modern Warrior has a new target known as the T2 Command Target. We previously reviewed the T1 target from Modern Warrior and their introduction of the T2 is another step forward. The T2 Command Target combines both the efficiency of a […]
Range Day should leave you with one feeling, and one feeling along, accomplishment. If you leave and you don’t have that overwhelming feeling of: “I’ve really got some quality training in today,” then you might want to rethink your target use. How might you do that? With better targets of course, because the best shooting […]
A Gear-End Review sure to help you find a Tactical Gift this Christmas. If you have a black nylon and Velcro person in your world that’s tough to gift shop for, we have a list of ideas for you to put under the Christmas tree this year. Here’s my Gear-End Review from 2018. Knives When […]
HatPoint Target Stands are a solution to a problem that I knew I had. Sometimes I have to take my show on the road and teach at guest ranges. Sometimes what I have available to me for a range environment can be less than desirable. I’ve seen some creative and some dangerous setups. I needed […]
Shooting steel targets is a valuable option for training and it’s fun. CTS Targets offer innovative solutions to the problems you encounter when wanting to shoot steel without losing the basic needs of superior quality, hard steel, with exceptional value. The target I had the opportunity to test and evaluate was the 8” 3/8” Gong […]
The military moved away from standard bull’s eye targets years ago when it comes to combat training. You’ll see them here and there for fundamentals training, but when it comes to stacking bodies they use man-shaped targets. Why? Because the idea is you train like you fight. The man shaped targets give soldiers a more […]
The Challenge Targets’ Texas Star is a moving, reactionary, and steel target that lets you train like you fight. Real targets move, they aren’t just static pieces of paper waiting for us to score a great hit in the ten-ring! The list of excuses of why we don’t train on moving targets can run rampant; […]