There are some trips to the range that I remember very clearly… A decade or so ago, I bought an H&K USPc. I immediately took it to the range, had the sights swapped out, and took it onto the range for a test fire. The darn thing shot low. I took it back to the gunsmith […]
Shooting Tips & How-To
Dry Fire Training: Two Dynamic Drills
It has been a crazy few months in the firearms industry…The events that are causing all of this craziness are quite sad, but the end result of MILLIONS of additional people deciding to take responsibility for their own safety should be encouraging and heartwarming. It’s great that more people have guns. And it’s great that […]
Watch: Travis Haley illustrates the gross motor skill reload with the AK
Here’s a secret, we like guns here at The Loadout Room. Unfortunately, there is a myriad of pseudo-experts in the gun community. We’ve all come across them at one point or another; they usually disguise their nonsense with technical terminology in order to sound more legitimate and lure more listeners. They are unlike those with […]
The Zen of Trigger Reset: Practice and Persistence
Once you get the concept of how trigger reset works, you will quickly appreciate how much better your accuracy gets and this opens the doors to firing follow up shots at a brisker pace. The combination of speed and accuracy is pretty vital, if you’re forced to stop a person, or 3, with only a […]
Becoming a Firearms Instructor: A Thinking Persons Game
I have the greatest job in the world, in that I am a professional firearms instructor. I get paid to teach people to shoot, and give them various skill sets which allow them to persevere in worst case scenarios. As a result, I’ve been fortunate enough to train with some of the best people our […]
Want to Speed Up Your Draw? Start Out Slow
Ox here again with a video and article on an incredibly high octane drill that will do more to speed up your drawstroke in less time than any other drill I know of. I originally shot this video 3 years ago. It’s received more than half a million views and is one of the more […]
Watch: Pros and Cons of Hip Carry with Mat Best
Former Army Ranger and YouTube star of MBest11x Mat Best, shares his tips, tricks, and other awesome things. In this episode, Mat Best walks you through the pros and cons of hip carry. Featured image courtesy of Rated Red Youtube channel
Watch: Mounting an optic into scope rings (Geissele)
Mounting an optic into scope rings In the following video, we are shown some of the basics on how to mount your optic into scope rings if you were to do it at home. Properly leveling your optic is extremely important as not doing so could lead to your shots going astray. Feel free to […]
Ranger Sniper Discusses Milliradians
If you’ve read my review of Ryan Cleckner’s Long Range Shooting Handbook: A Beginners Guide you will know how highly I thought of Ryan’s ability to translate complex knowledge into caveman speak. Before he was a published author, he appeared as a guest instructor on tv’s Top Shot and put out a number of instructional YouTube videos […]
Watch: Pat McNamara on drawing your pistol
How many of us shooters struggle to get a consistent accurate shot draw under 2 seconds or even 2.5 seconds. Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. Watch as Pat McNamara slows his draw down each time so that you can see what a proper draw looks like. Pat McNamara puts in some good reps here […]