Selecting and caring for ammunition is unending issue I’m asked about is carry ammo.In particular, how often do we change it out? I’m not going to say that I’m an expert, but have learned a few things over the years. For example- most people do not carry rifles around 24/7. You rarely see police even […]
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The Full Circle: Tachypsychia, Shooting, Scanning and Safety Circle
If we have no choice but to engage a threat, we need to scan after the threat has been stopped. Scanning helps us begin a (hopefully) rapid return to normalcy post traumatic event. We need to scan 360 degrees, as there are likely several other things going on. Begin with an area scan, looking for […]
Magazines: Manipulation, Care and Feeding
Magazines and the firearms they fit can be fickle. Some guns will hum along on whatever magazine you put in them, while others…not so much. At this point, I will again say that no maker that might be named pays me anything. I do indeed have one “diva rifle”, that doesn’t like certain magazines, and […]
Modern Gun Magazines (The Paper Kind): Worth Ten Bucks?
There’s an old adage about poker- if you’ve been at the table half an hour and haven’t spotted the sucker- it is you. This is how I recently felt when I paid TEN dollars for a magazine to pass the time. Inevitably, the magazines have a very small handful of people doing the lions share […]
Some Thoughts on Guns With Lights
Modern firearms often come equipped with rails to accept, well, anything that may fit on them. A lot of people feel that a firearm is not complete without a light. We know there are tons of vendors willing to sell you lots of things you don’t need. The “lightweight rifle” won’t remain that way if […]
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 […]