There was a bit of a gap between the second and now my third IDPA match this year, but it finally happened. This was a two-day match that was billed as a “PCC-friendly” match and featured a total of 51 participants. Of those 51, a total of eight chose to compete in the new-to-IDPA Pistol […]
First of all, let me say that this piece is mainly for fun. If you’re expecting a deep thought provoking article, this isn’t it! With that out of the way, I wanted to talk about swag. Namely, free promotional items included in orders from manufacturers and distributors. Almost every company includes stickers or some advertising […]
Spend enough time on any of the gun forums, as I tend to do, and the question invariably comes up: “What guns are in your carry rotation?” On manufacturer-specific forums like GlockTalk, Sigforum, etc., the handguns that are featured in the members’ carry rotations tend to be “variations on a theme”, i.e. several pistols from […]
As a teacher, I often have to sit through various in-service trainings during which I get to hear fellow educators with less experience than me discuss “research-based best practices.” It has gotten to be such an eye-roll moment for me that whenever I use the instructional techniques they advocate in my classroom, I preface them […]
Recently, I had a conversation with a gun owning friend that I think of as being a “typical” gun owner. He has no specific training, but goes to the range on occasion and is safety conscious. However, he doesn’t carry, and in fact does not yet even own a holster. I mentioned (again) the need […]
I must admit that, as time has passed and John and I have written so many articles, sometimes I lose track of topics we have covered. Rather than embarrass myself by asking John if either of us had written a full article on ready positions, I took the time to scroll through all the articles […]
If you’ve read Robert’s most recent AAR, you already know a little about John “Shrek” McPhee. I have long been an avid consumer of the media put out by McPhee, appreciative of his no nonsense down to earth persona and dissemination of hard earned knowledge. Needless to say, I was jealous of Robert’s opportunity to […]
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