A carbine course with a twist. Those are just my words. This course caught my eye as soon as it was listed back around New Years because it seemed like something just a little bit different than a “standard” carbine course. The course is called “Compact Carbine Deployment”. Here is the course description: This course […]
As in years past, this past weekend I was able to attend the opening day of the NRA Great American Outdoor Show held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. We made it an overnight trip this year, a much easier proposition than leaving at 0300 and getting back near midnight. I know […]
I had every intention of taking this course “someday”. While these days one can nearly throw a rock and find some ex-SOF guy teaching carbine classes, and I have trained with some of them, John Murphy of FPF Training is a known quantity for me (hereafter referred to as “Murphy” so as not to confuse […]
Regular readers of this blog no doubt know by now how John and I have both dabbled in the world of the AR Pistol. To date, I have written two articles on the subject (see here and here), and John has written one as well. These articles have been among our most viewed, so it should come […]
Quite some time ago, John posted this article about single-point slings. I must confess that, in my pre- and nascent training days, I dabbled around with a single-point sling on my first AR-15. Truth be told, perhaps I had watched a little too much Costa and Haley coolness in the Magpul videos! Probably not surprisingly, my […]
In this post, I’m going to discuss the Combat Shooting and Tactics Rear Aperture Sight, designed by Paul Howe and available from XS Sight Systems. The CSAT rear sight can be installed in many typical AR rear sight bases, and a Troy BUIS specific version is also available. The Troy version is available either as […]
It seemed fitting to write Part 2 of my earlier Buy Once, Cry Once (?) article during the peak of the holiday shopping season. For those who are too lazy or pressed-for-time to read the first installment, let me sum it up with these few words: don’t let the pursuit of perfection get in the way of […]
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