As the summer vacation season is upon us, I thought this would be a good time to publish a post that’s been in the hopper for a while. The first half was the genesis of the article. The second half is what it expanded to as I continued to write. There’s nothing ground breaking here, […]
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John’s Note: This is a guest post from a blog reader that contacted me regarding his decision to send his shotgun barrel off to Vang Comp for their barrel work and his resulting pattern testing. While the introduction of Federal FliteControl did indeed nearly put Vang Comp out of business, I think the perennial ammo […]
This is going to be a post that is directed primarily at new gun owners that may have recently acquired a shotgun for defensive purposes. Both Robert and I have written extensively about shotguns, ammo selection, and training with them over the past few years, but I wanted to try to summarize some of the […]
Recently, I became aware of a new contender in shotgun ammo specifically tailored for defensive purposes (H/T Ashton Ray of 360 Performance Shooting). Fiocchi USA has introduced a new 12 gauge loading under their Defense Dynamics branding. In reading about it, there were things I liked, and one thing I didn’t necessarily like. The good […]
If you haven’t already read Robert’s comprehensive AAR of Shotgun 360, please do go read it first. As usual when I write an AAR2, this is just going to be my thoughts and highlights rather than a complete rundown of the entire class. I have to apologize for the delay in publishing this… Hurricane Isaias […]
The Scattergun. The Shotty. The Boomstick. The Shotgat. The Street Howitzer. The Gauge. I suppose it makes sense that a firearm that is so ubiquitous and carries so many nicknames would be, as Tom Givens says, “the least understood…..weapon system.” After my first one-day shotgun class I was confident I would never take another. I […]
A few months ago, I stumbled across a source to buy old LE stock Speer Lawman 8 pellet buckshot. Apparently, it was manufactured in the same Federal/CCI/Speer factory that today makes Federal FliteControl and was initially advertised as having the FliteControl wad. I say initially, because when I went back to try to buy more, […]
The time that John and I have been putting into the study of the shotgun continued for me last week. Less than two months after taking “Shotgun Skills” with Tim Chandler and Ashton Ray (taught under the FPF Training banner), I once again got to learn under the expert tutelage of Tim in his Home […]
This past weekend, I made the long trek out to Arizona to attend Rob Haught’s “Shotgun Skills” course. This was one of those grail classes for me… I don’t remember exactly how I became aware of Rob Haught and his push-pull shooting technique (probably either from reading his article in Surefire’s “Combat Tactics” or perhaps […]
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