I cannot imagine there are too many people in my shoes. I have been to many classes over the years, almost all of them documented here on the blog. I have met a lot of people in those classes. Accountants, police officers, information technology specialists, lawyers, doctors, army reservists, etc. I cannot ever recall meeting […]
Once again this year, separate from my annual “Pay to Play” article, this is what has become another tradition: looking back at my year (see previous installments here, here, here, and here). What goals did I achieve or fail to achieve? What surprises came up along the way? 2020 was certainly a challenging year on […]
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 […]
As I do each year, I like to get at least some general goals and objectives laid out for the year. These aren’t resolutions per se; in many cases, funds have already been paid and this is just a way for me to give our readers a sneak-peak into what I plan to do this […]
Once again this year, separate from my annual “Pay to Play” article, this is what has become another tradition: looking back at my year. What goals did I achieve or fail to achieve? What surprises came up along the way? Formal Training As I predicted in my 2019 Training Goals article, I could not maintain […]
Regular readers of this blog have seen, over the last two years, how John and I have written more and more “shotgun articles”. We have both been enjoying an increasing interest in the “scattergun” over that time, leading to articles about shotgun modifications, buckshot reviews and patterning, and reviews of some classes we have taken […]
Long time readers of this blog know of my affinity for and dedication to the Glock pistol, specifically the Glock 19. Indeed, this year marks a decade of experience carrying and training with Glocks, and I have acquired nearly a half-dozen of them over the years. My reasons for doing so are simple, and Robert […]
As Robert mentioned in Part 1, last weekend, I was able to attend the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference, held at the NOLATAC Training Center just outside of New Orleans, LA. Despite the crappy weather and hotel screw ups, I’m always happy to go down south, especially considering that my father was born and raised in […]
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