A few weeks ago, I managed to make two trips to the range… I shot the same drill each time with two different handguns that I commonly carry, and I thought I would discuss my experiences here in this post. The August Drill of the Month from Tom Givens’ Rangemaster Newsletter was his “Five-Second Standards.” The […]
It has been quite some time since I did a “media review” for the blog. Indeed, the only one I ever did was this one featuring Pat McNamara. One could argue that my training journey began with the Magpul “Art of the _____” DVDs released back in the 2008-2009 time-frame. While I had had friends […]
In recent months my skills with a handgun have definitely been improving. I know this, of course, because I go to the range with a plan shooting specific drills designed to improve or test specific skills. Comparing my performance on different drills, standards, and qualification courses of fire over time has indicated that I have […]
Overview This past weekend, I was able to attend the CTT Solutions (Mike Pannone) Advanced Pistol course conducted at the Blue Trails Range in Wallingford, CT. I always learn a lot training with Pannone, and this class was no different. In fact, I would rank it as one of my best training experiences to date. […]
Backstory Those who have read John’s article, The Case for Duplicate Guns, can well understand the advantages of having “doubles” of certain firearms available. One day earlier this year I found myself looking into my safe and realizing that I had only one “true” AR-15 carbine (gasp!). How was this possible? I thought these things […]
If you followed a link to this article or otherwise wound up here, I would direct you to the more recent version of it with updates that can be found here. In this post, I’m going to discuss what I think is necessary as well as what’s not when setting up a carbine for civilian […]
“The magic is there is no magic.” I had the pleasure of attending this class (with John) this past weekend. The course was the “Street and Vehicle Class” offered by Mike Pannone of CTT Solutions. The course was held on Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Blue Trail Rifle Range in […]
This post is going to be a follow-up to Robert’s AAR of Mike Pannone’s CTT-Solutions Covert Carry class. If you haven’t yet read his AAR, follow the link and read it first. I will attempt to avoid repeating everything that Robert covered, instead sharing what I hope to be my own unique perspectives from the […]
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