I have neglected dry fire for far too long now. Live fire too, for that matter. I would probably be embarrassed to go shoot at the range tomorrow. To compound the problem, I have recently been toting a J-Frame revolver either in the waistband or pocket. Say what you will, but I have also been […]
This was the second of four courses I plan to take with Kelly McCann this year. Hopefully, our readers have by now read the review I wrote of the ASP/Stickfighting clinic, where I outlined my rationale for wanting to train with Kelly in these areas. The Defensive Knife clinic shared a lot of similarities with […]
It is great to sit down and FINALLY write this article that has been over a year in the making. Having said that, this article will serve as a bit of a monument to my thinking at this time, and no doubt the items described as well as the possible uses for this bag will […]
Or was it?…… This week I was back to my “old” club, the one at which I have been shooting IDPA matches for the last four years. Regular readers may recall how weather (rain) issues have sometimes caused the match director to change out a “regular” IDPA match for some sort of modified steel challenge […]
Things are starting to open up a bit more around here. In addition to the club where I shot a match last month, the club where I shot matches in years past is starting to host matches again as well. So I’ll end up shooting two matches in July: this was the first of those. […]
One of the many casualties of the pandemic, at least for me, has been competitive shooting. State rules against gatherings of more than ten people put a hold on most matches in these parts. A shame too, as I had shot my first match in January, setting me up to potentially shoot more matches this […]
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 […]
Both John and I are wont to carry a purpose-made tourniquet on our bodies as often as possible. We both recognize the likelihood of needing medical gear is probably higher than needing our concealed pistol, and we also are aware of the efficacy of two tourniquets in particular: the North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet […]
I attended my first Rangemaster Tactical Conference (TacCon for short) in 2017. I skipped last year’s conference for a variety of reasons, but was eager to get back this year and so registered quite early (I registered March 28th, 2018!). John attended with me and has shared his thoughts here. This year’s conference was held […]
One of the side benefits of taking classes is the opportunity that sometimes presents itself to sample someone else’s gear. Students show up to classes with all sort of gear—some good, some not so good—and I have found members of the community in such venues to be very open and accommodating when it comes to […]
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