Ever since I had a very positive experience with Green Ops in the spring of 2017, I had been eager to take another course with them. I was most interested in following up the Carbine I course I had taken with, naturally, Carbine II, but was unable to make it later in 2017. I believe […]
This past weekend I was able to once again get away for a few hours and shoot my third IDPA match of the year (fourth match overall…I shot a carbine match and two prior IDPA matches, here and here). Much like the last match in which I participated, this was a fun, challenging match with […]
About two-and-a-half years ago I wrote an article for the blog entitled “The Dangers of Inbreeding”. In it, I outlined the “dangers” inherent in training with only one instructor/company. A few days ago I was surfing the web and came across some folks who clearly did not read that article (Why would they? They are […]
John and I have spent a lot of time this year studying the shotgun. We have both written articles on patterning different loads out of our shotguns (see John’s articles here, here, here, and here), taken shotgun coursework (see here and here), read books and articles by well-regarded authors about the shotgun and, in general, […]
I cannot recall where I first saw the Thyrm Switchback. It may have been on a light utilized by Aaron Cowan of Sage Dynamics in a video, or perhaps adorning one of the lights used by the guys at Practically Tactical, who always seem to get all the “cool-guy” gear first. I do recall that […]
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 […]
This past weekend I was able to get away for a few hours and shoot my second IDPA match of the year (third match overall…I shot a carbine match and one prior IDPA match). This was a fun, challenging match with nearly every stage having at least one moving target and a fair amount of […]
