Nearly three-fourths of the way through the calendar year, things have been going okay for me. I have taken 3 classes (see here, here, and here), shot in five matches (I have not written them up…..they are some of our least-read articles), continued to shoot as a member of the training group I joined back […]
John and I have taken at least a little flak over the years for not putting our full names, photos, videos, etc., out there. I have personally taken some flak (including in some comments right here on this site) for admitting that I do not “always” carry a gun. One recent event shared by a […]
I am not sure when the quest for the sub-second draw became a thing, but clearly it did. I am happy to not be on Facebook anymore, but whether it’s on Reddit, YouTube, or on the gun forums, it seems like this is the Holy Grail for many handgun owners. What is the sub-second draw? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Well, this course was a little bit different! One of my goals this year, when it comes to training, was to get out of my comfort zone (“get comfortable being uncomfortable!”). Starting with this first course of my training year, I can honestly say: mission accomplished! These two days of training took me, for the […]
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