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 […]
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 […]
I must admit that I have been intrigued with the advent, over the last few years, of appendix inside the waistband (AIWB) holsters that incorporate some sort of magazine carrier, either integral or one that attaches. The idea has appealed to me for two reasons. First, the concept of an all-in-one, grab-and-go package sounded good […]
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 […]
Regular readers of this blog, especially those who might focus on my AARs and my range visit posts, might have been surprised over the last couple of years at the number of malfunctions my OD Generation 3 Glock 19 has experienced (Glock perfection?). My black Glock 19 has suffered three or four malfunctions over its […]
I have written before, in passing, about my long-time interest in football. As much as I love a long pass completion or a big hit (those that are allowed these days), what I really love is the chess match. Old high school and college notebooks of mine have the margins filled with offensive plays and […]
In the last year or so, John and I have been posting more often about drills we have shot. We have outlined what is entailed with the drills themselves and then described our own performance on these drills (sometimes our performances have been worth sharing, and other times less so!). We share the drills because […]
Notice the title doesn’t say “First IDPA Match of 2018”. My first competitive match of the new year was something different for me: a carbine match. I first learned about this match on a local firearms forum about a year ago. Well, that is to say, I learned about the 2017 edition. I marked it […]
As I write this article, it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. As a teacher, I have the day off from work. In between various “how do I entertain the kids enough to tire them out so they’ll leave me alone” events, I remembered that today marks an anniversary of sorts. It has been exactly […]
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