I first trained with John Murphy of FPF Training in the Spring of 2016, and I have returned to him numerous times since. As an educator myself, it has been interesting to watch his curricula and his instructional methodology change over time. The first class I took with him was called “Street Encounters Skills” (AAR […]
One would have thought, with the hundreds of hours of training that I have now accrued, that I would have taken several classes more than once. Honestly, I had to go through my AARs to confirm that I had never done so. Well it WAS true…until now. And how fitting it is that the first […]
Since I started shooting competitively in 2016, the articles I have written outlining each match have been some of our least read articles. I get it. READING about a match is not as interesting as participating or even watching one. So I thought this year I would just do a “wrap-up” article on my performance […]
My year with Kelly McCann (see reviews of my prior classes with him here, here, here, and here) continued a couple of weekends ago when I took his defensive handgun class. In my other (and future) coursework with Kelly I have been focused on physical violence of the up-close-and-personal variety. Really liking Kelly and how […]
Here we are again. Each of the last few years (see here, here, here, and here) I have written an article along these lines. These are meant mostly as an audit for myself, as I find it interesting (and somewhat depressing) to see how much I spent on classes and competitive matches over the course […]
Uncharted territory! The largest number of IDPA matches I ever shot in a year (prior to 2020) was five. And the largest number of matches overall in a year was six. I have now beaten both of those personal records, shooting in my seventh IDPA match of this year. As the readers will see, this […]
These continue to be some of our least-read articles, but as I said last time, I will continue to write up at least something from each match just for my own personal reference. And if I am going to bother to write something up, I may as well post it for all to see, right? […]
One of my goals this year was to shoot in at least seven matches. However, with a pair of graduate classes during late winter/early spring along with all the usual familial obligations, I was not able to get to a match until this past weekend. We shall see if my goal is jeopardized down the […]
This past June 28th, I made an impulse buy, and purchased a Striker Control Device (SCD) from Tau Development Group during the annual Tau Day sale. Although I had known about the SCD (aka “The Gadget”) for quite some time from frequenting pistol-forum.com, I had held off buying one for a variety of reasons. I’ll […]
Earlier this year in January, I was excited to see MagPul bring a restricted capacity Glock magazine to market for those of us that live behind enemy lines. I immediately ordered three of the MagPul PMAG 10 GL9-G19 magazines. Over the past six months, I have put well over a case worth’s of ammunition from […]
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