Something A Little Different
As you know, due to some changes in my life, I've been cutting back the training schedule as of late and concentrating on other things in my life, one of which is my first novel. I did a bunch of…
The Missing Piece
I've owned an AR-10 for a few years now. I built one for my "Scout Rifle 2.0" series at Ammoman, but someone, the gun I built just never clicked with me. It's not that the pieces weren't there. The upper…
Opportunity Knocks
First off, I want to say thank you SO much to everyone who has purchased my book. The reviews have been extraordinary, and I really appreciate them and all the support you've given so far. For those of you who haven't…
A New Chapter. Thirty Eight of Them, Actually.
There are some big changes in store for Quietly Armed. The first is, after five or so years of on-again, off-again work, my debut novel is now available on Amazon. I put a lot of effort into this book, researching…
Ex-Spurt O’pinions
There’s been quite a lot of talk over the past three or four years about “The Revolver Renaissance.” This movement alleges that revolvers are back, and in a big way. Well, maybe. What I can say is that revolvers are…
Dunning, Kruger, Smith and Wesson
My friend Alex posted this as a response to a question in a Facebook group on how to become a firearms trainer. Sign up for Rangemaster Instructor Development Train with other instructors that have been through Rangemaster Identify your niche…
Scope of Work
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile you’ll note that I rarely talk about gear. There are two reasons for that. The first is, I’m not really interested in gear all that much. I mean, as long as you…
Yearly Wrap-up
Sorry for the lack of posting, but I’m writing more for work and working on my first novel, so that is sucking all of the creative oxygen out of the room. What was this year like, and what do I…
Whatever Happened to Computer Magazines?
I had my first computer in 1981. My family got one so my mom could do accounting for small businesses using Peachtree v1.0 on our brand-new Commodore CBM. Back then Byte and Compute! were must-reads, as they had ads for…
System Upgrade
I just finished updating a presentation on self-defense for women that I hadn’t opened since 2021, and quite frankly, I was initially a bit horrified with what I was teaching back then. It wasn’t BAD advice, like I was advocating…