Know When To Say “Whoa!”
“Mama always told my not to look into the eyes of the sun But Mama, that's where the fun is” - Bruce Springsteen I recently shared this photo on social media, and there’s a lot of truth there. Not only…
Gaming The System
One of my goals this year is to shoot the 25 round IDPA Classifier at Master level or better. It’s a daunting task, because it’s going to require me to hone a good number of skills, such as drawing from…
Looking Forward To This One
Claude Werner has been a big influence on me, but shockingly, I've never had a class with him. Well, until this June, that is, as I'll be attending his one-day revolver class at the Complete Combatant's range in Georgia. Really…
The Process Is The Plan
One of the perks of my job is that I get to read and edit the content for Shooting illustrated before the rest of you get to read it. In reading Steve Tarani’s post for this week, I realized what…
The Next Steps
I have a confession to make. For the last, oh, five years or so, my goal hasn't been to get better with a pistol. Rather, it's been to be keep myself in the middle of the third column on John…
Trigger Pullers
Andy Stamford is on Lee Weems’ podcast this week, and just like so many other episodes of that podcast, it’s a fascinating look at the history of firearms training and practical shooting. Something Andy said, however, really resonated with me.…
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
I am absolutely fixated on solving the “Beyond the 1%” problem that Karl Rehn first described a few years ago. The fact is that very few of the people who take the time to go through a CCW class go…
What Have I Learned This Year?
I’ve learned that I’m not quite as bad of a shot as I thought I was. Don’t get me wrong, I still ain’t Rob Leatham, but the fact is, based on some of the junkets I’ve been on for my…
Training Never Ends
I wrapped up a two-day Urban Rifle class this weekend with John Farnam, one of the originators of the idea of the close-quarters AR-15. That class marks the end of my training for 2022, and what a year it’s been.…