Par For The Course
I just finished up a piece for Springfield Armory on the implications of Karl Rehn's "Beyond The One Percent" series, where he lays out that only one percent of gun owners take any training beyond the bare minimum required by…
50 Rounds And A Cloud of Dust
I have never been a big fan of all-day practice sessions. I am not a sponsored shooter. I don’t have an ammo contract, and while yes, I could round up some practice ammo from the people I know in the…
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…
Processing Power
Brian Hill and Caleb Giddings probably won’t be co-teaching a class any time soon, but they both arrived at the same idea from different angles. Caleb thinks the Failure To Stop is the single most relevant drill for the armed…
Train Your Weakness, Race Your Strength
First off, I must credit my friend and mentor Michael Bane for this phrase. He learned it while training for a triathlon and then mentioned it on his podcast, where I picked it up. The idea is simple: Find out…
There Can Be Only One
I don’t believe in a “concealed carry rotation.” I carry one model of gun, not skitter around between many different types of guns depending on my mood or the phase of Jupiter. I started out in concealed carry with a…
Always A Student, Occasionally A Teacher
One of the reasons why Rangemaster instructors tend to be more clued-in than other firearms instructors is their commitment to lifelong learning. Rangemaster is not a closed system, where instructors are taught The Correct System and other ways of teaching…
New Classes!
I've updated the schedule for the rest of the year. The new classes are: Florida Concealed Carry Class: Saturday, September 6th, 9am Self Defense Outside The Home: Saturday, October 18th, 9am Intro to Defensive Carbine: Sunday, October 26th, 2pm Self Defense…
Mind Games
For the past year or so, I have been fighting what I thought was a flinch: about every fifth shot would land at least an inch below the others. It wasn’t a reaction to the noise and explosion of the…
