Welcome To Your Worst Case Scenario
The recent active shooting event in a Texas church was a wake up call to everyone who carries a defensive firearm. What does it take to make the shot when it matters most?
Condition Three Carry Is A Bad Idea
Every once in awhile, I'll meet someone who still carries their defensive firearm with a magazine inserted, but no round in the chamber. Let's be clear, this is a bad idea. We will not be to dictate what my happen…
Stop Using This Target
We have better targets to shoot at than the NRA B-27 silhouette target. Use them, not the B-27.
Rock Around The Relock
Center Axis Relock (or CAR) and the John Wick movies have become almost synonymous in the firearms training community. I wanted to know more about this technique wound up on the silver screen, and the results really surprised me. Turns…
The (Not So) Cool Jerk
Or, welcome to my (shooting) nightmare. Patience is not my strong suit, and at the range, it shows up as a rather nasty trigger jerk. Save yourself some time, and learn from my mistakes.
I Shoot, Therefore, I Suck.
I was talking with a fellow gunwriter a few months ago, and he said something that I thought was really profound. "For most gun owners," he told me, "every time they go to the range, it's their first time." And…
A Primer on Primers
This one was a bit of a slog: Finding ammo that we knew for a fact had sealed primers on it, and then testing it so only the primers were affected took the better part of four months to figure…
Tactical Gas
I realized early on in my journey towards a safe, armed lifestyle that my tasks as a father and breadwinner were significantly different than the tasks of a soldier or law enforcement officer. Tempting as it is, I don't need…
Scar Tissue That I Wish You Saw
We keep hearing about "training scars" within the firearms community, those issues that show up when we try to apply inappropriate techniques to the current situation. But are they a real thing? Maybe.