Lose Your Illusions
There was a recent discussion on social media about why some people are obsessed with learning how to shoot from the driver’s seat of their car. Speaking as someone who set the internet on fire when he suggested that car…
An Embarrassment of Riches
Hey, when I suggested you train with people who recommended other trainers, I wasn't kidding, and February 7th through the 9th might be the best training opportunity you'll see in South/Southwest Florida all year. Tim Herron is coming to Okochobee…
Philosophy Is The Talk On A Cereal Box.
Creating the Cadre Sessions has given me a chance to think about my own particular teaching style. Every instructor starts off mimicking a style, be it of the NRA/USCCA instructor who taught them or some other trainer they’ve learned from.…
What Makes A Good Firearms instructor?
I think the one thing that separates great firearms instructors from all the rest of the instructors out there who takes a weekend’s worth of classes and hangs out a shingle is that a great firearms instructor is dedicated to…
Thoughts on Dry Fire
I’m doing more dry fire these days, partly because I know it’s the key to being a better shooter, partly because I have a cool new toy I’m trying out for work and partly because I’m telling my students that…
Picture This
From 1990 to 2001, I was an editorial and advertising photographer. I had a decent client list (IBM, HP, Sports Illustrated) and shot thousands of frames each month. Heck, sometimes each week. I had decent gear, Hassies for medium format,…
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…
Introducing The Cadre Sessions
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for June of this year, when I was having a dickens of a time filling up my Pistolcraft 101 class. It’s a good class, modeled after John Murphy’s “Street Encounter Skills” class and it goes…
That’s A Cold Shot, Baby
Man, that’s a drag. One of the less-than-fun things about my job is moderating the comments on a Facebook page with over 2 million followers. Some of the comments are insightful. Some are… not so insightful. A common thread running…
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…