Robert Vogel: F.A.S.T. Coin #11
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Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
365 Days of Training
Sunday, May 12th, 2013My friend Josh Savani (aka joshs on pistol-forum.com), F.A.S.T. Coin #10, has just announced that he is committing to an entire unbroken year of pistol practice. Whether live fire or dry fire, he'll be working on his shooting skills for three hundred and sixty five days. Not only that, but he's ...
Is Bad That Bad?
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013You've seen it a hundred times on the internet: "I don't want to go to a class and learn the wrong thing!" The implication is that someone could attend a class and learn something bad. Is it bad to learn one of those techniques or attend a class where some of ...
Out of Control, But in Moderation
Friday, April 26th, 2013A recent post by Caleb over at Gun Nuts (Run it until the wheels fall off) got me thinking about the different approaches people take to shooting fast & accurately. As I've mentioned before (Permission to Miss), at a certain point it becomes necessary to miss if you want to shoot faster. More ...
Reload Lookiloos
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013When I first got serious about defensive/tactical shooting about twenty years ago, one of the golden rules was never take your eyes off the bad guy. Specifically, they applied this rule to reloads. It was the height of suicidal stupidity, they said, to look at your gun when reloading. But as ...
Mags: Too Many Is Not Enough
Thursday, April 4th, 2013As threats of a new federal ban continue and some states already find themselves subject to new stricter limits, a question that arises often is, "How many mags should I have?" The simple answer is that you can never have too many magazines. Get as many magazines as you can reasonably ...
Thought for the Day
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013From a modern poet: Anyone perfect must be lying Anything easy has its cost Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
Got (Less) Ammo?
Friday, March 22nd, 2013empty ranges With the current ammo drought, the internet is ablaze with discussions and comments about ways to cope. Most such comments revolve around various ways to do more with less. But the hard truth is this: if you've already been training efficiently, you can't improve certain skills without live fire practice. Pretty ...
What Is a Gun?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013Catching up on two months of blogs from around the net I came across an interesting post about safety. It opined that the Cardinal Rules should be followed not just with live firearms but with blue guns, SIRT pistols, and the like. It's a view shared by others, certainly; at ...
Students Must Pay
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013... attention. It's a pet peeve of mine when teaching: the student who doesn't pay attention and constantly holds up the class needing special attention. We're not talking about a class being confused because the instructor was unclear. We're not talking about a student who once or twice over the course of ...