Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Originally posted at M4Carbine.net and copied here with permission of the author, read the story of "Littlelebowski" (from Long Range International) who was shot when a passenger in the vehicle he was driving negligently discharged a Kimber .45, shooting Littlelebowski in the arm and leading to two years of surgeries ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
The September Design a Drill of the Week contest winner comes from an active duty Major in the U.S. Marine Corps who has asked not to be identified. He didn't have a name for the drill, so we just made one up. 8)
The drill provides a way to do color-shape drills ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
This week, we're going to work on combining some of the skills that have been the subject of recent DotW's. In particular, we're going to work on strong hand only (SHO) and weak hand only (WHO) shooting along with the reload.
Put up a large target (such as a paper plate ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The August Design a Drill of the Week contest winner is "Gunslinger" for his drill Tri-10. Thanks for the great drill, "Gunslinger!" Expect your prize (a pistol-training.com hat) to arrive soon.
"Gunslinger's" explanation:
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Here’s another “efficiency in motion” drill that evaluates one’s ability to draw, fire quickly and accurately with a two handed grip, ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Cross-dominance, sometimes called "cross-eye dominance," affects approximately 10% of shooters. It is fairly common among left-handed shooters (whose right eye is dominant) but it also occurs in a small percentage of right-handed shooters (whose left eye is dominant).
There are a number of different tests to determine eye dominance. The easiest is ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
This drill comes to us from a friend at a major federal law enforcement agency.
For the drill, you will need five FBI "Q" targets, such as the one pictured at left. The "Q" target (and countless variants) are available at many online target supplies such as The Target Shop. You ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
by Bob Margolis
So you’re going to take a handgun course. Congratulations for taking the initiative to become better trained. You’re already ahead of 95% of your fellow shooters.
To get the most out of your training, you need to bring the proper gear to your session. Having the right gear with ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Following the same thought pattern of the last two DotW (Acceleration and Pyramid), this week we're going to work on speed without getting out of control. For this, we'll use the Deceleration Drill.
You'll need two targets, one large (like a sheet of paper or an 8" plate) and the other ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The July winner of our Design a Drill of the Week contest is Pyramid, submitted by "mlazarus" who will be receiving a free pistol-training.com hat for his contribution to the site. It's a quick, easy to set up drill which helps work on the all-important balance between speed & accuracy.
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
The last two DotW's were all about accuracy, so now it's time to transition to speed. We're going to take the Press Out drill from earlier this year and put it on the clock, pushing the shooter to speed up. If you aren't familiar with the Press Out drill, we ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Apparently, last week's drill was not a successful one for most of you, since no one reported their results. Everyone here at pistol-training.com is very sad.
So as promised, this week we will stick with the accuracy drills. All you will need is a stack of 3x5 cards.
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Targets like the one pictured to the left, taken years ago from the now-defunct sportshooter.com website, are very popular among shooters. A few years ago I taught a class for a federal agency and they had a huge poster-size version up on the wall of their classroom. Supposedly, the target can diagnose ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Thanks again to Bryan Williams, first winner in our Design a Drill of the Week contest, for bringing us Triple Six last week. We've been getting some outstanding drills and we'll be unveiling one a month.
One thing that Triple Six showed us is that quite a few folks were really ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
We've all seen some wild stuff at the range. The photo, left, was taken in 2006 at Ken Hackathorn's 60th Birthday "Party" match, of a local shooter who, yes, uses spent cartridge cases for hearing protection.
Tonight at the range, there were two incidents that are really just too crazy to ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
This week's drill comes from Bryan Williams, the first winner in our Design a Drill of the Week Contest. Thanks to Bryan for the great write-up. We hope you enjoy your new pistol-training.com hat!
For this drill, you will need three IPSC targets (or similar) and a shot timer.
Bryan explains the ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Last week's drill was about delivering precise hits strong and weak hand only under stress. Now it's time to turn up the speed by a notch or two.
Set up two large targets (an 8" paper plate is ideal) about two feet apart. Range is 3 yards. Put your shot timer on ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Don't forget the pistol-training.com Design a Drill of the Week contest!
A few weeks ago, we did some one-handed shooting for the Drill of the Week. Response from readers was good, and there aren't many people who don't need to work on their one-handed shooting so we figured it was time to ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The DotW this week is designed to improve transitions, moving the gun from one target to the next.
The target array will involve three targets at a range of 5 yards. The targets should be about 1 yard apart. The two outside targets will be large (paper plate, 8.5x11 ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Day 2 at the Rogers Shooting School Intermediate/Advanced Pistol Class and we're down to nine students. It seems that one gentleman, who'd traveled halfway down the East Coast to be here, was responsible for the unexpected loud noise in our hotel last night. Yup, he had an AD (accidental discharge). ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
One of the worst habits most shooters get into is avoiding the "hard stuff." We love to practice what we're already good at, because it makes us feel skilled and accomplished. But instead of spending an afternoon trying to shave two hundredths of a second off your draw, ...
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