Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
Monday, April 20th, 2015
Some recent ... let's call them discussions over on my Facebook page have once again reminded me that some people don't understand what training issue really means. All too often it is used as a catch-all to blame anything and everything on the shooter.
Had an accident with a gun with a two ...
Posted in Gear, Learning, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
A never-ending topic of discussion these days is the pistol mounted MRDS (mini red dot sight) that is becoming more popular among shooters. As with so many things, it's yet another "All or Nothing," with too many people believing they're best or worst under all circumstances for all shooters. And ...
Posted in Gear, Learning, Tacticality, Teaching | 15 Comments »
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
The photo on the left is something we've all seen countless times at the range: one target that has absorbed dozens, sometimes hundreds of rounds without any accountability. While it's fine if you're just out for a day of making noise and empty brass, from a training standpoint it's not ...
Posted in Learning | 7 Comments »
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
If you're more concerned with your previous best than what you can deliver right now cold on demand, you're doing it wrong.
This evening I spent five hours having "dinner" with a very good friend and dedicated active duty military officer who is directly involved in the training of special operations ...
Posted in Learning, Tacticality, Teaching | 5 Comments »
Saturday, March 7th, 2015
Langdon Tactical, Inc. (langdontactical.com) and pistol-training.com are excited to announce a new alliance to preserve the F.A.S.T. Coin test into 2015 and beyond.
F.A.S.T. Coins have been a staple of pistol-training.com classes and events since 2007, awarded to only the most highly skilled shooters who have been able to prove their on-demand shooting ability by successfully ...
Posted in Competition, Learning, Teaching | 6 Comments »
Monday, March 2nd, 2015
About a month ago on pistol-forum.com I described a scenario I've run in Force on Force scenarios many times:
I used to run a pretty straightforward FOF scenario in which the student was standing around minding his own business when a couple walked around the corner. First the guy started calling ...
Posted in Learning, Tacticality | 15 Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Finally, after multiple repeated failures, I managed to squeak out an Advanced score on the F.A.S.T. yesterday at the NRA Headquarters Range. I shot three runs at the end of a short practice sessions:
7.32 (clean / 2.39, .60 / 3.29 / .36, .37, .31)
7.01 (clean / 2.28, .63 / 2.87 / .42, .35, .36)
6.62 (clean ...
Posted in Heirloom Project, Starting From Scratch | 16 Comments »
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
I'll be on Ballistic Radio tonight at 7pm. The topic of discussion will be what it's like losing your shooting ability and what it's like trying to get it back. Should be a barrel of laughs! Listen in or check out the podcast once it's up on the 'net.
Train hard & ...
Posted in Starting From Scratch | 9 Comments »
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
It took more than a month to get there, but the Jason Burton Heirloom Precision 9mm Commander broke the 2,000 round mark on Wednesday. A detailed description of the gun part by part is in the works along with plenty of new photos.
Thanks as always to the pistol-training.com Heirloom Project ...
Posted in Heirloom Project, Range Reports, Starting From Scratch | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
Fighting Smarter: A Practical Guide for Surviving Violent Confrontations by well known instructor Tom Givens has now been released in a new, updated 3rd Edition available from Amazon.
While students often judge instructors based on the number of gun battles the instructor has been in, it seems obvious that a better measure ...
Posted in Learning, Tacticality | 6 Comments »
