Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Following up from last week's Reactive Response Drill, this week's drill will require access to a Pepper popper steel target.
The goal this week: get in the habit of shooting a target all the way to the ground. Not really as useful for competition under most circumstances (though there are exceptions!), ...
Posted in DotW, Learning | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
The winners from last week's 25,000th Visitor Celebration have been randomly selected by computer. Congratulations go out to the following readers:
Winners of the pistol-training.com Shooting Journals are:
jason bourne
TheFish
Grand-prize winner of our fancy new pistol-training.com Khaki Hat was Howard Cohodas.
Congratulations to all the winners! You have been contacted by email for instructions on ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
While a decent instructor should be able to teach both men & women, the cold hard fact is that many female students are much more comfortable and enthusiastic when their instructors and fellow students are also women. Who better to teach women how to shoot than one of the ...
Posted in Learning | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I’ve read through the thread on the other board (editor: CALGUNS.NET). Some observations.
A few posters focused on the number of guns “owned” rather than “practice with” or something similar. The criticism is trivial, however, because the original article was about guns taken to the range, or in other words, practiced ...
Posted in Gear, Learning | 7 Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Well, pistol-training.com had its 25,000th visitor on Sunday, 23-Mar-08. And to celebrate, we're having a free give-away of some products which will be offered for sale in the near future.
To participate, all you have to do is add a Comment to this post. Add only one comment! ...
Posted in Administrative | 44 Comments »
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Last week, we began breaking the "two shots per target" habit with Rich Verdi's Non-Standard Response Drill. Now we'll expand on that concept to simulate a more realistic shooting situation.
First, let's remember why we were doing Verdi's Non-Standard Response Drill in the first place. There is ...
Posted in DotW, Learning, Teaching | 6 Comments »
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Thanks to YouTube, here we see a fine example of what happens when someone who isn't qualified to teach hands a gun to someone who isn't qualified to shoot.
Of course, it's also a good example of why one should not handle a fully-automatic weapon without decent instruction ...
Posted in Learning, Teaching | 4 Comments »
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Most of the drills people practice involve a predetermined number of rounds fired on the target. This is usually a double tap, two shots fired in quick succession. In fact, many law enforcement agencies teach "two to the body" as what is called the standard response, and shooters ...
Posted in DotW, Learning | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Developed by Custom Carry Concepts with input from ToddG at pistol-training.com, the "Looper" is a kydex IWB holster that eliminates one of the biggest weaknesses seen in competing products: thin kydex clips that snap in half under stress.
Kydex clips break. They can break through normal wear and tear ...
Posted in Gear | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
A short video clip has been added to the El Presidente drill page.
Posted in Administrative | 8 Comments »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
The X-Drill, a comprehensive multiple target drill, has been added to the Drills section.
Posted in Learning, Teaching | No Comments »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Posted at the CALIBERS forum by member bobn, an assessment of 1911 fanatics:
1) Choose 1911 carefully. Agonize over it.
2) Buy 1911.
3) Start replacing parts until there isn't anything left of the original 1911.
4) Post endlessly long novels regarding everything you've done to it.
Or:
1) Spend $3000 ...
Posted in Gear | 6 Comments »
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
pistol-training.com is proud to announce our partnership with the great folks at Magnum Tactical, a new online discussion forum for shooting enthusiasts.
They have included a built-in feature which will reference every new post made here at pistol-training.com automatically. You can see what the automatic feed looks like by clicking ...
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