Pure Performance?
As mentioned before, I do not choose my guns, especially my carry guns, based on pure performance. I think that is a pretty dumb way…
Category: Firearms Commentary
10 Posts
Final Class of the Year in the Books
I just got back from teaching an ODP class at the very nice Guntry range in West Virginia. It is an indoor range, but you…
Fitting an Adjustable Gun
If your gun is like many today, it comes with a variety of backstraps and maybe other grip parts in the box. How do you…
Striker Fired vs. Hammer Fired
Hopefully we all know by now that I prefer hammer fired guns. A part of that is simple personal preference, kind of like how I…
You can Lead a Horse to Water…
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Robertson Davies “By far the best proof is experience.” Francis Bacon “Occasionally he stumbled…
Moment of Truth with Justin Dyal
I spent last weekend with 11 other motivated students, all of us trying to make the million dollar shot. Many had trained with Justin before,…
Basic Weapon Mounted Flashlight Use
To follow up on the last post, let’s look at some basic flashlight technique. A flashlight is not the ideal tool to hold in your…
Pistol Mounted Flashlights
I started using a light on my pistol in 1998. Back then, the M6 was the top choice and on a rookie NY cop’s salary,…
Gun Cleaning 101
This past week I had a chance to catch up with some old NYPD partners of mine. That’s a fairly technical term in the NYPD,…
.45 vs. 9mm?
Does anyone really think small projectiles are as good or better? How about one these coming at you? Of course, we can’t carry those with…