PTC Target 2.0
National Target has a new website and has once again set up a dedicated page for the latest version of the pistol-training.com target. This highly…
Category: Gear
10 Posts
Range Bag
Right before SHOT Show 2014 I wrote about my ideal range bag. Now that I’m getting back to having significant range time each week, I got…
Carry Gun, Training Gun
Probably the worst habit I’ve adopted since beginning the pistol-training.com annual endurance tests back in 2008 was a policy of using the endurance test gun…
Beretta Gets a New Spin
What happens when legendary gunsmith Bill Wilson (not to mention the resources and expertise of all the other incredible gunsmiths at Wilson Combat) take champion Beretta shooter & tuner Ernest…
Drawstrings, Again
As I mentioned in 2012, drawstrings on concealment garments can be dangerous. Here’s a TV news segment about a police officer who sadly managed to…
The Julie Method Flashlight Technique
At the 2006 (could have been 2005) S&W IDPA Match, my friend Julie Golob showed me a flashlight/pistol technique that she’d come up with… possibly…
In Defense of the Traditional Double Action
The mere title of this post makes me sad. I have come to accept, begrudgingly, that we live in a world where the perception “one…
When To Safe
One question I get asked frequently in class is, “When do you use the safety?” Now obviously you switch the safety off before firing. I…
Ken Hackathorn Signature 1911
How much would you pay to have none other than Ken Hackathorn himself personally design your Wilson Combat Government Model? When asked to develop his…
Why Did It Take So Long To Get a Striker-Fired SIG?
The reign of the SFA (striker-fired action) pistol is all but complete. Why did it take so long for SIG to get on board? Well,…