Professionals Vs. Enthusiasts
A recent email exchange with a shooter who has taken one of my classes prompted this post. He was taking an online shooting class that…
Category: Teaching
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Training with Just One Gun
This has been a topic many times here at Pistol-Training. Todd coined the term SIMP, after one range session at the NRA range where I…
Cold Shooting Ability
Here at P-T, we have long touted the benefits and necessity of on demand performance. This was not something discussed much in the training community…
Two More FAST Pins
I just returned from an LE instructor development class on the west coast, and it was a lot of fun. Very good shooting, lots of…
A Few Notes on Group Shooting
When trying to wring as much precision as possible out of a gun, freestyle shooting is not the way to go. You must rest the…
The “Big” CC9 Group Shoot
Gathering meaningful data is not easy. Shooting groups is not easy. Put those things together and you are bound to run into issues. Having some…
Are You Living in the Margins?
A lot of talk in the shooting community revolves around tiny differences in performance. This is natural and in some ways helpful. In most ways…
If You Want to Shoot Better, Get Off the Internet
I realize I’m putting this post on the internet and you are reading it on the internet, but the title holds. The most vocal people…
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…
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…