Trained vs. Taught
How much time do you spend on your shooting skills? How many skills do you need? Unless you are an uber-enthusiast, you probably have to…
Category: Teaching
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First Shot Fliers
First of all, happy 248th birthday to the Marine Corps, and thank you to all you veterans! I know I’ve said this a thousand times…
Critic, Coach, or Charlatan?
Due to my awesome writing and editing skills, I left out a chunk of my last post. If you wondered why it read so awkwardly,…
Justin Dyal’s “Intermediate” Handgun Class
I just got back from my last planned class of the year, thanks to Justin Dyal and Wayne Dobbs. This is the second year I…
How to get Better
If you are new to shooting or have been shooting for a while and want to get better at it, how should you go about…
The Best Way to Train
“…We’re all the product of all our training and while something I said or did might have turned on the lightbulb this year, it might not have…
The Keystone Cup
Last weekend we traveled to the great state of Pennsylvania to shoot state and regional action pistol matches. The Keystone Cup matches are held at…
Failure is not an option…it is a necessity.
At the Wyoming Steamboat Challenge last weekend, I managed to squeak into a first-place finish with my production optics gun, also winning a high LE…
The Drill Does Not Matter
Many people collect drills. Some take those drills to the range for their practice days, others use them to teach. We have a small collection…
Red Dots and Parallax
One of the benefits of the red dot on a pistol is the ability to take advantage of the gun’s inherent accuracy. When red dots…