Wilson’s New 8rd .45 Magazine
In development for quite some time, Wilson Combat today announced the introduction of its new ETM HD/+P magazine for .45 caliber 1911-pattern pistols. The major…
Category: Learning
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The exercise itself is pretty straightforward. Draw and engage a target from around the outside of a barricade, engage three more targets on the move,…
Two Seconds
A common debate about practical defense-oriented shooting is whether a “speed draw” is really important. Some folks like to argue that their amazing power of awareness…
Introducing Max Wins and the 1%
Overheard every day on the internet: Sevigny/Leatham/Vogel uses <insert gear choice here>, so I should, too! Sometimes, it’s completely valid. These guys shoot a lot…
FOF: Pros and Cons, Part 1
Back in August 2012 I wrote an article called Competition: Pros and Cons. Today, it is followed up by a similar discussion about another oft-debated aspect…
Ayoob on Zimmerman
This promises to be a good series about the real facts & law pertaining to the Zimmerman case by someone with more than a little…
Milestones
Following up on the Standards discussion last month, three different people in three different places recently posted three different comments that all seem related. Once…
Prerequisites
A thread over at pistol-forum about class prerequisites has been bouncing around in my head for a while and I wanted to talk about it in…
Round Counts in Classes
Somehow, my name recently got dragged into some crazy online drama-controversy about a review of another instructor’s class. One of the many things that got…
F.A.S.T. Explained
There’s a discussion over at M4Carbine.net about the F.A.S.T. drill and it seemed like a good idea to address a few points. The first is…