Dogma, Doctrine, Direction
A good instructor should know why he teaches certain techniques instead of others. If he uses a particular stance or grip, if he favors a…
Category: Learning
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Can You Shoot Too Much?
Caleb posits an interesting question at Gun Nuts: Can You Shoot Too Much? A similar but different question came up recently on pistol-forum.com, about feeling…
It’s Not Me, It’s My Gun!
One of the most common excuses heard on the line and online will always be “it’s the gun!” And for as many times as that…
Some People Have Too Much Class
Last week, 167 of Master Class Chronicles wrote a very interesting post called When does practice become more important than training? As someone who makes a significant…
SOM
Caleb recently blogged about shooting on the move in a competition context and one of the things he said really resonated with my overall philosophy…
1H Shooting
Falling squarely into the “lies, damn lies, and statistics” category, the most recent NYPD firearms discharge report (hat tip to Mitchell) informs us that NYPD officers…
Police Quals
Police firearms qualification standards tend to be easy. It may not seem that way to many of the officers, but to anyone serious enough about…
The Double/Single Action Pistol
I’m a big fan of DA/SA guns and have been for many, many years. While they’re often maligned by today’s generation of Glock-centric shooters (and…
Keeping up with the Rogerses
A group of us from pistol-forum.com are attending Rogers Shooting School this week. To keep up with the week’s results, you can check out the…
Priorities
When it comes to shooting, I’m a performance oriented guy. I measure. I track. I care about hundredths of seconds and tenths of inches. Whenever…