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Category: Starting From Scratch

10 Posts
May 3, 20252-May-25

Retirement

Administrative, Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, Gear, Humor, Learning, Performance, Reddots, Starting From Scratch, Teaching, Training Commentary 12

I am now officially retired from federal law enforcement. I spent 17 years with the FBI, 6 years with the Diplomatic Security Service, and 4…

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Apr 26, 202526-Apr-25

Cold Heat in Action

Learning, Performance, Range Reports, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 0

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day who happens to run firearms training for a midwestern state’s police academy. Some time…

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Mar 27, 202527-Mar-25

2025 Training Schedule

Administrative, Learning, Other, Starting From Scratch, Teaching 0

Under the Courses tab at the top of the home page, the 2025 training schedule is being fleshed out. Right now, there are two upcoming…

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Mar 22, 202522-Mar-25

Re-aclimating with the LEM

Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, HK, HK P30, Learning, LTT, Performance, Range Reports, Starting From Scratch, Teaching, Training Commentary 0

Anytime I switch guns, there are some fundamental drills I like to run to get reacquainted with the trigger, grip, recoil and balance of the…

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Mar 8, 20257-Mar-25

The Press-Out (Part 3)

Learning, Performance, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 1

Having covered a short, biased history of the technique as well as the basic concept behind it, we will now look at how to practice…

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Feb 5, 20254-Feb-25

Testing my Dry Practice

G19, Learning, Other, Performance, Range Reports, Reddots, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 0

This post was supposed to go live last Saturday, but it didn’t happen, so the shooting is a few days behind my practice as of…

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Nov 23, 202422-Nov-24

LEM and Trigger Control

Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, HK, Learning, LTT, Performance, Range Reports, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 6

Here are some videos of the LEM in action. I have less than 300 rounds through the gun and it is coming along nicely. I…

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Nov 16, 202415-Nov-24

Fast and Accurate, or Careful?

Hunting, Learning, Other, Performance, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 6

We all want to shoot fast and accurately, but does fast and accurate matter? If you are in a competition, it usually does. If you…

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Oct 26, 202425-Oct-24

Accuracy vs. Speed Part Deux.

Learning, Other, Performance, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 4

You may agree with my last post on this matter, or you may disagree, but either way, what do you have to do to improve…

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Oct 19, 202419-Oct-24

Accuracy vs. Speed

Humor, Learning, Performance, Safety, Starting From Scratch, Teaching, Training Commentary 2

No, this isn’t a rehash of “speed is fine but accuracy is final.” I think by now everyone realizes that we want as much speed…

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