Practice: One Perspective
In line with the discussion about the difference between the comfort zone and the danger zone in training, these last few months have given me a…
Category: Starting From Scratch
10 Posts
Discomfort vs. Disorder
Aim Fast, Hit Fast — the signature pistol-training.com shooting course — was adapted (one might even say “blatantly stolen outright”) from Rich Verdi’s excellent Out of…
Glock Trigger Pull Experiments
I’m currently breaking in two Glock gen4 19s. One will eventually become my everyday carry pistol. The other will serve as my primary training gun.…
Minor Progress
Finally, after multiple repeated failures, I managed to squeak out an Advanced score on the F.A.S.T. yesterday at the NRA Headquarters Range. I shot three runs at…
Ballistic Radio Tonight!
I’ll be on Ballistic Radio tonight at 7pm. The topic of discussion will be what it’s like losing your shooting ability and what it’s like trying…
Heirloom at 2,000
It took more than a month to get there, but the Jason Burton Heirloom Precision 9mm Commander broke the 2,000 round mark on Wednesday. A…
Accuracy Matters
The Burton 9mm Commander averaged 1.507″ five shot groups from a foam rest at 25yd. Ammunition is Federal 124gr +p HST. This is the best of the…
Hardware vs Software
Does hardware or software matter the most, Todd? Yes they do, Other Todd. Yes they do. An accepted truism among shooters is that it’s better to…
Harder Than I Expected
Having received my SIG .22 kit, I was planning to go to the range for the first time this past Friday. Before heading out, I…
Starting From Scratch … Again
As many of you know, eight weeks ago I had my right elbow completely replaced. The titanium elbow is a fairly new and uncommon procedure,…