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Category: Starting From Scratch

10 Posts
Oct 18, 2015

Honesty: How Good Am I?

Learning, Safety, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality 22

I’ve said for years, 95% of shooters think they’re in the top 5%. They’re not honest with themselves and fall into a spiral of self-congratulatory behavior…

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Aug 7, 201522-Jan-22

Gear Changes: INFORCE APL

Gear, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality 19

For many years, my favored low-light technique was simply using a flashlight in my left hand while holding the gun in my right. I had very…

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Jul 27, 201523-Jan-22

Practice: One Perspective

Learning, Starting From Scratch 8

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…

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Jul 26, 201523-Jan-22

Discomfort vs. Disorder

Learning, Safety, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching 7

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…

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Apr 27, 201523-Jan-22

Glock Trigger Pull Experiments

G19, Starting From Scratch 15

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.…

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Feb 26, 201523-Jan-22

Minor Progress

Heirloom Project, Starting From Scratch 16

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…

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Feb 15, 201523-Jan-22

Ballistic Radio Tonight!

Starting From Scratch 9

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…

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Feb 5, 2015

Heirloom at 2,000

Heirloom Project, Range Reports, Starting From Scratch 6

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…

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Jan 17, 2015

Accuracy Matters

Heirloom Project, Range Reports, Starting From Scratch 14

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…

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Dec 24, 201423-Jan-22

Hardware vs Software

Gear, Learning, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality 3

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…

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  1. SLG on Training Speed vs. Actual Speed1-Sep-26

    Good stuff and I hope to train with Eric. I will make a video of a race rig run at…

  2. RTE on Training Speed vs. Actual Speed31-Aug-26

    good thoughts to ponder! also, need to see you run a race holster, just to see if you can get…

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    Awesome!

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