In Defense of the Traditional Double Action
The mere title of this post makes me sad. I have come to accept, begrudgingly, that we live in a world where the perception “one…
Category: Tacticality
10 Posts
Shooting is Easy, Thinking is Hard
One of the first force-on-force (FOF) scenarios I ever went through as a student back in the mid-90’s: I walk around a corner and se two…
When To Safe
One question I get asked frequently in class is, “When do you use the safety?” Now obviously you switch the safety off before firing. I…
The Vehicle Holster
A friend just emailed me about the “holster” someone bought him as a gift for Christmas. It’s intended to be mounted to a car. It’s…
A Capacity to Love
Tim started a series about handgun capacity over at Gun Nuts that stemmed from an earlier discussion about the ubiquitous j-frame as a defensive sidearm.…
Be Like Max?
Max Wins, eleventy-time national pistol champion, closes his eyes when he draws and turns his pistol upside down to reload. Should you? Maybe, maybe not.…
No One Is Innocent
Thanks to Caleb of Gun Nuts Media for posting this video of himself shooting a pretty strange stage at this year’s IDPA Nationals: Normally in…
Spreading Lies
An interesting conversation on pistol-forum.com over the past few days raised the specter of “too accurate” as it is being taught at some fairly high…
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…
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…