Drill of the Week: Surprise Reloads
Learn to Reload Month continues here at pistol-training.com. In the past two weeks we’ve worked on dry-fire practice and then live-fire planned reloads. This week…
New Article: Laser Sighting Systems as Training Aids
pistol-training.com contributor Rich Verdi’s article Laser Sighting Systems as Training Aids is now available in the Articles section. This article first appeared in the International…
Drill of the Week: 1-Reload-2
As Learn to Reload month continues here at pistol-training.com, it’s time to take the skills we worked on in dry-fire practice last week and execute…
“Trust No One” added
Based on the popularity of the post and user requests, last month’s entry entitled Trust No One: an insider’s perspective has now been added to…
Night Sights: How Do They Work?
Plenty of people use night sights, and they are required equipment in most law enforcement and military pistol procurements these days. But how, exactly, do…
SHOT 2008 After Action Report
Well, SHOT Show 2008 is over and sadly many consider it one of, perhaps the worst SHOT in recent memory. There just wasn’t much to…
Drill of the Week: Basic Reload Practice
February is Learn to Reload month at pistol-training.com so for our first DotW this month we’ll begin with the basics. There are many different kinds…
The “Training Issue” Fallacy
All too often, instructors and enthusiasts alike use the phrase “It’s a training issue” as justification for troublesome equipment or poor techniques. Of course, we…
Gunsmith or Thief?
The Crime of the “Reliability Package” Spend enough time on any gun forum and you will soon be led to believe that you can’t live…
Drill of the Week: Drawback Drill
Time to put everything we’ve worked on so far together into one drill: precision, speed, and the draw. We will begin with a close range…