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…
Zero to Hero in 3 Simple Lessons?
Tonight at the range I saw an all-too-common incident: new student being taught by someone who was basically a new student himself. The “instructor” is…
The Price of Negligence
Negligent Discharge Page is an ongoing report from a forthright gentleman who shot himself in the leg. Some of the images may be considered graphic…
Drill of the Week: The Wall Drill
Over the past few weeks we’ve worked on getting smoother and faster. Invariably, when shooters focus on their speed they start to lose a certain…
Wait!
Instructors: Don’t move on to the next lesson until your student understands the first one! At the range this evening I saw someone “teaching” —…