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” —…
Calling 9-1-1 Doesn’t Always Work
While there is no doubt in my mind that the police got to this woman’s home as quickly as they could, it wasn’t quick enough.…
Drill of the Week: Press-Outs
This week we’re going to work a very specific technique which will improve both accuracy and speed during the draw. Ironically, we won’t be drawing…