Diminished Training Value
People often ask me why there are 1″ squares on my Q-PT target. This excellent training video from the brilliant folks at Dynamic Pie Concepts…
Excellent New Cardboard Target
The folks who developed the NRA’s new National Defense Match (NDM) program may have been all about rifles, but the target they came up with…
Warning: Wilson Black ETM Magazines
Earlier this week, I bought some of the new black Wilson ETM 10rd 9mm magazines. The main reason I wanted the black mags was for concealed…
Gun-Induced Ego
Finally, you said to yourself, Todd’s going to talk about something he really understands. But sorry, this post isn’t about my ego. Let’s face it, there aren’t…
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.…
.45’s and 1911s
A friend pointed out to me recently that I’ve carried plenty of .45’s (a Glock 30, multiple SIG P220’s, and obviously the HK45) over the…
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.…
What’s Wrong With This Pistol?
Yeah, it’s the grips. Oh, and the trigger guard is missing, too. (from the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, VA) Train hard & stay…
Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: Report #29
54,287 14 stoppages 0 malfunctions 4 parts breakages Another 4,000 rounds have sailed down the pipe since the last update with very little to report, really. I’m…
Oblivious About Safety
About 75% of my practice happens at the busy indoor public range located at NRA Headquarters in Virginia. It’s a fantastic facility with a bunch…