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How a 47 year old “American Rifleman” ad can help us today…

I recently bought something kind of odd.  It’s a 47 year old magazine ad from American Rifleman! And there is a super-important lesson in this ad that we can learn from today:   Pretty cool, isn’t it? Pistol mounted optics have definitely come a long way, but it’s humbling to know that we can simultaneously…

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Myth of Bindon or Occluded Aiming

A shooter PM’d me a picture of a target (below) where he was doing occluded shooting (tape over the front of his pistol optic) and shot 3 tight slow fire groups at 15 yards…but they were all off to the left. When he didn’t have tape on the lens, he was nailing the bullseye.  This…

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Distance shots with a red dot on a subcompact

I’ve got a couple of cool things for you today. First is a “drill” that was created last year to commemorate Eli Dicken’s life-saving actions at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood IN. Early reports said that he engaged the shooter from 43 yards away, hitting with 8/10 shots fired. So, at the time, I decided…

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Dan Bongino shares a “fight to your gun” video

I got an awesome video today from Robert…he said, “Coffee cup in the face on video it worked great” Notice how behind-the-curve he is as he turns around. He’s trapped in a fatal funnel with a gun pointed at him…inches away.  I am not sure if this husband/dad has gone through our “Fight To…

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Why ‘eye dominance’ is critical for pistol success

Shooters oftentimes have early success or frustration with shooting because of vision issues, like eye dominance. Eye dominance issues have a big impact on shooting performance and enjoyment, but the “normal” eye dominance test you see in almost every online video and in-person class gives the wrong answer 25% or more of the time. For…

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Pear Pie & why the ‘shape of your pistol groups’ matters

I’ve got a couple of ads running on FB that have had hundreds of comments. They’re talking about pistol shooting errors and the image is a simple target with a low-left group. Several of the comments have been “3 clicks up, 3 clicks right.  Done.” or, “Kentucky windage…hold up and right and you’re good.” In some…

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Shooting Incidents Where Good Guys With Pistols Took Out Bad Guys With Rifles and Carbines

Here’s a quick list of 9 instances where good guys with pistols took out bad guys with shoulder mounted weapons: May 3, 2015 Curtis Culwell Center in Garland TX. 59 year old officer Greg Stevens began taking rifle fire from 2 attackers at a distance of 15 yards who were both wearing body armor and…

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How to improve pistol accuracy IMMEDIATELY!

Next time you’re at the range shooting a pistol and you’re not hitting where you want or as tight of groups as you want, what can you do—RIGHT NOW—to shoot better with your very next shots? Even if you’re shooting the dreaded low-left groups (or low-right for right handers). Or if you’re flinching in anticipation—even…

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39 aspects of vision for shooting that go beyond 20/20, readers, and astigmatism.

It’s very common when I talk with people about vision training that they immediately start talking about wearing bifocals, trifocals, or progressives…or what type of vision correction surgery they’ve had. In most cases, they’re just referring to visual acuity…their ability to see objects clearly and sharply at various distances. But there’s so much more to…

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Why “Natural Point Of Aim” Doesn’t Work For Self-Defense

One of the challenges that we have with self-defense and competition shooting is that we have to break a lot of the rules that we were initially taught. Natural point of aim is a good example. Natural point of aim is a very useful tool for long range precision rifle and precision pistol. Basically, you…

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