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Using The T4E ?Paintball? Gun For Serious Training?
I’ve got a great training tool to share with you today…it’s the .43 caliber, CO2 powered paintball marker pistols from T4E (Training for Engagement). This is a great training tool and I’m going to show you 3 distinct ways that you can train with this platform, depending on what you’re training. One of the best…
Are combat-accurate/center mass groups good enough? (Probably not…here’s why)
There’s a continual debate among shooters about whether or not it’s important to be able to shoot precisely with a pistol. I get messages like the following one every day from well meaning people saying it’s silly to shoot tight groups: There are 3 things that are vital to understand about the importance of being…
What do “Average” Police Response Times Have To Do With Pool Noodles?
One of the big claims that gun grabbers make is that citizens don’t need firearms because, that’s what the police are for. But let’s dig into that a little… The big stat that people hang their hat on is “average” response times. For priority 1 calls, where lives are on the line, average response times…
Why “point shooting” doesn’t/does work…
I get into frequent discussions with shooters and instructors on the merits of sighted shooting vs. point shooting. Now, to be clear, I teach that there’s a time for both and teach a blended approach that let’s shooters seamlessly and effortlessly switch back and forth, but this isn’t something you can just decide you’re going…
Answers to 5 big questions from you RE: Praxis Dynamic Gunfight Training
We’ve had ton of great feedback and questions so far on the Praxis Dynamic Gunfight Training workshop and training. One shooter who signed up and went through the training sent me this: At my shooting club we have five plate racks (6 plates each) set up, all in a long row. One of my friends at…
Flying with guns…and the time TSA called the cops on me.
Over the last decade, I’ve flown with guns a few hundred times. At first, it was a little nerve wracking, but now it’s almost boring. Almost. Flying with a gun and having to get approval from multiple non-gun people in authority leaves the door open for some interesting times. So, today, I’m going to distill…
Top 3 “Getting Off The ‘X’” Myths about Shooting On The Move
One of the most important rules in a gunfight is to avoid being in the path of incoming rounds. And one of the popular sayings is that you need to “Get Off The ‘x’.” But that’s where bumper-sticker answers do us a disservice and cause us to buy into training myths about shooting on the…
CNN Reveals New Bullet That Travels 28,000 Feet Per Second! (And 6 other media gun myths)
This morning, people awoke to learn about an act of violence at a Garlic Festival south of San Francisco. It was horrible and senseless, but we’ve been force-fed lie after lie by the media and politicians in an attempt to demonize firearms and gun owners. At the same time CNN revealed a new bullet that…
Surviving Extreme Heat & Power Outages
We’re to the part of the summer when the heat seems to be one of the big news stories. Conveniently, everyone seems to forget that it gets hot EVERY summer, so it makes good news. Heat is not new. Heat is not unique to the US. Along with heat comes power outages, primarily from increased…
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