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SHOT Show 2022 & Gunfight Book Club

I didn’t think that SHOT Show 2022 would happen.  And I REALLY drug my feet on committing to go and booking travel.  I didn’t want to wear a mask, and didn’t know if it would be worth while to go with all of the big companies backing out. It ended up being the best and…

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SHOT 2022: 3 Examples of disruptive technology

One of the things that I look for at SHOT show is disruptive technology…not a slight change on a proven idea, but novel concepts for unique problems that cause people to think differently. There are 3 examples that I want to share: First is a non-semi auto AR from Fox Unit: Why would you want…

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Cool Quick Vision Drill for Irons and Red Dots

I’ve got a couple of fun drills for you today… They’re based on the idea that if you can hold a steady gaze, you’ll be much more accurate and precise with your shooting…ESPECIALLY if you shift your gaze to where it needs to be early. Two examples of this: If you know where movement is…

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How to actually achieve your goals and resolutions

Most people take the time around Christmas and New Year’s Day to do some self-evaluation and decide what new goals, accomplishments, or habits to develop for the next year. The vast majority of those goals are only acted on for a few days, and then they’re forgotten until the following year. Nobody WANTS to set…

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Christmas 2021–My Favorite Things

For a few years, Glenn Beck used to have a Christmas episode called “My Favorite Things” where he told his audience about what he was giving his friends and loved ones for Christmas. I’m fortunate to have half a dozen of my products recommended on his radio and TV shows…not as ads, but as gift…

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Top 10 Reasons Why The Future of America Depends on Preppers & Gun Nuts

There has been a lot of derogatory talk lately about “preppers” and “gun nuts” and I’d like to take a minute to point out 10 reasons why preppers and gun nuts have always been vital to the United States and why it is essential that we have as many as possible to survive future disasters.…

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How to get “Newbie Gains” when you’re not a noob…

When I started high school, I fell in love with weightlifting…squats in particular. I hit it HARD for a few years and loved it, but one of the things that I was always trying to do was to make gains as fast as I did when I was first starting. It didn’t happen. There’s something…

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Is it time to revisit the “4 Rules Of Firearms Safety?”

In listening to months of conversations about what happened with Alec Baldwin, I’m reminded of a conversation I had with Larry Yatch and Beau Doboszynski 10 years ago at the Sealed Mindset stress shooting lab. They had something on the wall in each of their ranges…it was something along the lines of this: Firearms Safety…

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Revealing video on vision training….

You really need to check this out. Visual confusion when shooting with both eyes open is one of the more common issues that I run into with shooters. It’s complicated by the fact that most shooters have a misunderstanding about vision, eye dominance, and how the eyes work together for shooting…particularly shooting a pistol in…

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Review & pick of hearing protection & hearing enhancers (hearables)

I started having tinnitus and hearing loss in my early-mid 40s, and hearing protection and hearing better has become very important. I’ve tried several options, both on the hearing protection side and on the hearing enhancement side. And today, I’m going to share what has worked (and not worked) for me as I’ve tested solutions…

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