I will be teaching a class entitled Concealment Mechanics in 2024. This is a one-day class, eight hours, and participants will fire about 300 rounds of ammunition. In this class I seek to address a constant issue that I see, even among a lot of relatively advanced practitioners and training junkies; the ability to draw... Continue Reading →
Things certainly come and go in phases in the firearms community. For example, back about five or six years ago when I went through a revolver phase, nobody cared about them. I always use a small revolver as my deep concealment option, but at that time I was shooting and writing about revolvers a lot. ... Continue Reading →
I have written some well circulated content on the necessity of knowing how to surreptitiously draw a handgun. My article on the subject that I wrote on USA Carry was well-received and stirred up good discussion, which led me to realize that this is a skill that is not often discussed, even though it proves... Continue Reading →
In the wake of every outlier event we see a new fad come into the self-defense and tactical community. Currently, we are taken with the notion of repelling para-gliding terrorists due to certain international events. While large scale terror attacks may be in our future, thanks to the immigration non-policy of late, the most likely... Continue Reading →
As I have reached middle age, with many irons in the fire and many obligations, time is the one commodity I have too little of. As this reality has taken a firmer grasp, I have become a hardliner for only training what is relevant. Yes, Bob Vogel and a few other very top shooters seem... Continue Reading →
Ok, that title is click bait that probably just enraged a lot of people. Let me clarify: of course strong side carry is still relevant, and it will remain so. Those in uniform, and most competitive shooters, will continue to rely on strong-side carry, and it will also remain the preference for many concealed carriers,... Continue Reading →
Like everything else with our body, our vision changes over time. I am extremely near sighted. This is one reason that I have always been into the speed-oriented action shooting sports over anything to do with fine accuracy as my vision is a limiting factor, especially with the handgun. Magnified optics are a total game... Continue Reading →
I have written some well-known articles on pre-ignition push, most notably, on USA Carry where I address what it is and how to deal with it as a shooter. You can see that article here: https://www.usacarry.com/mitigate-pre-ignition-push/ I talk about this issue because I repeatedly deal with it as a shooter. I find that shooters seem... Continue Reading →
The most important skill with a pistol, as it pertains to self-defense, is being able to deploy it efficiently, safely, and quickly. We could say that the draw to a first, solid hit, is most important. I would submit that the draw itself can be separated out from the first accurate hit to an extent... Continue Reading →
A consistent trait that all high-level practitioners of almost any craft seem to share in common is an ability to focus on improvement when practicing. Pertaining to shooting, there is a difference between “practicing” and actually focusing on making progress. Perhaps you have heard this said, that every round fired should serve a purpose. The... Continue Reading →
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