There is a whole lot of screwing around in the world of firearms training, and in the broader field of self-defense and fighting in general. How can we determine the difference between training and screwing around? Well, here is one way: Ask yourself, is what I am doing actually applicable to my life, or not? ... Continue Reading →
I am a podcast fanatic and I listen to many different shows every week. For those invested in self-defense and preparedness there are some excellent resources in the podcast world. Obviously, and shamelessly, I would suggest that you routinely listen to the CCX2 podcast, on which I am a host. Beyond that, though, here are... Continue Reading →
Author Skip Coryell is actually well known in the self-defense and preparedness community, being involved with publishing a number of known books in the field, having written a number of known books in the field, and for being a firearms instructor and host of the excellent Home Defense Podcast. Skip is also an author of... Continue Reading →
About a month prior to this writing I ordered a Phlster Pro Series holster for Glock 9mm double stacks (17, 19, 26). I have used a lot of Phlster products over the past several years including a Phlster Skeleton holster and a Flightworthy sheath for my Ka Bar TDI. I find their products are consistently... Continue Reading →
One of the skills to work on as an advancing shooter is the ability to modulate the presentation of the gun based on how accurate you need to be for the shot. The goal is to draw and present the gun with all-possible speed, but only slow down at the point needed, to make a... Continue Reading →
I have read several books authored by Grant Cunningham and they are all excellent. Cunningham, a noted firearms trainer and gunsmith, has a knack for keeping things in perspective. Prepping for Life is the single best book I have read related to the topic of prepping. This is the book that I would recommend to... Continue Reading →
When it comes to teaching people how to shoot it is difficult to quantify what is “advanced” as shooting comes back to an essential set of skills that advanced shooters simply have a better command of. With that said, Karl Rehn proposes that his Advanced Handgun class is best suited for shooters around the IDPA... Continue Reading →
I have wanted to train with Karl Rehn for quite a long time, but it has never worked out. This year I booked two of his classes being held at FPF Training (John Murphy’s place in Virginia). The first class I had the opportunity to take this past weekend was KR Training’s Tactical Scenarios, a... Continue Reading →
I was a college student in my senior year of undergraduate when 9/11 happened. There were no smart phones then, so I did not see the news of the incident pop up on an iPhone news feed. I did, however, receive a call from a friend who was already at work and saw it happen... Continue Reading →
Gunfight! Is a good book worth having if you are a serious practitioner of defensive pistolcraft. Based on my own combatives and close-quarters gunfight training I don’t subscribe to everything the author offers, as I favor some different techniques for certain things, but this is the norm: once an individual travels down the training path... Continue Reading →
Reflex Handgun 