Knife Attack: Edged Weapons Self-Defense
It’s 10:00pm and you’re walking to your car after work through a dark and desolate parking lot. You’ve…
Invisibly Armed: Concealed Carry Tactics
Carrying concealed can be broken down into high profile and low profile. In high profile, you might mask the sight of the weapon, but everyone knows you’re carrying. In low profile, the physical features of the firearm are obscured to the deepest cover. In the latter condition, you are not only trying to conceal the presence of a firearm, but the evidence you were carrying in the first place.
Training to Treat Trauma: Lone Star Medics
Medical issues can happen to anyone, from a rancher checking his fence line, to a hunter in a…
High-Value Target: Reactive Beats Static
For most shooters, targets consist of a flat piece of paper with a scoring ring, a nebulous shape…
Long Guns: A Century of USGI Shotgun Ammo
When the Winchester Model 97 Riot Gun was issued during the Philippine Insurrection and the Mexican Punitive Expedition,…
Rural Law-Enforcement Snipers: Same Mission, Different Environment
Basically, snipers are snipers. The differences among them are the surroundings they are placed in and how they overcome the difficulties presented to them. Rules of engagement may differ between disciplines, but the sniper must adapt to the situation before him and be able to deliver precise fire at exact moments in order to preserve life. Sniping is a life saving tool.
Going Mental: Psychology of Optimal Shooting
Instructors and students alike understand that we all learn in different ways. As an instructor, I’m always intrigued…
Piston-Driven Perfection: LWRC M6 IC Limited Edition
LWRC is a recognized industry leader in the development and manufacture of short-stroke piston-operated AR rifles. In fact, LWRC’s entire raison d’être is the short-stroke piston AR and the improvement it offers over the original AR gas-impingement design.
Distance Shooting: Myth of the Average Engagement
It’s a given that the average pistol engagement takes place at close range. And there are many who…
Welcome to Pleasantville: Mindset Laboratory Vehicle Force-On-Force Course
Driving through Pleasantville is mostly a bad thing. Pleasantville is one of the most violent places on earth. People are carjacked, robbed and stabbed multiple times every day. Gunfire erupts several times every hour. I spent a day there recently. I came through it, but not unscathed. No one gets out of Pleasantville unscathed.