When you ask a gun person if they’d rather shoot a rifle or pistol in a self defense situation, the smart ones will always say rifle. Unfortunately they’d be wrong. The real answer depends on what exactly you plan on using it for and your current skill level. Engagement range will drastically affect these choices as well. Keep reading to find out how to choose the best tool for tactical shooting.
15 Stats Explaining Deadly Errors in Lethal Force Engagements
The shooting and self defense community has a big problem. We can’t hit a damn thing to save our lives! There are any number of contributing factors to this serious problem: lack of practice, unrealistic training, poorly understood psychological and physiological concepts, the list goes on. This article will be an in depth look at the current state of affairs for combat shooting, including the detailed science behind lethal force encounters. As a bonus, there is an included training plan at the very end.
The Top 5 Douchey Gun Guys
If you have any involvement in gun culture, you’ll have met some awesome people; however, there are also some ridiculous, crazy, and down right douchey folks as well. I’m talking about your fanny pack wearers, punisher logo carrying, militia people. Keep reading to see if you, or anyone you know has seen these top 5 douchey gun guys.
11 Research Based Concealed Carry Tips From Criminal Video Analysis
The problem with gunfights is that almost no one has actually been in one. This causes many people to believe anything that someone says, who has. This is a dangerous proposition. They may be right on the money, or they may have just been lucky, because, hey there are 5 guys who win in Russian roulette right? How do we fix this problem?
Well, we can do the next best thing and apply a rigorous analysis on videos of actual gunfights, in order to see what similarities exists in these fights, better preparing ourselves, should we find ourselves in this situation. Keep reading to see the surprising results of that analysis.
Competition Vs Tactical Shooting: Asking the Wrong Questions
Competition shooting has been increasing in popularity in the last several years for obvious reasons. It’s fun, useful, and it gives us plausible excuses to … Read more
The Gentleman Operator
Chances are that if you are reading this article some part of you wishes you could be an operator. You might have an unnatural love of suppressors and short barreled rifles, or you might wear your Oakley’s indoors. No judgment here, except for that last one, it’s weird. But what if you could acquire the same skills that operators use, and conduct the same type of training? But how could you do that, and where might you go to find such training? Keep reading to find out.
5 Lessons Learned In My First Shooting Competition
I thought I was a good shooter, until I did a three gun competition. After all, I’ve been shooting for over 20 years, I’ve qualified expert in the Marine Corps with multiple weapons systems, I’ve qualified expert in my police department in both rifle and pistol, and I would estimate conservatively that I’ve shot over 30,000 rounds from various firearms.
So why did I find three gun so challenging, and why do I think you should be shooting competitively, if you take your self defense seriously? Keep reading to find out the five key lessons I learned in my first three gun competition.
25 Gunfighting Stats Learned From Convicted Cop Killers
This article is going to be an in-depth look at the statistics related to some of the worst criminals, cop killers. Every five years or so the FBI compiles a list of all cases where a criminal kills a cop in the line of duty, and publishes a report detailing their findings. Let me say that they are shocking, and many of them go against the conventional wisdom police officers and responsibly armed citizens currently believe about criminals. Keep reading to see how this data will affect you, and your weapons training.
The 5 Worst Kinds of Gun Guys
Everyone knows gun people are super cool and can wear sunglasses indoors without anyone saying a word to them, but let me tell you, there are some folks that are not super cool and maybe, in fact, are un cool. Some of them wear outlandish outfits, some have more guns than they do bullets. Keep reading to find out if you are one of these people.
17 Most Important Gunfight Stats: Backed By Data and Real World Experience
Gunfights are awesome to watch on TV. The good guy wins, and bad guys go flying through the air in a spray of blood. Unfortunately, these types of images we see on the silver screen rarely have much in common with reality. This can lead us as armed professionals, and concerned citizens, to make some critical errors if we ever find ourselves on a two way range. Keep reading to discover the 17 most important gunfight statistics backed by data and real world experience.
