If you don’t dry fire then screw you. Just kidding, but seriously. Dry fire practice is the only way you will ever move past the beginning stages of firearms training. Unfortunately, this type of training, while incredibly important, has been pretty much the same for the last 50 years. Now, with the advent of apps, lasers, and a few other modern tools, we can measure and time all of our key metrics to become better shooters. Keep reading if you want to find out 3 tools that will allow you to shoot like a boss, and save you thousands.
Physiological Pistol Improvement: 3 Techniques to Increase Shooting Accuracy
Shooting is about controlling variables. The more experienced you become, the better you are able to eliminate those that negatively impact your shooting. This is true of any shooting sport: three gun, IPSC, skeet, long range shooting, etc. Each sport has a different set of variables that are more important, and will have more of an impact on shooting outcomes. This article will cover the most important variables for the tactical shooter, with particular emphasis on pistol shooting. Keep reading to find out which variables you need to control to improve your shooting game.
Defending Yourself: Robbery, Carjacking, and Use of Force
Most readers of this site regularly carry a firearm, both concealed and when they are on duty. We also practice regularly with our weapons to keep our skills sharp, but often times we don’t practice the necessary skills that will save our life in a real gunfight. This article is a tactical analysis of many common instances where we might be called to use our firearms. There are many commonalities in these situations and a few principles that will allow us to prevail in the fight.
Pattern Recognition and Deadly Force Encounters
The difference between survival and death, in a deadly force encounter, is pattern recognition. I doubt that you have heard this before, but it is a fact, and yet we as self defense minded enthusiasts spend all of our time on the mechanics side of self defense. We practice our draw, our reloads, shooting and moving, and still we’ve left the hardest and most crucial part out of our training plan, practicing when to shoot, not how. This article will discuss how to enhance your ability at pattern recognition, which will drastically increase your abilities when it comes to using deadly force.
Ballistics: Three Myths That Can Kill You
Ballistics is the dark mysterious study of bullets in flight. No subject garners as much anecdotal b.s. The fact is that much of the data is fairly straight forward and is governed by simple physics. You guys remember physics class right? It was taught by the troll looking guy with coke bottle glasses who always smelled like canned soup.
This article will review scientific data for calibers most often used in concealed carry and home defense. I will show you what these rounds will actually do when they hit cars, walls, and human flesh. After reading the article, you will have a good idea of what home defense round you should use, what you should and should not shoot, and hopefully, we will have dispelled myths that could put you or your loved ones in danger.
Periodization for the Tactical Shooter
Tactical shooting has been a topic of much debate and considerable argument. There are many different schools of thought, training methodologies, and best practices depending on your point of view. What is lacking, in all of these various approaches, is a rigorous application of training principles, more specifically, periodization. Periodization is a systematic training plan for physical performance that is broken down into large training cycles, mid sized, all the way down to daily workouts. This article will transpose this successful method from the sporting arena and show you how to use it to improve your shooting skills.
Neuroscience, Expert Gunfighters, and the Quiet Eye
Watching an expert shooter is like watching an artist. You may not be able to do it, but you can recognize art when you see it. Thanks to the internet we have an abundance of examples of very good shooters both in the tactical world and on the competition stage, but what defines their expertise? Are they more athletic than us? Do they have better genes? Or is it their $9000 dollar custom guns. The answer is NO, NO and give me their gun so I can find out. The real difference between experts in almost any high skill athletic field is their quiet eye. What’s the quiet eye you say? Keep reading to find out.
