When I began shooting I learned much of my target skills from using BB guns in a range my parents built in the basement. This gave me a great foundation for my target shooting abilities. Gradually, I began using larger caliber firearms and learning more about managing recoil. This led me to begin defensive shooting and, eventually, teaching defensive training classes. … [Read more...]
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Quick Pistol Tips by Travis Haley
Travis Haley of Haley Strategic Systems has once again come to the rescue with his series of Quick Pistol Tips. Shooting a pistol accurately is often times a frustrating ordeal for many of us. We love to shoot and have fun doing it but sometimes we suffer from a lack of knowledge on how to accurately correct our mistakes. Often times we aren't aware of these mistake in … [Read more...]
Point Shooting Is Not Always Practical
For some reason, point shooting is considered an actual shooting skill, but I have some reservations about calling it a SKILL. A skill, as far as I define it, is something you can continually refine and practice to get extreme precision. Point shooting is a way of engaging a target with a combination of throwing lead as fast as possible while pointing at the general direction … [Read more...]
Military Training: Civilian World Application
For those of us who have been in the military, we need to understand that what we learned in our military training is great, but it is not the end all be all of the tactical and firearms world. In fact, the military is very behind of firearms training due to the fact that they don't have the time or resources to train you in the ways you can be trained here in the civilian … [Read more...]