What Is A Drill? Drills are a method of repeating something over and over until you can't screw it up. Courses of fire are timed scenarios that are designed to test our skills and diagnose what we need to work on. If there is one thing that I have learned from my time using guns, professionally or otherwise, its that drills are important. Drills are a great way of … [Read more...]
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The Army Rifle and Carbine Manual: Required Reading
Army Training Circular, TC 3-22.9 Rifles and Carbines is chock full of military vitamins and useful information on the M-4 Carbines, written for an 18 year old with a GED so it is simply written with pictures suitable for coloring. The Army knows a few things about rifles and carbines. This booklet is the result of years of work and is a valuable resource. Think of it as a … [Read more...]
Atibal MROC 3x Optic Review: Big Features Low Price
The Atibal MROC (modern rifle optic component) is another entry in the short but growing list of optics based on the same patent as the venerable Trijicon ACOG. That patent (having lapsed in 2008) has opened up a big niche in the optics market for those who want something close to what the ACOG provides, but without the big price tag. While a few companies have … [Read more...]
Battle Arms Development Enhanced Takedown and Pivot Pins
I was quite privileged to have been given the opportunity to test and evaluate the final design of Battle Arms Development's new Enhanced Takedown Pin (ETP) and Enhanced Pivot Pin (EPP) for the AR-15 variant of rifle. The video above shows my first real look at the ETP and EPP in the T&E package I received from Battle Arms Development. Along with being able to physically … [Read more...]
Combat Shotgun 101: Basic Considerations
The shotgun is a very common household firearm, and has been for centuries. The gun everyone thinks about, probably even before they think of a pistol or an AR-style rifle, is a shotgun. The shotgun is the only gun today that you can do almost anything with. You have loads for hunting anything from tiny mice, to Grizzly Bear. Then you have the variety of options from riot … [Read more...]
Head up, Gun up: Watch the Threat
If you look at any video of a competition shooter, you will find them looking at their guns the entire time they are manipulating them. On the other hand, if you see a salty soldier in the middle of a fight, you may notice that they do not stare at their guns while reloading or manipulating their guns, unless operating a complex set of levers in a safe area behind sufficient … [Read more...]