Here at The Arms Guide, we're a big proponent of firearms training. But how do you go about getting that training to become more proficient with handling your guns? There are several ways to go about it, but the training means that I want to discuss in specific has to do with supplementing your live fire exercises. Simunition, in particular, is one company that offers a number … [Read more...]
The evolution was a force-on-force demonstration in a public relations exercise that's coming to a city near you, if it hasn't already: "Citizens' Police Academy," where the cops teach ordinary citizens things about a cop's job that your ordinary engaged citizen doesn't know, unless he knows a lot of cops. Citizen Mary Knowlton of Punta Gorda, FL, a retired librarian, … [Read more...]
Suddenly, a bolt of epinephrine surges through your system, sending an electric tingle through your gut. An unknown dread pulses in the back of your mind as you look wildly around the room, trying to figure out the source of the alarm ringing through your body. Something is wrong. You feel for the nightstand at your bedside and slide open its drawer. As you readjust the grip on … [Read more...]
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...]
Shooting is a perishable skill, to maintain our performance and improve, we have to practice. Conventional wisdom is that dry fire practice is the answer. This is definitely beneficial, but what if you were still making mistakes on the range? Sometimes just learning how to fire your gun dry is not enough. Perhaps what you need is to see exactly how your sight picture is … [Read more...]
