by Scott Witner Marines with Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct a close quarter tactics course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 2, 2016. The course is part of the pre-deployment training for the upcoming tour with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Eastern Pacific. Featured image courtesy of … [Read more...]
A common method of marksmanship being taught today is to rely on the reset of your trigger to know when you can pull the trigger. I on the other hand, with my experience, have never seen this to be practical. When I was in the military, we were indeed taught to follow through with the shot, but even then, I do not remember them telling us to only go out as far as the reset … [Read more...]
All throughout the firearms community, there are people who only get practice from live fire at the range. This is good in some aspects such as the fact that you get used to the recoil of the firearm and get real time feedback on your performance and progress. I am all about spending a good amount of time shooting. I myself shoot about 500 rounds at a time, sometimes daily … [Read more...]
Allow me to paint you a scenario. You're a twenty something-year-old female. You're walking home alone from the library, a half-mile walk through urban terrain. You notice somebody following you. You keep an eye on him. When you check on him next, you notice that he's continued to follow you and has increased his pace. You turn around to confront him, but before you can say the … [Read more...]
So you've bought your first gun and now you're ready for the shooting range, right? As beginner shooters, we are all eager to get down to business and start sending rounds downrange. Though, before you even get to the range, there are some important things you'll need to keep in mind. Here are a few tips to help introduce you to shooting range basics and etiquette. Indoor … [Read more...]
by Erek Sanchez In this day and age, between training schools and various competitions, there are any number of places out there that run gun games of varying practicality. Some, like the USPSA competition, are pretty blatantly competitions that drop much of the practical aspects of shooting. Others, like IDPA, are more practical in their outlook to a certain degree, banning … [Read more...]
