Posts Tagged ‘shooting’
Three Shooting Drills from Mike Hughes With Next Level Training
On occasion I browse the Next Level Training YouTube channel for new and old content. They publish a lot of great video content. I thought I would share with everyone 3 of Mike’s older videos on the channel that I think represent some quality drills that reflect trigger control, grip, stance, and movement. Enjoy and…
Read MoreWhere Does the Phrase “Two Shots to the Chest and One to The Head” Come From
You’ve probably heard this before. Fire two shots to the assailant’s check and then another to the head. This drill was popularized by Jeff Cooper after he heard a story from a mercenary who fought in the Mozambique wars of the 1960s. According to the story the shooter fired two shots into the torso of…
Read MoreHow to Do Date Night At The Gun Range
People often give me strange looks when I tell them that one of my wife’s and I’s favorite things to do for date night is go to the gun range. Training time is hard to get in with a busy schedule and even more so when you have young kids. I figure if I’m already…
Read MoreYou Will Never Guess Where We Suggest You Train With Your Gun
Our number one suggestion isn’t the gun range down the road… in fact it is at the bottom of the list. Since our students are always asking us for suggestions on where they should go shoot and do their training we thought it was about time to discuss the best places to go and how…
Read MoreElderly woman awakens to find intruder, shoots at him
The woman’s first reaction was to yell at the intruder, “What are you doing in my house?” She said the man didn’t budge nor answer her inquiry. Her second reaction was to raise her handgun and fire a round at him.
Read MoreThe Hang Fire
In classes I always warn students about a potential hang fire. A hang fire is when you experience a slight delay between when you pull the trigger and when the round fires.
Read More12 Dead – 50 Shot in Aurora Movie Theater
The big news this morning is the mass shooting incident in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. I don’t want to spend time reporting the news since you can get better details elsewhere online. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those affected by this senseless crime. What can we learn? What can…
Read MoreInnocent Until Proven Guilty: Adams County Shooting
Its nice to know that our system can still revolve around the concept “innocent until proven guilty.” I don’t have any knowledge about what happened beyond what I can read in the news story. I don’t have any idea why the shooting occurred and I truly hope that
Read MoreColorado Springs Police Busy Yesterday
Yesterday was a busy day for the Colorado Springs police with two different stand offs involving the use of firearms. First a gunman took three woman hostage at a medical facility that resulted in the man being shot and killed by police. Full story here: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_20064367 Second, a women almost refused to surrender to police…
Read MoreBLM to Close Off Land to Public Shooting: Colorado & Arizona
Gun enthusiasts are rallying opposition to a string of new federal proposals that could close off hundreds of thousands of acres in the open West to target shooting. The proposals from the Bureau of Land Management potentially would outlaw target shooting in swaths of public land in Arizona and Colorado as part of a broader…
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