Saw this on the news and just had to post a few lines. If you have learned anything on this blog, it is that AWARENESS is 75% of staying safe. We are in bad shape as a society if friggin street signs (paid for with your tax dollars btw) have to remind us of…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
The Combat Realities of Trigger Reset
Trigger reset is one of those skills, that if you were like me, when you learned it, it pretty much changed your level of accuracy instantly, especially with a pistol. I remember one of my trainers summarizing it for me: “Unlike a rifle, where the barrel is 16 to 20 inches or greater, most pistol…
Keeping Concealed Carry CONCEALED
[youtube=http://youtu.be/rUzyy2CBx4I] First off, there is no way to frame this in which the so called “vigilante” (aka MORON who tackled the guy) is in the right here. If you feel so strongly as to go and tackle a perfect stranger (without any provocation), you could have just as easily called 911 and done your “duty”…
Refuse to be a Victim!
“Violent crime is feasible only if it’s victims are cowards. A victim who fights back makes the whole business impractical. It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not most certainly WILL suffer for it. And suffer or not, one who fights back retains his dignity…
Running the Gauntlet
Qualities of a Realistic CO “Shooting O-Course” The integration of a REALISTIC and PRACTICAL “Shooting O-Course” into the CO self-defense training program has been a long and arduous one. When they first appeared (in very crude form) at early IDPA matches some 30 odd years ago they were nothing more than timed Competition marksmanship drills,…
CO Terrorism Reality Check: Are You Ready?
“Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon. He doesn’t worry about what workout to do—his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him. The…
The “Un-Killable” Soldier
A refreshing look back at a time when men were men and “God and Country” really meant something and was not just some catch phrase on a bumper sticker. Taken in entirety from BBC Magazine. Adrian Carton de Wiart: The unkillable soldier By Peter CrutchleyBBC Digital & Learning NI Continue reading the main story Sir…
HCS: 2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 20,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many…
Merry Christmas To All…
I will be taking time off from the Blog until February, so until then, I hope all my fellow CO’s have a Safe and Joyous Christmas and Happy New Year. BTW, Here is the official HCS CO Christmas Greeting (Be sure to turn your Volume up!!) Enjoy…. [youtube=http://youtu.be/UotLIvGt1BQ]
The CO’s Top 10 Christmas List
OK, when a CO is making a “What I Want” for Christmas List for his or her spouse or significant other, Firearms, Firearms Accessories, Ammunition, Knives and Knife Accessories are always gonna be obvious choices, we all know that…(In fact I am willing to bet most of you CO’s out there get Gift Cards mainly…