The Combat Quick Draw: Classic Lessons From Elmer Keith From the February 1960 issue of GUNS Magazine, here is “the word” on combat quick draw, spoken out of a lifetime of experience as a hunter, guide and law officer by none other than Elmer Keith. Editor’s Note: It is high time, we think, that somebody…
Category: Arms and Ammo
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Gross Motor Skills and Weapon Manipulation
Gross Motor Skills and Weapon Manipulation I pull this article from the archives every year or so as a FUNDMENTAL REFRESHER. Incorporate these truths into your training regimen and watch your Speed and Accuracy increase.
Shooting Mechanics: Cooper’s El Presidente
Classic Combat Pistol Drill: Cooper’s El Presidente When my father first started teaching me to shoot a handgun around nine or ten years old, he used Cooper’s Modern Technique to cement the fundamentals and then a few years later the El Presidente to combine all of these skills together. One of the things I distinctly…
Homemade Firearms Twofer
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Gun Rights Revisited
Gun Rights Revisited “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” It goes without saying that any visitor to this website is familiar with the text of the Second Amendment; I would also expect that…
Milsurp Corner: 9mm Makarov Cartridge
The 9mm Makarov Cartridge This article brought back some very fond memories of my Curio and Relic Days when the Big Brown UPS truck of joy would deliver fully functional long rifles and handguns right to my door! But alas those days are long gone so all I have are memories and archived blog post…
Obscure Rifles: Mondragón Rifle – The First Semi-Auto Combat Rifle
Mondragón rifle – The First Semi-Auto Combat Rifle The M1 Garand gets credit for being the first successful semi-auto combat rifle. That’s only partially true. Sure, the M1 Garand was widely successful, but General Manuel Mondragón, a Mexican General and Arms designer, beat Garand by about 30 years. Mexico adopted the Mondragón Model 1908 in 1904,…
The Thermonator
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Vehicle Cover & Concealment
Vehicle Cover & Concealment THE BASICS OF AUTOMOTIVE BALLISTICS Vehicle Close Quarter Battle (VCQB) was first developed by Will Petty of Centrifuge Training. The coursework in a VCQB class covers ballistics and gunfights in, out, and around vehicles and is targeted to law enforcement. While there was a time the concept was considered controversial, in the…