One Handed Pistol Shooting Drill Practicing shooting a pistol with your non-dominant hand (aka weak or stupid hand) is something we all need to practice more often. Why? Well, because Mr. Murphy is always lurking to kick your ass and the chances of something happening out on the street where you are either shot…
Category: Pistol Corner
Spaulding’s Rules of Conflict
Spaulding’s Rules of Conflict Operational rules are a sound practice and, over the years, I have created some I use in my classes. Recently, a student said, “You should write those down and give them out to students.” As I sat down to create the list I thought, “Maybe others would like to read…
Armed Citizen’s Corner: Review of Jim Cirillo’s “Guns, Bullets and Gunfights”
Cirillo’s “Guns, Bullets and Gunfights” Jim Cirillo was probably the last real gunfighter in America. Without a doubt the combat arms fellas in our military are gunfighters, but they ply their trade overseas. Jim did it at home, in the grim streets of New York city. He was a member of the city’s Stake…
Old School Pistolcraft: Mastering Jim Cirillo’s Technique For Coarse-Aim Shooting
Mastering Jim Cirillo’s Technique For Coarse-Aim Shooting (From the Tactical Hermit: This is one of the early uses of the “Metal on Meat” technique. Field Proven!!) Lethal-force events can happen in a split second, you need the capability to respond in kind. Here’s how law-enforcement legend Jim Cirillo got the drop on the…
Know Your Weapons: Browning’s Hammerless 1911
John Browning’s Hammerless 1911 Last year I had the opportunity to visit the John M. Browning Museum in Ogden, Utah and I was thrilled to see Browning’s hammerless 1911 prototype on display. Very little has been written about the development of this particular pistol. The pistol is briefly mentioned in John Browning and Curt Gentry’s 1964 biography of John…
Shooting Mechanics: Pad and Press not Crook and Hook
Using the PAD of the finger, PRESS the trigger. Avoid HOOKING the trigger with the first knuckle joint.
“Listerine Pistol”: Extreme Close-Quarter Combative Realities
When we talk about “Listerine” Combat we are referring to that nasty “bad breath” distance fighting that takes place within 2- 3 feet of your nose. This can be empty hand, knife, stick or firearm. We will see that all of the Combative principles of each of these platforms intersect or duplicate each other…
Porch Monkey Zombie, Exhibit A
H/T Bustednuckles Standard Engagement Rules Apply for Zombies: Forget Center of Mass, Always put a minimum of two rounds into the “Cranial T” to incapacitate.
Gunfight Shooting Positions: Tactics for Cars, Cover and More
Pistol Shooting Positions I have always said a shooter needs to be intimately acquainted with shooting from the GROUND. Why? I guess it’s the old grunt in me but the EARTH is you friend in a gunfight! Get close to it and Hug it! Learn to maneuver and shoot accurately from every position on…
SIG P220 Legion 10mm Review and Range Report
SIG P220 Legion 10mm Optics-Ready Handgun Review & Range Report One of the first handguns I ever traded for back in the day was a Sig P220 SAO in .45ACP. That pistol was a BEAST! So when I saw this 10mm upgrade I had to give it a look. Plus these lines gave me…