Why Carry With A Round In The Chamber? COMMON SENSE dictates that if you have a firearm for self-defense you need to be able to USE that firearm in an instant, Why? Firstly because an unloaded gun is just a fancy paperweight and Second as a very wise man once told me: “Trouble does…
Category: Pistol Corner
Sonny Puzikas: Attributes, Distance, Pressure, Position
I trained with Sonny P. back in the day and the guy is the real deal. If you want to know more about him here is a recent podcast interview. Movement First. Weapon Second. Well trained Movement is a Weapon in and of itself. Movement in the Fight is Key if you want to…
Pistol Fundamentals Flashback: Jeff Copper and the Modern Technique
H/T Lenny Ladner No other man in firearms training history has had more influence and persuasion that Colonel Jeff Cooper, USMC (Ret.) The Modern Technique of Pistol Craft that Colonel Cooper invented and taught revolutionized Handgun Training forever. The MT can be divided up into four major parts: 1. The Big-Bore Autoloading Pistol…
The Clown World Chronicles: Hero Customer Who Shot Armed Robber at Houston Taco Joint Ordered to Face Grand Jury by Soros-Funded D.A.
Hero Customer Who Shot Armed Robber at Houston Taco Joint Ordered to Face Grand Jury by Soros-Funded D.A. It has reached the point in FUSA where it is not even shocking that we hear about a Soros subsidized Houston District Attorney (Kim Ogg) who released a hardened criminal back into society on a ridiculous…
Pain is often the result of Stupidity
Noreen Firearms ULR .50 BMG Pistol Like many of you the first word that went through my mind was WHY?
Know Your Texas History: Frank Hamer’s Sweetwater Gunfight
Frank Hamer’s Sweetwater Fight: Lessons Learned As a writer and old west “enthusiast” I absolutely love reading about the old Texas warhorses like Frank Hamer. Men who were cut from rawhide and raised in the traditions of the 19th century old west but forced to live in the modern “civilized” 20th century. In short,…
Know Your Ammo: The 25 ACP – The Worst Carry Caliber
The 25 ACP – The Worst Carry Caliber The .25 ACP, the infamous “mouse fart” gun!
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The Combative Continuum
As you journey through the world of self-defense you will ultimately discover that few combat systems are compatible. For example, you may have one stance you learned in martial arts and another you learned for knife, another for your pistol and another for your rifle. Soon, your brain becomes jumbled and you have information…
Pistol Corner: Failure to Extract – When Tap, Roll & Rack does not work
Failure to extract – when tap, roll, rack does not work When you train, train to clear malfunctions with the use of dummy rounds. Although this type of stoppage is rare, it does happen and if you don’t train for it you will be that much slower clearing it when the chips are down…