HISTORY OF THE FAILURE DRILL: MOZAMBIQUE REVOLT ROOTS This drill is still as relevant today as it was fifty years ago, if not more so with both drug abuse and bullet proof vest becoming more and more common with criminal turds. “Two the Chest and One to the Head to Make Them Dead!” …
Category: Pistol Corner
Don’t Forget to Drill on Head Shot’s
Every time I see a hostage situation video and the end result is the bad guy getting a free lobotomy (as above) I am reminded of the Practicality of Drilling for such an event with both my pistol and rifle. Why? Because when seconds count, the Cops are an hour away. Don’t depend on…
Bad Ass Files: Chesty Puller, USMC Gunslinger
CONSUMMATE MARINE CHESTY PULLER, .45 IN HAND! Really well done mini-bio of one of my personal heroes. Semper Fi Chesty!
Glock Pistols- What Breaks and How to Fix It
Glock Pistols- What Breaks and How to Fix It OK, let me get this out of the way right off the bat. I carry a Glock pistol during about 95% of my waking hours. My police duty gun was either a Glock 21 or a Glock 17. A Glock 26 or a Glock 19…
The Community Quartermaster
H/T WRSA The Community Quartermaster A really good and practical read for the Serious Martial Citizen. The days are coming very soon where “Arm Thy Neighbor” will be the Rally Cry! The reality is not everybody is going to have a gun when the hammer drops and you are going to need multiple armed…
An Excellent AIWB Draw
An Excellent AIWB Draw Frame by frame lesson on a smooth AIWB (Appendix-Inside-The-Waistband) Draw. I think the most important lesson here is in Frame #1: Notice the trigger finger goes to the “high register” position of the gun on the outside of the holster. That way when the gun is deployed, the finger is…
Drawing Your Pistol While Seatbelted in a Vehicle: Click It or Ticket?
Drawing Your Pistol While Seatbelted in a Vehicle: Click It or Ticket? This goes back to my previous article about Vehicle Security We spend a LOT OF TIME in our Vehicles, often times more than we think. Therefore, drilling on self-defense scenarios while driving are extremely important. From my experience, situations like this (while…
The Armed Citizen Corner: The Surreptitious Draw, A Neglected Skill
The Surreptitious Draw: A Neglected Skill I have long been a student of MAXIMIZING speed and efficency with weapons by MINIMIZING unncecessary body movement. This is why I am a proponent of AIWB carry (Appendix Inside the Waistband) for both handgun and fixed blade knife. “To draw the gun discreetly, focus on minimizing movement…
Practice Makes Permanent
From the Archives, 2015 I first heard this from a Military Drill Instructor while on the firing line a long time ago and it stuck with me. I apply it to just about every area of my life now, but especially FIREARMS TRAINING HABITS. To me, it is the essence of WHY we should…
It Pay’s to Be Armed
Another crazy video from Brazil, where two black thugs decided to rob a Dental Clinic. Except these morons picked a dental clinic where one of the patients was ARMED. While getting a routine cleaning, An armed Military Police Officer took quick, decisive action and subdued both knife wielding assilants, shooting one of them in the…