The Tactical Chicken Wing A great example of a technique more suited for competitive and sport shooting but not the modern tactical battlefield. Train Often and Realistically. (Note the Elbow Position in the above and below photo)
Category: Shooting Mechanics
AK Corner: Poor Man’s EO-Tech
Sonny Puzikas was the first person I heard use the term “Poor Man’s EO-Tech” in relation to the front-sight aperture on an AK many moons ago. Coming from the AR school of thought, I was not sold on the ideal that you could neglect your rear sights and still make accurate shots. I was…
Reviewing Head Shots
When drilling on “Head Shots” in relation to STOPPING a Bad Guy IMMEDIATELY, it is VERY Important to understand BRAIN ANATOMY. Here are two articles on the subject I highly recommend you re-read: Don’t Forget to Drill on Head Shots Are You Good Enough to Take a Head Shot When Everything is On the…
Bustamonte, I Hate You
Bustamonte, I Hate You I can remember as a kid reading through my dad’s stack of Shooting Magazine and always looking forward to Skeeter Skelton’s articles. Those articles were like western short stories…stories that briefly transported you to a simpler, honest and more rugged time. Enjoy the ride, I know I did.
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…
Rifleman Training Twofer from Von Steuben
Rates of Fire for the Rifleman Reed and Heed. “Weapons employment and squad firepower are not determined by how fast Marines can fire their weapons but how fast they can fire accurately.“ So how does this translate into practice? Simple; the rifleman’s rate of fire is as quickly as he can aim down his sights, squeeze…
AL TARMIYAH FIREFIGHT!: Lessons Learned The Hard Way
AL TARMIYAH FIREFIGHT!: Lessons Learned The Hard Way Excellent article about Practical Combat Rifle Skills we need to keep sharp as civilians: Assuming I killed the bad guy with one shot to the torso area Performing a slow reload Retaining my empty magazine during the middle of such an intense firefight Stowing an empty…
Start Shooting Better: The Dot Torture Drill
Start Shooting Better: The Dot Torture Drill This is an oldie but goodie! Highly recommend you integrate this into your handgun drills. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
“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…
Training Stressors
Most combat firearms training today lacks realism; Those “primal elements” that the student needs to experience when they are TRULY fighting for their lives. One of these primal elements that we can replicate with some degree of certainty is STRESS. In the heady days of firearms training (waaaay before I was a glint…