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Parents, Teach Your Children Well

Posted on 27 February 2021 by The Tactical Hermit

12-Year-Old Boy Defends 73-Year-Old, Shoots, Kills Home Invader   My father started teaching me the basics of becoming a rifleman when I was six years old. It was a Sheridan .20 caliber Silver Streak and she was beautiful. If you are the parent of a young child, instead of buying them that video game or…

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GRAPHIC! Crazed Man Attacking Deputy Soaks Up 12 Rounds Before He’s Stopped

Posted on 10 February 2021 by The Tactical Hermit

Crazed Man Attacking Deputy Soaks Up 12 Rounds Before He’s Stopped A hardcore, close up video of a police shooting of a crazy dude with a stick. This video dispenses with the urban myth that people fall down on the first shot even at close range with a decent defensive caliber as shown here. There…

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Tactical Tourist Need Not Apply

Posted on 21 December 2020 by The Tactical Hermit

I had a guy email me recently asking me: “Is it really that bad that we need to own all these weapons and train to protect ourselves every weekend? Our parents did not do this stuff, why are we? Are we getting duped into thinking that this TERRIBLE EVENT everybody is talking about is going…

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Riflemanship

Posted on 29 November 20206 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

    “Make good scouts of yourselves. Become good rifle shots so that, when it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country, you can actually do it!”- Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts “The Rifle  is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power and thus dependent…

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Examining GW Tactics: Fire and Maneuver in Urban AO’s

Posted on 25 June 2020 by The Tactical Hermit

From the Archives, 2016 In a recent Article, Law Enforcement told how they found a very large collection of ‘tactical writings’ in the home of Dallas Police Shooter and Army Panty Bandit Micah Johnson. According to Police, the tactic of “Fire and Maneuver” or “Shoot and Move” was the tactic seen most often in Johnson’s “voluminous”…

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Balancing Safety and Realism in Civilian Firearms Training

Posted on 27 May 202016 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

From the Archives, 2014         The following video was sent to be by a good friend who routinely trains with a former Spetsnaz member. At first glance, most people’s reactions are the same “This is CRAZY!!”but not until the end where Larry “arfcom” Vickers explains these are extremely advanced RUSSIAN FSB MILITARY…

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Dave Lauck sends: Notes On Competitive Shooting

Posted on 29 February 2020 by The Tactical Hermit

In his later years Jeff Cooper was highly critical of the IPSC and other Competitive Shooting organizations for their over-emphasis on the use “race guns” versus everyday carry guns. Bottom line, if you are going to use Competitive shooting to keep your skills  sharp, TRAIN with what you carry (and wear) everyday and keep the…

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Backpedaling is Bad!

Posted on 18 July 2019 by The Tactical Hermit

  Here we have yet another Police Body Cam out of Florida where a druggie/crazy guy charges a cop with a knife. This is a BAD situation to be in tactically speaking. The Cop is in a CONFINED Space with limited egress routes. When the guy charges, the Cop is forced to back Pedal down…

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Skills Check: The 5-5-5 Drill

Posted on 15 February 2019 by The Tactical Hermit

Skills Check: The 5-5-5 Drill   Great “checkup” drill to see where you stand and what you need improvement on. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!

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Practice Makes Permanent

Posted on 26 October 2012 by The Tactical Hermit

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…

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