Shooting at moving vehicles To shoot or not to shoot is the decades-old question when confronted with the decision to shoot the driver of a vehicle you perceive as intending to run you over. Some departments strictly forbid their officers from shooting at moving vehicles. As with any use of force, there are many…
Category: Weapons Training Issues
The Armed Citizen Corner: Criminal Mindset – Make Yourself Harder to Kill
Criminal Mindset – Make Yourself Harder to Kill It might be cheesy to open an article up with a quote from Sun Tzu’s Art of War, but it applies so well; if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Today we are going to talk about…
AK Corner: VZ58 – The Most Overlooked Capable Rifle Today
VZ58: The Most Overlooked Capable Rifle Today We live in an AR / AK world. Both are great options as a go-to gun for everything from a weekend range trip to TEOTWAWKI. But they’re not the only options. These platforms have spawned some offshoots like the SCAR and JAKL and American companies are starting to produce…
Firearm News: Glock Discontinues 35 Models
Glock Discontinues 35 Models You’ve probably heard by now that Glock is discontinuing 35 models from its lineup. If not, well, now you have. Glock hasn’t commented publicly on this action, other than a web page that says, “Streamlining our portfolio for a stronger future,” with a list of the discontinued models. We can…
The Evolution of the Battle Rifle: From the FAL to Today’s AR-10
The Evolution of the Battle Rifle: From the FAL to Today’s AR-10 For firearm enthusiasts, military historians, and professional shooters, the battle rifle is revered as a symbol of the evolution of modern weaponry. From the iconic FN FAL, famously known as “The Right Arm of the Free World,” to the robust and versatile…
Shotty Corner: What’s The Effective Range of Buckshot?
What’s The Effective Range of Buckshot? If you asked someone to list the downsides of shotguns, you’d very quickly get to the limited range issue. Shotguns have limited range, especially when firing shot. Slugs can extend the range but still can’t reach the same range as 5.56. Shotguns lack range, but how far can…
No Clips on Pockets
No Clips on Pockets Concealed weapons offer a two-fold advantage: they provide force multiplying capability, and they provide the element of surprise. I make no bones about the fact that I think open carry of a pistol is ill advised, most of the time. If there is a choice to conceal the handgun, that is…
Situational Pistolcraft
Via: The Tactical Wire Situational Pistolcraft sit·u·a·tion – siCHəˈwāSHən.: a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs. The location and surroundings of a place. Drawing, shooting and reloading fast are nice skills to have, but I feel it is safe to say they seldom win fights. Having them does…
NATO Poking the Bear is Not Going to End Well for FUSA
All Because NATO Wants To Expand While the mob is being entertained by two court jesters in a rigged “political debate” the U.S. Military has been green lit to assist Ukrainian Armed Forces in striking into Russia Proper with Drone Strikes on Moscow. If I were you, I would be thinking less about…
Handgun Corner: Jeff Cooper’s First Article from 1946
Jeff Cooper’s First Article Here is a scanned copy of Jeff Cooper’s first published article, from the Marine Corps Gazette, in Sept 1946. Titled “What Good Is A Pistol?”, it discusses pistol training and caliber selection. Highlights: Cooper comments that the semiauto pistol be redesigned to have more slant and a slight curve — essentially…