One-Handed Survival Shooting Techniques – Necessary or Fluff? Training with one hand is often referred to as “wounded shooter training”. Is this always the case? Read more to find out more. Last week’s Facebook LIVE discussion covered one-handed survival manipulation; a subject I took a liking to long ago. When I was instructing with the Federal…
Tag: Handgun Corner
The Bad Ass Files: Robert “R.J.” Thomas – The Story of a Real American Gunfighter
A REAL AMERICAN GUNFIGHTER AND HIS GUNS When those who grew up in my era hear the words “gunfight” or “gunfighter,” we immediately get a vision of something that never existed. Spending many of my Saturdays in the late 1940s at the West Theater to watch western movies with the likes of Roy Rogers,…
Know Your Ammo: The Rise and Fall of the .45 GAP
The Rise and Fall of the .45 GAP Let’s go back to the year 2003. The .40 S&W cartridge introduced in 1990 skyrocketed to first place in popularity among American police service pistols. The almost decade-old .357 SIG cartridge also seemed to be ascendant. It was clear that law enforcement wanted something more powerful…
Stupid Hand Shooting Drills
One Handed Pistol Shooting Drill Practicing shooting a pistol with your non-dominant hand (aka weak or stupid hand) is something we all need to practice more often. Why? Well, because Mr. Murphy is always lurking to kick your ass and the chances of something happening out on the street where you are either shot…
Armed Citizen Corner: Rifles vs. Pistols – The Basics of Terminal Ballistics
Rifles vs. Pistols: The Basics of Terminal Ballistics For the last 100+ years, a great deal of the effort expended in ammo technology has gone toward trying to make pistol bullets act more like rifle bullets. Every few years, a new cartridge or bullet design arrives on the scene, claiming to have gotten us…
Know Your Firearms History: Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith
Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith For those of you who are just joining us, this “Elmer” guy is Elmer Keith, known to some as the Sage of Salmon, Idaho, and Dean of American Gunwriters to others. He was a cowboy, hunter, packer, guide, shooter, prolific experimenter, and gun writer during most of the…
Know Your Weapons: Browning’s Hammerless 1911
John Browning’s Hammerless 1911 Last year I had the opportunity to visit the John M. Browning Museum in Ogden, Utah and I was thrilled to see Browning’s hammerless 1911 prototype on display. Very little has been written about the development of this particular pistol. The pistol is briefly mentioned in John Browning and Curt Gentry’s 1964 biography of John…
Shooting Mechanics: Pad and Press not Crook and Hook
Using the PAD of the finger, PRESS the trigger. Avoid HOOKING the trigger with the first knuckle joint.
“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…