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Five on Friday – 21July2017
Photo cred – Centrifuge Training Instagram Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2017 Report on Russia Military Power http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/Russia%20Military%20Power%20Report%202017.pdf?ver=2017-06-28-144235-937 The City is the Battlefield of the Future https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-city-is-the-battlefield-of-the-future-1500500905 DEA Warns of…
Read articleFive on Friday – 7July2017
Apologies for the lack of FoF the last two weeks. I was either out of town or I had no internet/no power. *************** Why It’s No Longer Possible…
Read articleGrouping: the Baseline
Judge me by your group size do you? Grouping TC 3-22.9 states “The goal of the grouping exercise is for the shooter to fire tight shot groups and…
Read articleP&S ModCast 103 – Gun Nerds 6: 5.56 Vs .308 (and Other Silly Interim Ideas)
Primary & Secondary ModCast New weapons and new calibers for interim options to be fielded by the U.S. Military. Is it a hardware solution for a software…
Read articleP&S ModCast 102 – PatMac, Gun Rights, NFA
Primary & Secondary ModCast Panel discusses PatMac’s appearance on Comedy Central, gun rights, and the NFA (with a couple other topics). Seeing how the public responded to the…
Read articleSemper Paratus Arms AR-15 Armorer Course AAR
Semper Paratus Arms 2 Day Armorer Course www.semperparatusarms.com May 16/17, 2017 Greater Seattle, WA area Instructor: William Larson I had seen the announcement for this course by…
Read articleFive on Friday – 19May2017
Photo Credit: Alliance PD Instagram/Rat Mountain Photography https://instagram.com/p/4asMw6mng_/ Five on Friday is back. I’ll be collecting links and stories throughout the week to share with all of y’all. If…
Read articleTrainers, Training, and Mindset
“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.” – Sun…
Read articleSucked Down the Tube: A Failure in Training
Much, if not all training and practice is conducted on flat ranges under calm conditions with no surprises. We shoot steel and paper that we purposely place and…
Read articleInches, Minutes, Clicks- Zero That Blaster
Zeroing is literally one of the most important thing we need to accomplish with our rifles and #spacegun pistols. There is much talk around the technique to accomplish…
Read articleRunning the Irons.
Iron sights have been part of shooting since the very least April 19th 1775. Aiming was a major part of our tactics that helped defeat the British unaimed…
Read articleStop Marksmanship Training
Since this organization is very gun friendly and dedicated to knowledge I should now have your attention. I just said it and will reiterate. STOP MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING IN…
Read articleAimpoint RDS and Pistol Mounting PSA
Aimpoint RDS and Pistol mounting PSA Last year I finally got into the RDS equipped Glock game, using a ALG Defense 6 Second Mount on a Gen 4…
Read articleFollow Up on TC 3-22.9
A year ago, we finished the last edits on the TC 3-22.9 that published in May of 2016. For those that have taken the time to read this…
Read articleInstitutional Inertia
“My greatest contribution as the chief of staff was to nourish the mavericks.” – GEN Matthew Ridgway, Commander, 82ND Airborne Division (1942-1945) and Chief of Staff, United States…
Read articleThe Do Everything Carbine
We see rifles set up for Close Quarte Battle (CQB), Designated Marksman (DM), Special Purpose Rifle (SPR), General Purpose (GP) and a myriad of other acronyms. While I…
Read articleSierra Tac 2 Point Adjustable Sling
I had this sling on a rifle from February 2016 to January 2017 as a T&E at request of the owner/designer. The Sierra Tac sling is similar to…
Read articlePushing Your Capabilities
Pushing Your Capabilities Last spring now, I shot the randomized department qualification course at my old agency. This particular course of fire involved handguns from 3 yards moving back…
Read articleLeading Fighting Men
This is one man’s musings, and over the course of my career they are things that I wanted from my leaders. As such, I have tried hard to…
Read articleNight Vision Quick Focus Caps
Using NVG’s for a multitude of Law Enforcement tasks presents some challenges from typical white light jobs. One of those challenges is that the NVG is focused at…
Read articleSpeed Costs Money……
Speed costs money, how fast do ya wanna go With the election upon us, it seems as if everyone now wants to buy, buy, buy firearms and gear…
Read articleP&S 8-Bit Roland Special Shirt By Magpul Available now!
If it is dangerous to go alone, what do you take? A. Master Sword B. Flute C. Boomerang D. P&S 8-bit Roland Special Shirt Choose option D because…
Read articleNicKydex AIWB Roland Holster Review
***UPDATE 12/10/2019 – We have received multiple reports of slow to nonexistent follow up on orders. Use at your own risk.*** Before we begin, let’s set some baselines…
Read articleOverwatch Precision TAC Flat Face Trigger Review
Before we begin, let’s set some baselines to see if this review will be relevant to you. This was not a scientific, standards based, control group study.…
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