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Malfunction with a Primary Weapon Part 3

Military, Training, Weapons

For Manual Monday, we are continuing our discussion on Control. Specifically, we will continue our discussion on malfunctions as we address when in the cycle of function immediate…

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Nighthawk 1911 9mm Double Stacks!!!

Companies/Services, Weapons

April 28th 2017 Berryville AR. On the heels of Nighthawk Custom announcing its new collaboration gun in partnership with Agency Arms and Railscales we are pleased to share…

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Integrated Weapons Training Strategy Doctrine

Military, Training, Weapons

For Walkthrough Wednesday, we are continuing the discussion on the Integrated Weapons Training Strategy and the changes that are going to be taking place in doctrine. Master Jhoon…

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The Gun Elitist Debate

Concepts, Equipment, Weapons

There are some who will argue pure price point in both the excessively cheap and unnecessarily high extremes when it comes to guns and gear. Some are brand…

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Critical Equipment

Concepts, Equipment, Training, Weapons

This article began as some thoughts when I was listening to the P&S Kyle Defoor interview a few months ago, and I am finally putting thoughts on paper…

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Battlesight Zero

Concepts, Law Enforcement, Military, Weapons

Those who carry guns for a living know the world isn’t a nicely manicured flat range and threats will present at differing distances. You won’t have an opportunity…

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Sucked Down the Tube: A Failure in Training

AAR, Concepts, Equipment, Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

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…

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Inches, Minutes, Clicks- Zero That Blaster

Concepts, Equipment, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

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…

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Running the Irons.

Concepts, Equipment, Everything Else, Law Enforcement, Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

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…

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Malfunctions

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on Control. Specifically, we will be addressing how to handle malfunctions, which is a particular part of the shot process that was not…

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Understanding the AR-15 Gas System

Concepts, Weapons

The AR-15 Direct Gas Impingement System is a rather straight forward system to understand. When the weapon is fired, gas travels down the barrel behind the bullet. As…

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Follow Through With the M4 and M4A1

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on control. Specifically we will be addressing Follow-through for the M4 and M4A1 platforms. The Reference for this discussion is TC 3-22.9 Change…

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Stop Marksmanship Training

Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

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…

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Standard Qualification for the M4

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are going to start a discussion on qualification standards. Specifically, we are going to address what the standard is for qualification with the M4. The references for…

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Rates of Fire for the M4 and M4A1

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on control. Specifically we will be addressing the rates of fire for the M4 and M4A1 platforms. The Reference for this discussion is…

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Fire Control for Machine Guns

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on Fire control for machine guns. Specifically, we are addressing what fire control is, and what methods are available to the Paratrooper. The…

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Aimpoint RDS and Pistol Mounting PSA

Companies/Services, Equipment, Law Enforcement, Primary & Secondary, Weapons

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…

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More Zeroing With Boresight

Concepts, Equipment, Military, Training, Weapons

We are going to continue our discussion on the Laser Boresight. Specifically, we are going to talk about how to zero the enabler with a zeroed LBS. The…

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Machine Gun: Ammunition Planning

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on machine gun theory, specifically we are addressing an oft overlooked thing for support by fire: Ammunition planning. I know most of us…

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Follow Up on TC 3-22.9

AAR, Concepts, Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

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…

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The Do Everything Carbine

Concepts, Equipment, Primary & Secondary, Weapons

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…

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