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Law Enforcement Use of Government Surplus
Recently, President Trump repealed the Obama executive order that restricted the government surplus that law enforcement agencies are allowed to use. There naturally has been an uptick on…
Read articleFive on Friday … err Saturday, Several on Saturday – 19Aug2017
Photo Cred – DARC Instagram Happy FoF, everyone. It’s been an eventful week, so there’s plenty of interesting reading material this week. Sage Dynamics/Aaron Cowan – Report on…
Read articleFive on Friday – 11Aug2017
Photo Cred – https://www.instagram.com/theranchtexas/ Happy Five on Friday, everyone. We missed last week due to some technical difficulties, but we’re back this time around. The Kremlin’s Newest Hybrid Warfare…
Read articleProject Appleseed AAR
I stepped outside my comfort zone last weekend and attended an Appleseed event. For those not familiar with Project Appleseed, the organization’s website states: “Project Appleseed™ isn’t a…
Read articleAddressing Concerns With the Sig Sauer P320
Reality and facts matter. Full disclosure: Grayguns has developed patent-pending fire control parts for the P320, to enhance these actions for competition and elite users while maintaining full…
Read articleFive on Friday – 28July2017
Photo Cred – DARC Instagram NASA Just Dropped A Ton Of Rare Footage Of Blackbirds Doing What They Do Best http://taskandpurpose.com/sr-71-blackbird-rare-video/ You Have Totally Earned This 4-Minute Video…
Read articlePHLster Flatpack Rundown
In 2015, PHLster was approached by some individual Philadelphia PD plain-clothes officers (independent of the department, seeking custom work) to develop a solution for the pocket carry of…
Read articleFive 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 articlePHLster TuckStrut
As the proprietor and sole life form over at PHLster, I was asked to give a brief rundown on a piece of holster hardware I’ve developed and mass…
Read articleFive on Friday – 14July2017
Happy Friday, everybody. New Dry Dock Photos Show Extent of Hidden USS Fitzgerald Damage https://news.usni.org/2017/07/12/new-dry-dock-photos-show-extent-hidden-uss-fitzgerald-damage Doctrine, and Why TRADOC is a Euphemism for Bad Training…
Read articleZeroing the Close Combat Optic (CCO), Part 1:
We are continuing our discussion on the M68 Close Combat Optic, or CCO. The reference for this is TM 9-1240-413-13P dated May 2013, and TC 3-22.9, Change 1…
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 articleExternal Ballistics Part II
For Walkthrough Wednesday, we are continuing our discussion on External Ballistics. Understanding External Ballistics will allow us to engage targets better at varying distances by knowing where…
Read articleHow to use Excel for Training Management
For Training Tuesday, we are continuing our discussion from previous weeks. How do we capture information from large groups of people? What is the most effective way to…
Read articlePistol Draw and Presentation
We are continuing our discussion about the shot process. Specifically, we will be addressing the shot process as it applies to the pistol. As mentioned previously,…
Read articleFossil Friday: The ALT-C Qualification
For Friday, were going to discuss a new topic: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures that are obsolete or fossilized. This week’s Fossil Friday topic is the 25 meter scaled…
Read articleThe M68 Close Combat Optic
For Tactics, Techniques and Procedures Thursday, we are continuing our discussion on optics. Specifically, we will be discussing the M68 Close Combat Optic, or CCO. The reference for…
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 articleExternal Ballistics Terms:
For Walk through Wednesday, we are continuing our discussion on ballistics. Specifically we will be talking about external ballistics. The reference for this discussion is TC 3-22.9, change…
Read articleCapturing the Work of a Company
For Training Tuesday, we are continuing our discussion from previous weeks. How do we capture information from large groups of people? What is the most effective way…
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 articleFive on Friday – 16June2017
Photo Cred: DARC Instagram View this post on Instagram Happy Friday, everyone. Police Officers Face Cumulative PTSD https://www.policeone.com/health-fitness/articles/323686006-Police-officers-face-cumulative-PTSD/ Earlier this week, multiple sources were claiming that Abu Bakr…
Read articleEating Our Own
As I sit to write this the greater gun community is again up in arms over statements made in a video on a so-called news program. A 22…
Read articleYes, Experience Matters.
Yes, experience matters. When I started in the armory at DSS in March of 2008, the FTU was burning through guns at a ridiculous rate. I wasn’t an…
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