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Willfully Throwing Rights Away For “Safety”
Intentionally involving the police in matters where police are not an optimal resource can end in undesired results (arrest, injury, death). By calling, you are inviting armed people…
Read articleLeaving Average
“You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We’re all part of the same compost heap.…
Read articleCrucible Consulting Press Release
Daniel and Tim have been long time friends to P&S and it’s great to see them expand their reach! Press Release: We are pleased to announce the public…
Read articleNightfighter on the Range
I know what some people might be thinking. “Nate, since you graduated from school, you must have gotten some dream job with a 6 figure salary enabling you…
Read articleQuantifiable
Upping your game I recently got the long awaited Mantis X10 in hand. Of all the features that come with this version I have been waiting for the…
Read articleMindset
One of the biggest hurdles to overcome when trying to improve performance is mindset. When I say mindset, I am not talking about the “If not you, who”…
Read article“But that’s the only chance we get to shoot? Why are you taking it from us?”: Humility is the New Expertise
Note: This reflects the views of the writer and he encourages readers to go through the article, read the whole thing, and think of it from the writer’s…
Read articleAccuracy and Precision- The Test
To understand any of this you need to read parts one and two. There I laid out what we are trying to accomplish and why. The short version…
Read articleAccuracy and Precision- The ego chase.
Many years ago, I watched as the internet simultaneously applauded a company for offering a 1 MOA guarantee while saying that Defoor’s 4 MOA shooting standard was too…
Read articleAccuracy and Precision
First of a three part series – Ash Hess What’s the best? What XXXXX should I get? We have all seen posts like this across the internet. Prior…
Read articleBaselines #4 Reload Drills
If you are following this series, you have seen that I lay out some baselines then some drills on how to gauge or establish that baseline. In the…
Read articleA case for .40 S&W
Once the darling of law enforcement, .40 S&W has fallen on hard times. As major federal agencies like the FBI switch back to 9mm; smaller state, county, and…
Read articleBaselines #3
Once we have our first baselines as laid out (see parts one and two) there are a ton of other skills that need to be trained, practiced and…
Read articleComp and Dot
Over the past several years, the “Roland Special” concept has gone from unknown, to being mocked, copied, modified, and has now taken its rightful place as internet meme.…
Read articleBaselines #2
Part Two In part one we talked about some standards from 0-500 with rifles. Some will argue that the standards are too loose while some will argue that…
Read articleWeapon Critical Comparisons
There is a big misconception with “lesser” brands versus higher end brands just being status symbols – for me, and I suspect for most P&S staff and subscribers…
Read articleBaselines
I am LE and I have a decent baseline of competency with a pistol. What would you say a good basic competency with a rifle would look like?…
Read articleTrust But Verify …and Follow the Money
This week the firearms and tactical medical community is ablaze with news that Jeff Kirkham, the creator of the RATS Tourniquet has initiated a fake news campaign against…
Read articleTap Rack Tactical AAR
In September of last year, I had the pleasure of hosting Bill Blowers of Tap-Rack Tactical for his two day Tactical Pistol class. I am just getting around…
Read articleCarrying Light With Firearms
This is an older picture and some EDC items have changed but the concept remains a constant. There seems to be a misconception that a weapon mounted light…
Read articleWitch Hunts & Manufactured Outrage
We are living in a new era of witch hunts and manufactured outrage. There are puppet masters making a lot of money off of the masses by creating…
Read articleEmotional honesty in brand recommendations
Brand loyalty is stupid. Here’s an absolute fact: we live in the Golden Age of striker fired semi-automatic pistols. If I showed up for work Saturday and instead…
Read articleThoughts on Fighting rifles
What makes a Great fighting rifle? Is it just reliability and the ever-present internet “MILSPEC” assembly and parts or is there something more?I have spent the better part…
Read articleSystems Thinking Applied to the Shot Process
In our previous discussion, we were talking about applying systems-thinking to the ‘fundamentals of marksmanship’ in an attempt to illustrate why the fundamentals are not as effective as…
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