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AAR: EAG Carbine 1, 19-20 May
AAR: EAG Tactical Carbine 1 – Brian Canova, Instructor 19-20 May, 2018. Echo Valley Training Center, High View, WV Brian Canova of EAG Tactical. Photo by Triple Bravo…
Read articleSage Dynamics Defensive Rifle AAR
March 24-25, 2018 PMAA Range, Salt Lake City Equipment 13.7” AR (one I built) Sandman K/Saker 556 (Key-Mo adapter) Magpul MS1 sling Trijicon TR24 1-4 Glock 43…
Read articleP&S 147 – QA/QC in the AK World
Primary & Secondary PodCast The panel discusses AK quality control and aspects to consider with AKs.. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Jim Fuller Karl Kasarda Shayn Striegel Episode sponsor:…
Read articleP&S 146 – Fitness Lifestyle
Primary & Secondary PodCast The panel discusses fitness, nutrition, and fitting it all into your life. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Kaitlyn Bauer Varg Freeborn Chris Henderson Aimee Langdon…
Read articleP&S 145 – Gun Nerds 14: The Pistol Episode
Primary & Secondary PodCast The panel discusses stuff about pistols. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Steve Fisher Ernest Langdon Dave Laubert Chad Mercer Tom Victa Episode sponsor: Faxon Firearms…
Read articleP&S Patreon Giveaway!
I’m thinking it’s time to do a giveaway drawing for when P&S reaches 800 Patreon subscribers as a thank you to our supporters!
Read articleP&S 144 – MedCast
Primary & Secondary PodCast The panel discusses medical stuff. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Matt Babika Andrew Fisher Chuck Pressburg Episode sponsor: Faxon Firearms – http://faxonfirearms.com/
Read articleP&S 143 – Hodge & Knight’s Are Imaginary
The panel discusses mythical guns and other things. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Jordan Bowles Jon Canipe Matt Meckley Chuck Pressburg Episode sponsor: Faxon Firearms – faxonfirearms.com/ Our Patreon…
Read articleP&S 142: Creating A Lesson Plan
Primary & Secondary PodCast The panel discusses aspect of developing a teaching curriculum. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Phil Axelrod Jeff Bloovman Ash Hess Chad Mercer Chuck Pressburg Episode…
Read articleTraining Tuesday: ‘Focusing on the Basics Until you are a Master:’ Dry-Fire
“We don’t plan to fail, we fail to plan” -Denzel Washington For Training Tuesday, we will be reinforcing that we must incorporate dry-fire into our training plan. Leaders…
Read articleMovement And The Pistol, Part Two: Lateral and Turning Movement
For Manual Monday, we are continuing our discussion on Movement and the pistol. Specifically, we will begin to address what lateral and turning movement means for the pistol.…
Read articleP&S 141 – Varusteleka
Primary & Secondary PodCast The panel discusses the Finnish gear company Varusteleka. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Mike Karl Kasarda Jari Laine Barry Peterson Episode sponsors: Faxon Firearms Our…
Read articleForce Mod Friday: The CaneBrake Zeroing Tool and the Importance of Zeroing Properly at 25 Meters
For Force Mod Friday, we are going to be discussing a current capability gap of zeroing at actual distance as required by TC 3-22.9, change 2, dated August…
Read articleI’ve Read Every Army Weapons Manual, now what?
For Tactics, Techniques, and procedures Thursday, we are going to be discussing how we reference outside resources to make weapons mastery training for our Paratroopers more efficient. As…
Read articleP&S 140 – Gun Bans On The Horizon
Primary & Secondary ModCast The panel discusses various attacks on our rights and pending bans. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Jordan Bowles Ash Hess Dave Laubert Chad Mercer Keith…
Read articleKneeling Unsupported: Why do I Need to Learn it?
For Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Thursday, we will be discussing how to create a stable firing platform in the kneeling unsupported position. Learning how to create stability in…
Read articleHow to Mount an Army Optic to an M4A1
For training Tuesday, we are talking about the mounting of optics to Army weapons. Specifically, we are addressing the mounting of the M150 Rifle Combat Optic to the…
Read articleMovement and the Pistol: A Technique for Training Moving Forward
For Manual Monday, we are continuing our discussion on Movement and the pistol. Specifically, we will begin to address what forward movement means for the pistol. Learning all…
Read articleP&S 139 – Gun Nerds 13: Improving The AR15
The panel discusses the AR15 advancements and issues. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Jordan Bowles Ash Hess Chad Mercer Tom Victa Roger Wang Episode sponsors: Faxon Firearms – http://faxonfirearms.com/ Our Patreon…
Read articleFossil Friday: One Record Fire Attempt to Rule Them All
For Fossil Friday, we are going to be discussing an idea whose obsolescence is due: Multiple attempts to qualify with a weapons system. The reference for this…
Read article200 Year Old Mechanisms
What we are witnessing is us losing. What we need to understand is: Why have the actions we have been taking failed? What we need to do is…
Read articleP&S ModCast 138 – Path To Our Rights
Primary & Secondary ModCast The panel discusses the Bill of Rights and events leading up to it. Host: Matt Landfair Panel: Ash Hess Cy Hudson Mike Lewis Episode…
Read articleMovement with a Pistol
For Manual Monday, we are beginning our discussion on movement and the pistol. Specifically, we will address what the various movement techniques are for the pistol. Learning…
Read articleIs a U.S. Gun Ban Possible?
As of the date of this writing, March 8th, 2018, owing to a confluence of political factors in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre on October 1st,…
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