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Matt Landfair

Matt Landfair is the founder and editor of Primary & Secondary. A career law-enforcement professional, firearms instructor, and armorer, he has experience in patrol, training coordination, firearms instruction, equipment evaluation, and continued professional development across the firearms and tactical-training community. Matt has written for RECOIL, Breach Bang Clear, Soldier Systems Daily, and Moderno, and has hosted extensive long-form discussions with law-enforcement officers, military professionals, instructors, manufacturers, and other subject-matter experts. He is also known in parts of the firearms community as Matt Prime and Riafdnal.

P&S ModCast 74: Network Support — Building a Community of Thinkers

October 16, 2026 by Matt Landfair
Video call screenshot from P&S ModCast 74, showing a panelist speaking with other participants in thumbnails.

An archival P&S conversation about network support, documenting training, evaluating advice, and building a community whose members think for themselves.

Categories Podcasts, Training Tags Critical Thinking, Firearms Training, Training Culture, Training Notes Leave a comment

P&S ModCast 75: Choosing Firearms Training That Matters

October 11, 2026 by Matt Landfair

The P&S panel discusses choosing firearms training, vetting instructors, writing useful AARs, building fundamentals, pistol mechanics, and honest disagreement.

Categories Podcasts, Training Tags Firearms Training, Handgun Training, Training Culture, Training Notes Leave a comment

P&S ModCast 469: B.O.S.S. Silencers

October 7, 2026 by Matt Landfair
Matt Landfair interviews Mike Cain of BOSS Silencers, who holds a silencer during P&S ModCast 469.

Matt Landfair interviews Mike Cain of BOSS Silencers about suppressor design, sound and tone, durability, rimfire options, precision rifles, mounting, and company growth.

Categories Equipment, Podcasts Tags B.O.S.S. Silencers, Mike Cain, ModCast, suppressed shooting, Suppressors Leave a comment

P&S ModCast 76: Aaron Cowan — Pistol Optics, Training, and Performance

October 3, 2026 by Matt Landfair
Aaron Cowan of Sage Dynamics speaking with the P&S ModCast 76 panel

Aaron Cowan joins the P&S panel to discuss pistol red dots, defensive training, shooting performance, competition, and building better training programs.

Categories Optics & Red Dots, Pistols & Handguns, Podcasts, Training Tags aaron cowan, Competition, Defensive Shooting, Firearms Training, force on force, Pistol Red Dots, Roland Special, sage dynamics, Tim herron Leave a comment

P&S ModCast 468: Defensive Display Done Right

September 29, 2026 by Matt Landfair
P&S ModCast 468 — Defensive Display Done Right

Matt Landfair, Steve Moses, Shawn Vincent, and Don West examine defensive firearm displays, real-world cases, gun handling, and legal consequences.

Categories CQB, Tactics & Defense, Podcasts, Training Tags defensive planning, ModCast, self defense, Use of Force Leave a comment

P&S ModCast 467: Small Batch Reloading

September 26, 2026September 25, 2026 by Matt Landfair
P&S ModCast 467: Small Batch Reloading

Matt Landfair, Nate Osborne, Jon of Wheel Gun Weekly, and Bryan of American Fighting Revolver discuss small-batch handloading, cast bullets, revolvers, equipment, and load development.

Categories Miscellaneous P&S, Podcasts Tags Cast Bullets, Handloading, ModCast, Reloading, Revolvers Leave a comment

Rapid Physiological Incapacitation and Torso Shot Priority

September 23, 2026September 21, 2026 by Matt Landfair

Rapid physiological incapacitation depends on interrupting blood flow. Why the heart area and great vessels matter in torso targeting.

Categories Ballistics, Concepts, Medical, Miscellaneous P&S Tags Terminal Ballistics, trauma, Wound Ballistics Leave a comment

Long Guns Indoors: Not Ideal Doesn’t Mean Ineffective

September 23, 2026September 17, 2026 by Matt Landfair
FN15A4 and suppressed 18-inch SPR shown for an article about using long guns indoors.

Long rifles carry real tradeoffs indoors, but technique and firsthand testing matter more than internet absolutes.

Categories Concepts, Rifles & Carbines, Training Tags DARC, Rifles, training Leave a comment

P&S ModCast 466 — Modern Minuteman AAR with Shane Kerwin

September 19, 2026September 17, 2026 by Matt Landfair
P&S ModCast 466 panel reviewing Shane Kerwin’s Modern Minuteman course

Matt Landfair, Shane Kerwin, Craig Caudill, Jess M., and Doc Z. review the Modern Minuteman course and the lessons revealed through practical training.

Categories AAR, Outdoors & Survival, Podcasts Tags ModCast Leave a comment

Foundations of Church Security: Building a Team That Protects More Than the Sanctuary

September 10, 2026 by Matt Landfair
P&S ModCast 465 panel discussing the foundations of church security

Church security involves much more than preparing for an armed attacker. ModCast 465 examines risk assessment, medical response, team selection, training, childcare, liability, and the role of safety as a ministry.

Categories Concepts, Medical, Podcasts, Training Tags church safety, church security, ModCast, Preparedness, risk assessment Leave a comment
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