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.

Mission Drives Whose Gear?

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The concept that mission drives the selection of defensive firearms and gear has been beaten to death but for some reason there are aspects of it that are still ignored. The phrase might seem generic, but it is rather specific. Whose mission? The individual. What gear/guns? The individual’s. We aren’t talking about large swaths of … Read more

Switching to Manual Focus

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Many times, people mistake rational and reasoning for guidance. I sometimes may carry a 22LR revolver for defensive purposes. I do this because it fits the needs of a specific situation – it is not me telling you that you need to carry a 22LR revolver for defensive purposes. A missing variable to this equation … Read more

P&S ModCast 424 — Author Larry Correia

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P&S ModCast 424 features author Larry Correia in a long-form conversation about writing, creative process, and firearms. Larry is best known for the Monster Hunter International series; he joins David Simerly, Warren Wilson, and Matt Landfair for a discussion that connects storytelling, research, professional experience, and the gun culture that informs much of his work. … Read more

Multiple Methods

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Early on in my life with firearms and into my career, I didn’t realize the value of knowing multiple ways of doing things. There was one way and that’s the only way. This mindset didn’t take into consideration nuance, mission, or environmental factors. This also was the basis for some laughable arguments that were entirely … Read more

P&S ModCast 403 — Gun Nerds 20: The Special Purpose Rifle

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Alex Hartmann joins the Gun Nerds panel to examine Special Purpose Rifle history, mission-driven configuration, optics, barrels, ammunition, suppressors, and precision-rifle training.