Firearms, Tactics, Mindset, and Professional Concepts

ModCast 194: Elitists, “Poors,” and Snobs

September 19, 2026May 16, 2019 by Matt Landfair

ModCast 194 examines firearms-community gatekeeping, equipment standards, affordability, expertise, influencers, instructors, and better ways to communicate recommendations.

Baselines #4 Reload Drills

May 13, 2019 by Ash Hess

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 last article, I wrote about reloads so this one is some thoughts on how to learn or test reloads. First, let me tell you all I am … Read more

A case for .40 S&W

May 2, 2019 by Caleb Giddings

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 city agencies are following suit. The swing back to 9mm has been driven by improvements in pistol bullet technology that has rendered all service calibers pretty much the same in terms of terminal ballistics. Agencies have responded by ditching their harder recoiling and lower capacity guns in favor easier to shoot and more capacious 9mm pistols.

Baselines #3

April 30, 2019 by Ash Hess

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 tested. Having the ability to group, zero and fire at a stationary target from a few positions does not a gunslinger make. One needs to be able … Read more

Comp and Dot

April 22, 2019 by Nate Osborne

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. On the P&S forum, I commented that I felt like that the dot and comp together made a pistol shoot greater than the sum of the parts. … Read more

Baselines #2

April 8, 2019 by Ash Hess

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 they are too strict. That’s exactly why they are the standards. You can be above, at or below the standard. It’s easy to understand. Your standard shooter … Read more

Weapon Critical Comparisons

September 24, 2026April 4, 2019 by Matt Landfair

A practical framework for comparing defensive firearms: look beyond price and brand loyalty to quality control, components, assembly, support, and the likelihood of reliability problems.

Baselines

March 27, 2019March 26, 2019 by Ash Hess

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? This question was asked of me recently and I felt it would be a good time to do a series on it because I am sure many … Read more

Witch Hunts & Manufactured Outrage

September 23, 2026February 21, 2019 by Matt Landfair

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 fake outrage surrounding people, organizations, things, and concepts. Pro 2nd Amendment individuals and organizations are being called out as anti gun by people and organizations (and their … Read more

Emotional honesty in brand recommendations

January 30, 2019 by Caleb Giddings

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 of my M9 there was a bag that contained a Sig M18, a Glock 45 (the model, not the caliber), an M&P 2.0, a Beretta APX, a Walther PPQ, and a HK VP9 then I was told that whatever gun I grabbed out of the bag I had to carry I would be fine with any of those choices. The simple fact is that guns from reputable manufacturers are better than ever…and they’re all kind of the same.