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Chad Mercer explains how professional armorers reduce risk through authorized maintenance, documentation, custody records, manufacturer guidance, inspection, and clearly defined responsibility for duty weapons.
Jonathan Halek describes entering his first rifle class as the least-experienced student and succeeding through safety, humility, instruction, class etiquette, realistic pacing, and honest feedback.
Professional instructors can disagree without making the disagreement personal. Sound teaching explains context, objectives, evidence, safety concerns, and meaningful tradeoffs.
After receiving a lot of great feedback regarding my first offering, I decided to write a follow up article based on the questions I received. Again, I want to reiterate that I am by no means a subject matter expert. I am sharing this as a regular guy that trains a lot (400 to 600 … Read more
Red Dot Sights (RDS) are possibly the single biggest innovation on the pistol platform in recent years. But just like any “new” thing, it has its evangelists and its naysayers. Is it a valuable tool to help you protect you and your loved ones or is it just an expensive accessory to live out your … Read more
An unreliable AR-15 demonstrates how extractor tension, carrier velocity, buffer construction, component quality, and stacked deficiencies can produce repeated cycling failures.
When dressing before I head out, I like to ask myself, “can I reasonably change a tire, dressed as I am, with the full range of weather and temperatures for today?” From time to time, we must all deal with weather-effects outside of our norm, while still taking on tasks and problems. This may happen … Read more
By: “Frank Woods”, NYPD I have something to say. I will try to keep this short and simple. If you are in Law Enforcement and thus have the authority/ability/permission to carry a concealed weapon on your person when in plain clothes off duty, and you don’t, you are either lazy, or you have your head up … Read more
A detailed armorer inspection of one factory-new DPMS Oracle 5.56 rifle, covering receiver assembly, staking, fasteners, bolt-carrier components, gas-system choices, materials, dimensions, and torque observations.
Multiple vehicle drill, contact left and front vehicle is disabled. Moving to the shoot house. AAR: DARC Tactical Urban Sustainment Course (TUSC) 4-7, 20 SEP 2015 By: John D. Remf What this AAR isn’t: A complete breakdown of the TTP’s and minutia taught in the class. There are reasons for this. The most important is without … Read more