Primary & Secondary Archives

P&S ModCast 131 – Match Directing

September 13, 2026January 20, 2018 by Matt Landfair

Experienced match directors discuss practical shooting competition design, staffing, safety, scoring, logistics, and the shooter experience.

Training Methodology for Dry-Fire in a Unit

January 19, 2018 by Raymond Miller

For Fossil Friday, our discussion topic is training methodology, and how it needs to change specifically about dry-fire. Our references for this discussion are TC’s 3-22.9, Change 2 dated August 2017, TC 3-22.249, dated May 2017, and TC 3-23.35, dated May 2017. In order to build mastery in a skill, it must be done … Read more

P&S ModCast 130 – Gun Nerds 12: AR Manufacturing QA/QC & You

September 13, 2026January 12, 2018 by Matt Landfair

AR-15 manufacturers and experienced users discuss quality assurance, quality control, parts selection, maintenance, and rifle reliability.

P&S ModCast 129 – Gun Nerds 11: The Road To The M17 Pistol

September 13, 2026January 5, 2018 by Matt Landfair

A panel discussion tracing U.S. military sidearms through the testing and adoption of the M17 pistol.

Rifle Grouping as a Marksmanship Baseline

September 15, 2026June 29, 2017 by Ash Hess

Consistent rifle groups establish a baseline for zeroing, shooter diagnosis, ammunition comparison, equipment testing, and future marksmanship improvement.

P&S ModCast 103 — Gun Nerds 6: 5.56 vs. .308

September 6, 2026June 16, 2017 by Matt Landfair

A military small-arms panel examines 5.56 versus .308, intermediate calibers, combat loads, recoil, hit probability, logistics, doctrine, and training.

P&S ModCast 102 — Pat McNamara, Gun Rights & the NFA

September 24, 2026June 9, 2017 by Matt Landfair

P&S ModCast 102 features Pat McNamara and a P&S panel discussing his Comedy Central appearance, gun rights, the NFA, and the importance of context in public policy conversations.

Semper Paratus Arms AR-15 Armorer Course AAR (2017)

September 15, 2026May 26, 2017 by Matt Levi

A firsthand review of William Larson’s 2017 two-day AR-15 armorer course, including inspection, assembly, troubleshooting, gauges, and preventive maintenance.

Trainers, Training, and Mindset

April 15, 2017 by Mike Lewis

“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War This is an ancient piece of wisdom and is true today. But does it apply to the individual citizen or law enforcement … Read more

Sucked Down the Tube: A Failure in Training

May 31, 2017March 12, 2017 by Ash Hess

Much, if not all training and practice is conducted on flat ranges under calm conditions with no surprises. We shoot steel and paper that we purposely place and identify. We have lanes and all sorts of safety considerations that make a day at the range a pleasant experience. This is fine for most of us but can lead to some critical failures if you are in a line of work that may not look the same as the flat range. For those that form either the thin Blue or Green Lines targets will probably appear in from unknown positions and ranges. Many people preach situational awareness but fail to account for it in our training. COL Boyd gave us the OODA loop, which on the surface, is a rapidly trainable flow of Observe, Orient, Decide and Act. It is a loop because as soon as you act you start over.