Pro Guns, Gear, Tactics, Training, & Discussion
Pro Guns, Gear, Tactics, Training, & Discussion
Ideas & Concepts,
As I sit to write this the greater gun community is again up in arms over statements made in a video on a so-called news program. A 22 year Special Operations veteran and was recently portrayed as favoring universal background checks and waiting periods for firearms purchases. There is also an uproar over comments made… read more »
Yes, experience matters. When I started in the armory at DSS in March of 2008, the FTU was burning through guns at a ridiculous rate. I wasn’t an experienced armorer. I was a reformed Marine 0311 who was a recent graduate of gunsmithing school. I showed up with a degree of end user experience and… read more »
For Training Tuesday, We are continuing our discussion about the trending report data available in the TRACR program on most ranges of Fort Bragg. To recap, the trending report is the computer taking the selected iterations for a specific course of fire like Table VI (Record Fire qualification for M4/M16) and allows the unit to… read more »
The Army recently published an RFI (“request for information,” basically a non-binding request for companies in the industry to send them spec sheets and estimated pricing for an item) for a “interim combat service rifle” with a 16-20″ barrel, chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO, presumably to replace or supplement the M4 until a new weapon system… read more »
For Manual Monday, we are continuing our discussion on Movement. Specifically, we will addressing Retrograde movement according to doctrine. Our reference for this discussion is TC 3-22.9 Change 1, dated January 2017. As mentioned last week, there are four major categories of movement according to doctrine. Forward, Retrograde, Lateral, and Turning about Left/Right. We are… read more »
Photo Credit – DARC Instagram March OPFOR list has been posted on bacefook. Chaos Island is happening 21-26March. #violenceistheanswer #freedomlovesthegasmask #opfor #forceonforce A post shared by DARC1 (@directactionresourcecenter) on Mar 6, 2017 at 12:28pm PST Welcome to this weeks Five on Friday. From new product announcements to some commentary on a North Korea EMP Attack,… read more »
Primary & Secondary ModCast Panel discusses PatMac’s appearance on Comedy Central, gun rights, and the NFA (with a couple other topics). Seeing how the public responded to the Comedy Central video and noticing a lack of media sources providing an avenue for him to provide clarification, I felt it was necessary that I provide that… read more »
They Already Have Their Conclusion For more than ten years, I’ve been in leadership of the most effective gun rights organization in the country. For eight of those, I’ve been its President. During my tenure, my organization has shepherded into law 15 pro gun bills that we authored or supported. I say this not to brag, because… read more »
For Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Thursday, we are continuing our discussion from last week about optics. Specifically, we are discussing how do we know if our projectile is going to hit a target at a certain distance? What is a way for a Paratrooper to know how accurate their weapon is? Or how accurate their… read more »
Proficiency, knowledge, and experience are desired traits within many aspects of life. Unfortunately, a counter-culture is growing within social media that focuses on firearms. This isn’t new but it is getting worse. The people who are part of this like to hear themselves talk, they shout out answers without reason or context (because they have… read more »