Internal Ballistics: What Happens Before the Bullet Exits
Internal ballistics explains ignition, chamber pressure, projectile acceleration, rifling, barrel vibration, gas-system timing, and muzzle exit.
Using Performance Data to Improve Unit Marksmanship
Use range-performance data to locate recurring problems, confirm their causes, design focused training, and measure whether the intervention worked.
Forward Movement as Part of the Shot Process
Forward movement should support a tactical purpose while preserving muzzle control, awareness, balance, and an accuracy standard appropriate to the task.
Semper Paratus Arms AR-15 Armorer Course AAR (2017)
A firsthand review of William Larson’s 2017 two-day AR-15 armorer course, including inspection, assembly, troubleshooting, gauges, and preventive maintenance.
The Training Value of Shooting Competition
Shooting competition provides pressure, measurement, accountability, and unfamiliar problems, but it should complement—not replace—tactical training.
Ballistics Terminology: Key Concepts Explained
A practical glossary of internal, external, and terminal ballistics terms, including trajectory, velocity, zero, energy, momentum, and penetration.
Why We Train Toward Weapons Mastery
Weapons mastery combines reliable mechanics, system knowledge, diagnosis, judgment, and adaptable performance beyond minimum qualification.
Movement in the Rifle Shot Process: Principles and Categories
Movement affects stability, aim, control, awareness, and communication. Train it progressively and use it only when it creates a meaningful advantage.
Developing Wide-Band Situational Awareness
Situational awareness means noticing changes, interpreting patterns, and taking proportionate action without fixation, stereotyping, or constant hypervigilance.
Building a Standardized Range Safety Brief
A useful range safety brief covers orientation, commands, emergency response, equipment, hazards, responsibilities, and active enforcement.