Mount-Up Cowboy! Drawing your secondary weapon from a holster is like any other skill when it comes to shooting; it’s perishable. Meaning if you don’t incorporate properly drawing your weapon into your training regimen then you’re giving the tactical shooting advantage to your adversary. Whether it’s drawing your firearm against an active shooter, someone with [...]
Trigger Control Being a former Navy SEAL sniper instructor, I get a lot of people who ask me to “teach them how to shoot.” The fact is, I can’t…no one can. No one can teach you how to shoot, they can only teach you about shooting. This may be hard to hear, but it’s the [...]
Choosing the Right Ammunition If you’re an operator worth your salt, then you give a lot of attention to your gear and weapons systems. Before any evolution you ensure your gear is in its exact spot suited for your skill set or position on the team. Maybe you’re the primary breacher you have an extra [...]
Sight Alignment As I continue my series, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Shooters, I want to point out that there are many shooters out there that have never learned the basic fundamentals of marksmanship. Then there are those of us who have been slinging lead for years and love our new gadgets and gizmos, [...]
Burglars break into home of a former French Special Forces Operator…FAIL! The below was sent to me in an email from a very good friend of mine…we’ll call him Jean-Pierre. I asked if I could post his email (with names changed) so others can learn from his lessons. I think he did an outstanding job [...]
Grip No matter what weapon system you’re shooting, a solid grip is vital to placing accurate rounds on target. As sure as having a loose scope mounted on a rifle; a loose grip will cause rounds to fly aimlessly off their mark and leave the shooter looking for answers. In the same way you need [...]
