The Four Rules of Gun Safety: Guns for Beginners
The Four Rules of Gun Safety prevent firearms-related accidents -- more accurately called "negligent discharges" or ND's. Follow all four rules and you eliminate the possibility of creating a dangerous, perhaps even deadly ND....
OMG! Iowa Bill Would Legalize Kids Shooting Pistols! OMG!
“Most people in Iowa don’t even know it’s on the books.” Nathan Gibson reckons that Iowa's prohibition against kids under 14 touching handguns flies under most gun owners' radar. Hence the bill currently wending...
Ryan Cleckner: How to Estimate and Adjust for Target Distance
Ryan Cleckner was a special operations sniper team leader in the US Army’s 1st Ranger Bn (75th) and a sniper instructor with multiple combat deployments. Click here to order his book Long Range Shooting Handbook-...
Houstonian Disarms Armed Robber
click2houston.com has a video of an armed robbery . You see the armed suspect bring the pistol very close to the victim. It's an opportunity for the victim to successfully attempt to disarm him. The victim...
Self-Defense Tip: Be Ready for a Gun Grab
No, not the kind of gun grab that resides in the orgiastic fantasies of folks like plutocrat Mike Bloomberg, I'm talking about a straightforward attempt by someone to grab your firearm from you, either...
The Three Bad Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Long Range Shooters
by Ryan Cleckner
The three worst habits of unsuccessful long-range shooters aren’t what you might expect. They aren’t shooting techniques like improper trigger control or unstable shooting positions. While technique is important, improper application of the shooting...
TV Station Tries, and Fails, to Simulate Self Defense Shooting Scenarios
One of the holy grails of evening news gun-related reporting is a simulation proving something definitively. Or at least convincingly enough for the average viewer. The infamous ABC test (much touted by gun control...
It’s December…Have You Been to An Outdoor Range Lately?
We firearms owners who aren't fortunate enough to live in one of the southerly settlements of the American Republic like Phoenix, Austin, or, say, Charlotte Amalie, typically go into "winter training mode" when the temperatures...
Guns for Beginners: Practice Shooting One-Handed. A Lot.
It's a handgun. Not a "handsgun." As anyone who's tried to get a two-handed grip on a small revolver will tell you, a pistol is designed to be used with one hand. Yes, there...
Hunting Tip: Master These Field Shooting Positions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-lzvjGPgKE
By Andy Van Loan via wideopenspaces.com
When hunting you’re not always going to have a convenient rifle rest or a stable shooting platform. There aren't many bench rests out in the wild. So practicing various...
Instructor Zero Bitch Slaps James Yeager. Or Not.
https://youtu.be/hOsvWFlUtNM
Some maintain that gun gurus shouldn't get into it with each other, lest anti-gun rights jihadis exploit their divisions for their own ends. Instructor Zero himself make this argument in the video above. I'm not of that...
Pro Tip: How Not To Shoot a Revolver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFBAcz16GvU#action=share
Via getzone.com
Hickok45 demonstrates what a snub nose .44 Magnum can do to a piece of paper held next to the cylinder when it's fired. As the pressure and burning powder from the discharge are...