Ammunition Consistency Testing: Nosler Custom Varmint
Just when you thought you were safe from the boxplots, I bring you another mathematics filled post about ammunition consistency! Well, not mathematics filled, but more than you'd anticipate outside a statistics classroom. This...
ArmaLite National Match M-15: What Went Wrong?
As I said in my write-up of the Bridgeville High Power match, the ArmaLite National Match M-15 I was using malfunctioned. A lot. And the malfunctions looked EXACTLY like the one you see above....
Training vs. Instinct
About an hour ago, I fell off my bike. I have no idea how it happened. I was talking to Foghorn on the 'phone. Suddenly, I was crashing. I aimed the bike for the...
Gear Review: Cree “Tactical” LED Flashlight
Remember back when Mag-lite was the last word in aircraft-grade aluminum illumination? Those old incandescent Mag-Lites weren't any brighter than ordinary flashlights, but their indestructible machined-aluminum bodies made them the choice of police, private...
Question of the Day: How Many Guns Do You Know How to Shoot?
The real badasses in Spec Ops are trained to fire "any" gun, in case they have to use what's available. So much for "beware of the man with one gun." Unless you're talking about...
Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Fake Scan
Wow. This guy is fast. Well, he's fast at clearing a double feed. When the deed is done, BatterieSnare shoots at what can only be called a leisurely pace. After that (:35), he lowers his...
ArmaLite AR50: Happiness is a Warm Gun on the 1,000 Yard Line
At 10:00 on Sunday morning, the airspace above Marine Corps Base Quantico was closed. The reason? I had just stepped to the firing line with my ArmaLite AR-50 chambered in 50 BMG (using Magtech...
American Guardian Lacks Trigger Discipline
So there I was catching up on my recorded gun shows, driving Sam mad by yelling at the TV. "Why doesn't the instructor to teach those OFWGs to crouch first?" I demanded at the...
Bridgeville High Powered Rifle Match: How NOT to Shoot HPR
Everyone has an "off" day, where you just can't catch a break no matter how hard you try. Yesterday was one of those days. It just happened to be the first regional competition of...
MAG 80 Pt III: Long Guns and Small talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN1SMqrnCgs
Throughout the week our long gun training, our instructors emphasized the fact that stance is absolutely crucial to sustained, accurate fire. Case in point: during one strings I failed to take up a low...
MAG 80 Part II Advanced Handgun
Roy Rogers had his Trigger. So do you. The cowboy's horse was probably a lot more controllable (and less temperamental) than the finger you use to fire your gun. As my instructors at the MAG...
MAG 80 Experience Pt 1
In early 2010, I had the epiphany: I needed to bite the bullet. I needed some heavy-duty gun training. I did some asking around. I was overwhelmingly directed to Massad Ayoob and his entry-level MAG...