Daniel Defense iPad App and Training Videos
Daniel Defense has just launched a brand new iPad app. According to the DD reps, the app lets shooters take their training video to the range and review it on the firing line. Shooters...
Ammunition Consistency Testing Round 2: Hornaday Match and Federal XM193F
Continuing on our quest for the best factory produced ammunition, we look at two well known and well-loved brands and see where they end up on our list: Federal XM193F 55gr and Hornaday BTHP...
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT
In the first post about the Swarovski scope we looked at the asthetics and technical specifications of this piece of glass. Then, in the second post we spent some time talking about actually shooting...
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT (Sighting In)
I just got back from the NRA Headquarters range (after a nice visit with the National Firearms Museum's senior curator, but more on that later). I've zero'd the Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT I...
Competition Shooting 101: CMP/NRA High Power
In our last installment we stepped into the fast-paced world of 3-gun competitions, where going fast was the key to success and moving around the course was an integral part of the challenge. This...
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT (First Impressions)
Ever read a bi-lingual airplane magazine? One with computerized English translation next to the native language text? Try this on for size: "In the development of our rifle scopes we have always taken our...
Self-Defense Tip: Practice with Your Eyes Closed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnTLuarUNqY
OK, disclaimer first. Only practice this "eyes closed" live fire drill where it is safe to do so. We're talking closed range, close range, experienced shooter. I repeat: don't be a putz. The idea...
Competition Shooting 101: 3-Gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z_jtqOIlbY
Shooting sports are once again gaining popularity in the United States and abroad, but the games aren't the same "gentlemanly" ones that your grandfather played. There was a time when "shooting competition" meant firing...
Question of the Day: Why Do They Call it a Slide Stop?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBVsy4cdSw
After watching forty TV shows about killing Bambi (albeit on fast forward) and a NRA-supported program so dull it should have been named The Adventures of Ambien and Zolpidem, I am SO ready...
NRA Law Enforcement Instructor Courses. How Many Fail to Graduate?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MOiEQaRoBQ
You want to become an NRA-qualified instructor? Take an NRA Instructor course. Unless you do something incredibly stupid---"candidates must possess and demonstrate a solid background in firearm safety and shooting skills"---the chances are close...
Why Americans Need Mandatory Firearms Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHhn-0V0S9A
Last week, Robert Farago posted the video of the Nashville convenience store shootout at the not-so-OK Corral . The...
Two Hands Good, One Hand Better – Pt. 2
As I wrote in the first installment of this series, learning to shoot effectively at close quarters with one hand is key to surviving a life threatening situation. The stats say that with few...