GOOD TRAINING FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Just got back from a pleasant weekend with great people, doing good stuff for a good cause. Tough to beat!
The venue was the Central Florida Tactical Conference in Bartow, FL, coordinated by trainer Jim...
THE COOLEST SHOOTING MATCH EVER IS BACK!
Ever hear of the Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot? Back in the mid-70s, Richard Davis – the armed citizen who won a three-against-one shootout with armed robbers, and invented the soft, concealable body armor...
THERE’S SUCH A THING AS A TOO-SMALL GUN
If you’ve read my column in Backwoods Home Magazine for any length of time, you’ve noticed how frequently I’ve made the point that it’s close to hopeless for a smaller person to try to...
IDPA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
I’ve mentioned IDPA, the International Defensive Pistol Association, in these pages several times before. Founded in the mid-1990s, IDPA is the “concealed carry sport.” Newcomers should picture combat handgun shooting in replicated scenarios, sometimes...
TOWARD REALISTIC SHOOTING PRACTICE
As a teenager, I discovered “turkey shoots” in New Hampshire. Turkey shoots are run different ways in different places, but in the Granite State they revolved around shooting full-size deer targets at 100 yards,...