GOING POSTAL
When I was a kid, I heard of “postal matches,” where an individual could shoot a prescribed course of fire, send the results in to the NRA, and win a marksmanship medal depending on...
BLOWING A SHOT
A few weeks ago in Arkansas, I was teaching a 40-hour class for armed citizens and off duty cops. The course finishes with a tough written exam on deadly force law and tactics, and...
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF “TOP SHOT”?
The History Channel has been running a show called “Top Shot,” in which shooters young and old, male and female, from disciplines ranging from old-style rifle to modern speed pistol compete in visually exciting...
A SHOOTING LESSON
Teaching people how to shoot well has been how I’ve made much of my living for many years. Shooting lessons, I remind the students, include the lessons about life that shooting teaches us. I...
12-TIME NATIONAL CHAMP ON TRIGGER PULL
Gunnery Sgt. Brian Zins, USMC Retired, won the national championship of conventional bulls-eye pistol shooting a dozen times, more than anyone else in history. When he talks about marksmanship, I listen. One-handed pistol shooting...