A SAD WEEK
It has been a tough week for shooters and the friends and followers of two handgun greats.
In the early morning hours of Tuesday last, Todd Louis Green passed away after a very long –...
NOSTALGIA TIME
June, 2017 was definitely “nostalgia month” for the old guy here. You saw how many blog entries I devoted to The Pin Shoot, the reincarnation of the iconic handgun/rifle/shotgun match Richard Davis founded more...
THE VALUE OF PRACTICE
Just got back from six days in Tallahassee, five of them at the Pat Thomas law enforcement training center both studying and teaching at the High Liability Instructors Conference, and one day prior shooting...
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,...
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...