THE GUNS OF APPLESEED
Before you take a rifle course you need a, uh, RIFLE. You probably already own a suitable gun. If you don’t, let the hosts know beforehand, and they can most likely round up a...
MORE ON WARNING SHOTS
A couple of entries ago, the discussion on a major police association conditionally condoning warning shots drew a lot of commentary here.
And we didn’t even get all the way into the topic. For example,...
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...
AN EXPERIMENT HERE
As many of you know, I run Massad Ayoob Group, LLC, offering training in firearms and defensive deadly force around the country. http://massadayoobgroup.com . We do a (very!) sporadic newsletter for graduates.
For the first...
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,...



