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Top 4 Concealed Carry Mistakes
If you make a mistake or two with your concealed carry strategy, it’s not like it carries life or death consequences, right? Oh, wait… Read below to make sure you’re avoiding these top 4 concealed…
Continue Reading →How to Find the Right Concealed Carry Class
You can learn all sorts of interesting tidbits in concealed carry classes. Like, for instance, that hollow-point bullets are like “whirling fan blades of death.” Hold that thought for a hot second.…
Continue Reading →How to Clean A Revolver
If you were to count every revolver model and variant on the market, the running tally would climb into the hundreds. For example, depending on production year and model, your revolver might have…
Continue Reading →Top 6 Concealed Carry Tips & Techniques
If you’re new to concealed carry, you have a big learning curve in front of you. While that may sound intimidating, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Embracing a commitment to learning something new…
Continue Reading →What to Expect the First Time You Shoot a Handgun
I wish I’d been able to shed my pride and ask someone what to expect the first time I shot a semi-automatic pistol. Let’s say the episode ended prematurely and with a lot of my blood covering my gun, my shooting bag and the indoor range.
Continue Reading →What to Expect When Shooting a Revolver for the First Time
If we want to get nitty-gritty with terminology, a revolver has chambers that are not integrated with the barrel itself. A pistol’s chamber is actually part of the barrel. The significance of that is…
Continue Reading →What to Expect Your First Time at an Indoor Range
Our great nation contains between 16,000 and 18,000 indoor shooting ranges. That means you can easily find an indoor range no matter where you live. While an outdoor facility is a great place to…
Continue Reading →Working from the Holster: Essentials of Handgun Handling While Carrying on Your Person
IN THE PREVIOUS ISSUE, we discussed the essentials of handling a pistol or revolver for purposes of personal protection: how to put it into operation as well as how to visually and physically verify…
Continue Reading →Bare Essentials: What You Need to Get Started in Concealed Carry
I’VE BEEN A PISTOL SHOOTER Since the time of the dinosaurs and a concealed carrier almost as long. But many new shooters, especially women, whom I’ve taught are a bit overwhelmed by all the articles…
Continue Reading →Beginner Tips: Ocular Dominance
I am kind of an oddball when it comes to shooting. I am right-handed. But I am left-eye dominant. And I happen to shoot handguns with my right hand and long guns with my left hand. But in either…
Continue Reading →Yoga, My Lack of Flexibility, and Why People Don’t Get Started with Firearms
I know the title of this blog post is pretty weird. And while yoga training could be a really good thing for people to get involved with, along with their firearms training, that’s not exactly my…
Continue Reading →Safe on the Shooting Range: Eye and Ear Protection
As a firearms instructor, I work with a lot of beginners. And not everyone has the knowledge of the basics, like how to be safe and protected during shooting. While at the shooting range, we can put…
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