Clearing the Cover

There are two basic ways to clear a closed front cover garment. One is to use the support hand to clear the garment, leaving the shooting hand to only grab the handgun and go, picking up the support hand on the way. The second option is to clear the cover garment with the shooting hand, …

Flashlight Friday…The Old School Way

Found this gem on YouTube the other day. If you want to know how crappy tactical lights were 20 years ago, this is the place. Even though this thing is 20 years old, some of the techniques are still what is taught today. There is one exception, they don't talk about the eye index technique, …

100 Rounds of Practice

I follow a guy on YouTube named Armed Threat Solutions TV, and he recently posted a few videos on a 100 round practice session. The premise being that most people don't have access to free ammunition, or the resources to burn up a bunch of ammo in practice, so there is a need for efficient …

The Dark Tides of Night and Pistol Sights

A couple days ago I had a long back and forth with a buddy about sights on handguns and what worked in altered light conditions. The prevailing wind at this moment in time seems to be to run fiber optic sights on defensive pistols. I have to admit, I like fiber sights and have them …