Training

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How to Practice Clearing a Handgun Double Feed

By Riley Bowman / March 15, 2021

Most shooters know how to clear a double feed. I describe briefly how but more importantly want to focus on the best way to practice clearing the double-feed since the industry-standard methods all fall short and create bad training scars

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Shooter Ready Challenge, February 2021

By Joshua Gillem / February 23, 2021

We’ve been publishing dry fire training and challenge videos since October 2019 in an effort to help the average gun carrier take their skills to the next level. This series…

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Are You Spending Your Time At The Range Totally Wrong?

By Joshua Gillem / February 10, 2021

If you were attacked on your way home from the office today, and all you had to go on to defend yourself was your last range session, how would you…

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Carjackings Are Up Across The Country (Why and What to do About it)

By Joshua Gillem / February 5, 2021

Carjackings are up higher than normal, seemingly across the entire country. For example, last year Philadelphia set their record for the most carjackings in the city ever in a single year. Taking it up a notch, just last month (January), carjackings were up more than 3X from January 2020.

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Shooter Ready Challenge: January 2021

By Joshua Gillem / January 26, 2021

Each month we record and publish a video that is totally free to watch and is designed to help you, our audience and fellow concealed carriers, up your proficiency in…

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Upgrade Your Old Hearing Protection

By Joshua Gillem / January 21, 2021

  I remember the first time I used electronic hearing protection. I placed the batteries, put them on, and was amazed at what I heard … I heard birds chirping,…

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The Benefits Of Shooting With One Hand

By Joshua Gillem / January 15, 2021

Shooting one-handed is a topic we’ve touched on before, but I like to put my own spin on things and add a couple other tidbits that I feel are important.…

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What I Learned, Mantis Elite Marksman

By Jacob Paulsen / January 7, 2021

I’ve been familiar with Mantis since they had their “popup” booth at SHOT Show in 2016. We’ve been resellers of the product here on our site since 2017. About a…

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Are You Using This Feature on Your SIRT Training Gun?

By Matthew Maruster / November 3, 2020

If you own a SIRT training pistol from Next Level Training, you likely have already seen why so many respected firearms instructors use and recommend this piece of gear. If…

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Always Treat the Gun As If It’s Loaded

By Joshua Gillem / October 9, 2020

The firearms safety rules are of extreme importance. They were created to keep people out of trouble and to prevent what we call negligent discharges, or NDs, from taking place.…

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The Importance and Value of A Visual “Go” Indicator For Defensive Training

By Jacob Paulsen / October 8, 2020

As an industry, we’ve become accustomed to auditory “go signals” in our competitive and defensive firearm training. This generally takes the form of an instructor or range officer standing behind…

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The Ultimate SIRT Training Pistol Buyer’s Guide

By Jacob Paulsen / September 29, 2020

Are you are working to increase your shooting skills and think a SIRT training pistol may be in your future? If so, you’ll want to purchase the SIRT that is…

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Man cautiously checking a bearded stranger outside his front door through a side window, highlighting a potential home defense scenario.

Home Invasion Story Highlights Classic Door Ambush

By Joshua Gillem / September 25, 2020

Waukegan, IL — The Waukegan Police Department was called out to a home invasion this past week and arrived on scene to find two male bodies laying in the front…

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The Importance of Having Self-Defense Insurance Just Went Up

By Joshua Gillem / September 24, 2020

Recent history shows that the America we love is in chaos. Things have fundamentally changed so much in 2020 that’s it’s hard to see where we’re going, and maybe it’s…

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How To Retain Your Shooting Skills During AmmoPocalypse 2020

By Joshua Gillem / September 2, 2020

Defensive shooting skills are perishable if they’re not used and practiced on a regular basis. What this means, is that if you don’t practice what you’ve learned your skills will…

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