Training
Are You Using This Feature on Your SIRT Training Gun?
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…
Read MoreAlways Treat the Gun As If It’s Loaded
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.…
Read MoreThe Importance and Value of A Visual “Go” Indicator For Defensive Training
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…
Read MoreThe Ultimate SIRT Training Pistol Buyer’s Guide
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…
Read MoreHome Invasion Story Highlights Classic Door Ambush
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…
Read MoreThe Importance of Having Self-Defense Insurance Just Went Up
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…
Read MoreHow To Retain Your Shooting Skills During AmmoPocalypse 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…
Read MoreOur Best Online Gun Training Courses Available
There’s no time like the present to take an online gun course. And, if you didn’t know, we just happen to have a few that are excellent and taught by…
Read MoreAll About Isolation of the Trigger Finger
I watched a video of someone who was clearly a new shooter this past weekend who had a serious case of over-gripping her gun. It was so bad I was…
Read MoreLive Fire Training With Drills That Use Less Ammo
Right now, training is hard to do. We should all likely have the goal of preserving our ammunition as much as possible but we still need to make sure we’re…
Read MoreEnjoy Your Dry Fire Training – Laser Ammo [REVIEW]
I know for sure that proper dry fire and laser training will undoubtedly make you a more proficient gun handler. Do you NEED to purchase lasers in order to train? Probably not, because dry fire is still extremely useful. Do you WANT to
Read MoreDistance, How Close is Too Close? Lessons Learned From Self-Defense Encounters Caught on Camera
With nearly every officer in the country wearing body-worn cameras, we have an opportunity to analyze deadly-force encounters. From looking at the videos we can better understand how these violent…
Read More3 Skills to Focus on RIGHT NOW to Get Better At Defensive Shooting
If you’re here reading this blog or shopping our online store for any of the goodies we sell, chances are good that you’d consider yourself to be a good guy…
Read MoreThings You Can Learn From Watching Yourself Train
One way that sports teams get better when they’re training for a championship game or something similar, is to pull out the old footage of the team playing and practicing.…
Read MoreWhere Can I Live Fire Train With My Gun?
Our number one suggestion isn’t the gun range down the road… in fact it is at the bottom of the list. Since our students are always asking us for suggestions on where they should go shoot and do their training we thought it was about time to discuss the best places to go and how you can find the best place for you.
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