dry fire
BarrelBlok Awarded Contract by the Norwegian Armed Forces
BarrelBlok announced a contract with the Norwegian Armed Forces to supply BarrelBloks, RifleBloks, and MagBloks in 9mm, 5.56 NATO, 4.6×30mm, and 7.62 NATO. Selected units tested BarrelBlok since 2021 — now adopted service-wide for dry-fire training, maintenance, demonstrations, and combatives.
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The Ultimate Guide to Safe Dry Fire Practice
Prevent dry fire negligent discharges with this comprehensive safety guide. Equipment recommendations, procedures, and mindset tips for safe firearm training at home.
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3 Lessons From Concealed Carry Renewal Classes
Concealed carry renewal classes reveal surprising gaps in training. Here are 3 lessons every gun owner should learn—and why ongoing education matters.
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Comprehensive List of Popular Dry-Fire Firearm Training Tools
An overview of all the various training pistols, targets, cards, and other tools designed to enhance your dryfire training experience and results. There are as many dry fire techniques as there are products to support them!
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Embracing Virtual Reality Firearms Training
When teaching at a firearms training conference a few years ago, I saw a demo of a Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset and a controller adapter that looked like…
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S10E19: 5 Actionable Steps to Becoming a Better Gunfighter
Jacob Paulsen and Brian ‘Doc” McLaughlin discuss the top critical things or activities to becoming a better gunfighter. We think you’ll find a lot of value in today’s content, so please like, share, and subscribe so you don’t miss anything!
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S9E29: 6 Required Behaviors To Stop Negligent Discharges
Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen discuss today 6 simple but SUPER important steps to avoid negligent discharges. How many of these things are you doing to make yourself and your household more safe. Tune in to learn more and please consider SHARE today’s episode!
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S9E28: The UNCENSORED Beginners Guide to Training – Create Your Dojo
Riley and ‘Doc’ bring to you the second in a series of episodes about how to get started training–essentially all of the things we wish we knew when we were just getting started, and stuff we’d like our students to know today based on our perspective as instructors now. We think you’ll find a lot of value in today’s content, so please like, share, and subscribe so you don’t miss anything!
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Will Your Gun Go Down In Your Gunfight?
I’ve been thinking about malfunctions a lot lately. In the training environment and at the static range malfunctions are frankly rare for me as I suspect they are for most of you reading this.…
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BarrelBlok vs Dummy Ammo, Which Dry Fire Tool is Best For You?
Dry fire practice is an essential component of firearm training, honing crucial skills with no live ammunition. In this realm, many dry fire tools flood the market, each serving distinct…
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S9E9: Revolvers and Other Handgun Options
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss the idea of carrying and practicing with revolvers. Are these timeless pieces no longer relevant in today’s world? Or do they still serve some purpose? This topic was recently featured as our monthly Shooter Ready Challenge where Riley highlighted doing some dry fire practice with a revolver. Check it out at https://www.shooterreadychallenge.com and tune into today’s episode!
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S9E2: Setting Up Your Dry Fire Dojo
Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen discuss how to properly and safely setup your dry fire practice area or as it’s sometimes called, “dry fire dojo.” This concept was recently featured as our monthly Shooter Ready Challenge.
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6 Required Behaviors To Stop Negligent Discharges – Follow These Like It’s Religion
A few years ago I worked on and our company published a significant research study of 300 Negligent Discharges. We looked at publicly available news stories occurring over a 24-month…
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When Dry Fire isn’t “Dry” – Somehow a Live Round Ended up In My Mag
Handling firearms comes with substantial risk. Unfortunately, the risk doesn’t disappear just when we leave the range. Many unintended discharges (UDs) occur when people conduct dry fire practice. When Dry…
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Finally a Holster for the SIRT Pocket Pistol Training Gun
Do you love your SIRT Pocket Pistol, but feel frustrated because you can’t find a Kydex holster for it? Well, KSG Armory is changing that, because they now make a…
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