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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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Things You Can Learn From Watching Yourself Train

By Joshua Gillem / July 8, 2020

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.…

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SHOP Talk: All About Dummy Rounds

By Joshua Gillem / May 7, 2019

In this latest episode of SHOP Talk, Riley goes into depth on the use of dummy rounds while going through your dry fire training, as well as a few different…

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Shot Timer Survey Results

By Joshua Gillem / March 29, 2019

So, I guess the news is officially out, at least to some degree. The news? We’ll be releasing a shot timer that has the potential to shake up the timer…

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How To Up Your Skills as a Shooter

By Joshua Gillem / February 22, 2019

How often should you be training? How about every day? While going to the range and doing some good old fashioned live fire training is always a good idea, there…

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Takeaways From the Ohio Triple Guardian Pistol Course

By Matthew Maruster / July 25, 2018

Late last year we started to roll out our Guardian Pistol Course curriculum. This past weekend, Riley and I taught the class at Impact Shooting Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Not…

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Shooting the Mini Casino Drill

By Nate Parker / June 5, 2018

Shooting the Mini Casino Drill The Casino Drill is the brain child of instructor Tom Givens. It is a 21 round drill with a 21 second PAR that involves shooting…

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Episode 166: Developing a Personal Defense Training Plan

By Riley Bowman / October 21, 2017

You take your physical health and fitness seriously by having a plan. Why not take the same approach with your shooting and personal defense? Listen to Riley and Jacob as they break down some simple strategies and ways to put together an effective training plan for you!

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