skills
S9E5: Improving Discipline in Your Shooting
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss how to increase and improve your discipline in your shooting performance. Discipline is one of the big reasons people miss, especially when under stress or pressure. So how can we prevent ourselves from falling apart when it counts?
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Knowledge, Skills and Gear—What is Most Important?
From a self defense, everyday carry (EDC) point of view, knowledge, skills and gear are important components to preparedness. What should be your priority, given we have limited time and…
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S6E7 – REVISITED: Are Marksmanship Skills Overrated?
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster decide to got back 6 years and revisit Episode #8 of the podcast where we discussed the relevance and efficacy of marksmanship skills in a defensive context. There are some statements and assertions that were made in that episode that we feel like we either need to correct or clarify with a greater level of knowledge and experience that we hold now.
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S4E21: Tips for Shooting While Moving
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss shooting while moving. How to do it, how to practice it, etc. This concept was recently featured on the latest Shooter Ready Challenge. Check it out at https://www.shooterreadychallenge.com and tune into today’s episode!
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Episode 477: EDC Mindset with Matt Little – Greybeard Actual
Today, Riley Bowman brings back Matt Little from Greybeard Actual for another episode where we’re going to discuss the concepts of everyday carry (EDC), the proper mindset of someone that carries a gun for defense, and preparing ourselves for what could be the worst day of our lives.
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Episode 475: Speed or Accuracy? How Do We Get Both?
Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss which shooting skills concealed carriers really need, and which drills and standards to use to measure the competency level of those skills. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this content today!
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Episode 467: Using a Shot Timer in Dry Fire
Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster talk about dry fire strategies and specifically how to incorporate a shot timer into dry fire as is shown in the most recent Shooter Ready Challenge video found at https://www.shooterreadychallenge.com.
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Episode 278: Making Everyday Carry…LIFE!
Today Riley talks with Buel Collins of Fiocchi Ammunition USA about important considerations and suggestions as it relates to making everyday carry of a firearm and other defensive tools truly a part of your life. We get deep into mindset, tactics, skills and gear. And we lay it out there and tell some of the more embarrassing parts of our early days of packing heat!
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Episode 252: The ULTIMATE Concealed Carry Beginner’s Guide Part 2
Today Riley, Jacob and Matthew bring back the ULTIMATE Concealed Carry Beginner’s Guide series, that was never quite a series because we did Part 1 and then waited 114 episodes to record Part 2!! Well here it is with everything you’ve wanted to know about triggers, night sights, safeties, carry ammo and more!
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Episode 250: The 80/20 Rule of Gunfighting Skills
Today Riley and Matthew discuss the 80/20 rule as it relates to developing and maintaining skills that may or may not make a difference in a gunfight. What things should we be focusing on more of the time that makes the most difference? What sort of things do we commonly see people practice, but it will make little difference for them in reality while they have other things they still lack and need to work on first. Maximize your training and get 80% of the results from 20% of work!
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The Desired Outcome of Dry fire
I think the majority of gun owners and serious shooters understand that there is great value in dry-fire training. Despite this, I’ve found that for many shooters, their dry fire…
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The Real Cause of Negligent Discharges
In summary I would submit that if we want to avoid negligent discharges we should start by removing any thought from our mind about how our training or experience may protect us. Next we need to ask ourselves if
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Episode 86: Busted at the Border – Interstate Travel
Riley just returned from an epic 3000+ mile road trip to Alabama and back, Jacob was on the road traveling as well, so our thoughts were recently on interstate travel and considerations that cannot be overlooked when packing heat and crossing state lines. Today the guys break a lot of it down plus recent lessons learned from their experiences. Check it out….
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Episode 84: 17 Shooting Skills to Master in 2017
It’s a new year, and if you’re setting New Year’s resolutions, don’t forget to set some goals to become a better shooter and CCW’er! Today Jacob and Riley talk about 17 skills to master in 2017 that are absolutely essential!! Check it out….
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