training
My Controversial Stance On Re-holstering
I have heard many instructors tell their students this: You have to be able to re-holster your firearm without looking down at your holster. My opinion on re-holstering is different than what many have been teaching for quite some time.
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You Are Your Best Expert Witness
Are you getting the total benefit from all those hours in advanced classes and out on the range? On a recent Concealed Carry Podcast Episode 221, we presented another Case…
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Simple and Effective: Why You Need to Use Dummy-Rounds
Additionally using a magazine filled with dummy rounds more closely replicates the weight of your loaded firearm for more realistic practice. And dummy rounds in the magazine keep the slide from locking to the rear while you practice clearing stoppages and performing magazine reloads.
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Pepper Spray For EDC | Good or Bad Idea?
Pepper spray or OC spray can be a good defensive tool in situations where carrying a firearm is prohibited or unpractical. But understand, OC spray is not a magic wand that stops attackers in their tracks and send then running for the hills. Attackers can…
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The Latest Firearm “Utility” Is On Your Cell Phone
This past weekend our company rolled out the latest version of our mobile app called Concealed Carry Gun Tools. This no-cost mobile app is available for both iPhone and Android devices and brings you the very best tools we have.
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Question: Do You Carry Your Gun In Your House?
I’ve been struggling with topics lately to talk about as I get ready to move to another, less expensive state. I’m preoccupied with my thoughts about packing, doing projects, and…
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Bonus Episode: Realistic Training Exercises and How to Get Something Out of Them with Tony Lambraia
In this special bonus episode, we play back the interview Riley and Jacob were able to do with Tony Lambraia, Vice-President of UTM Worldwide. We talk about the training munitions products that UTM has to offer and what makes the difference between force-on-force training being awesome or mediocre. How do we get something out of various realistic training exercises? Lots of meat on the bone in today’s episode.
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Jacob And Riley To Teach At USCCA Concealed Carry Expo
In case you’ve recently crawled out from under your rock, we are getting ready to enter into the second phase of our gun conferences for the 2018 calendar year. Of…
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Are You Training Enough?
How Often should you train for a self defense scenario? Would you believe me if I told you that you likely don’t train often enough? Here’s the thing, I work…
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Bonus Episode: Thoughts on Training & Safety With Fiocchi’s Buel Collins
In this special bonus episode, we play back the interview Riley and Jacob were able to do with Buel Collins, Marketing Manager with Fiocchi Ammunition. What we really appreciate about Buel is that he doesn’t just work in the firearms/ammunition industry. He eats, drinks, and sleeps it! He really knows how to shoot and takes it seriously enough to seek out dozens of training hours each year with respected firearms instructors. We found his insight valuable about training and also the importance of making sure a person is comfortable with a firearm with regards to safety BEFORE moving forward with anything else.
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Episode 210: Encouraging American Innovation at Kel-Tec and Talking With Kids About Guns
Today Riley and Jacob answer some questions that have come into the Podcast Mailbox including one about talking with kids about guns and concealed carry, plus we play back the interview we did with our friend, Chad Enos, back at SHOT Show 2018. Chad is the Marketing Representative at Kel-Tec. He is a professional 3-gunner and all around good dude. You’ll enjoy listening to this entertaining interview with him and his buddy, Devaughn, from Canada. We dive into some of the background of Kel-Tec and what makes them a great American company.
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Minnesota Drops Nevada and Adds West Virginia Reciprocity
Minnesota law essentially dictates that Minnesota will honor permits from states that have similar permit-to-carry law. There are a few key components to that that include: Minimum age of 21 to obtain a permit and Training with live fire required to apply
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Visit Us at the US Concealed Carry Expo!
We are currently ramping up for the second string of gun-owner events that we like to go to, and this time around, it’s the USCCA’s US Concealed Carry Expo, in…
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Holy Smokes! A Good Guy With A Gun Stopped A Bad Guy With A Gun!
In what can only be called a severe case of, “I told you so,” the recent shooting at a school in Maryland can do nothing but prove our point that…
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Episode 208: Applying Skills in the Real World with Aaron Raynor
In this episode, Riley and Matthew discuss some deep stuff together with Aaron Raynor of Savage Combatives like which skills or techniques are difficult to train on the range because it’s different in real-world application. Plus we touch on deadly force law, difficulties that law enforcement officers (and regular citizens) face in today’s world, and the importance of articulation in a deadly force incident.
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