Give Me Five – Trainer and Attorney Tiffany Johnson
Tiffany Johnson has been a firearms instructor since 2002 and she’s a practicing attorney. She grew up subscribing to common fears and misconceptions about guns and gun owners. After college, though, she reluctantly enrolled in a Rangemaster handgun safety course, and she was hooked. Her interests and training have since expanded from handguns to shotguns […]
NOT SMART: Newlywed Road Rager Bullies Wrong Driver in Indy [VIDEO]
A hot-tempered motorist named Gavin Dasaur had big feelings about the driver of a large pickup truck in traffic in Indianapolis on Tuesday evening. So he did what any hot-tempered road raging bully with a death wish did: he hopped out of his car with his pistol, then punched the truck owner’s door while screaming […]
Faster and Smoother: Improve Your Draw and Aim by Removing What Isn’t Necessary
Like many jocks of college age, I minored in Sports Physiology with an emphasis on coaching. My major, believe it or not, was secondary education. My athletic career was coming to an end and I wanted to stay involved. In my case it was track and field as I attended college on a sports scholarship. […]
Summers Were Made for Rimfire
Now that the nerve-rattling blasts of Independence Day have faded and the days of summer march toward fall, it’s time to dust off some .22s for plenty o’ fun – and not quite so loud – shooting. If you want lots of recreational shooting enjoyment at the lowest cost – sadly, it’s not nearly as […]
Gunsite Pro Shop Now Stocking Paul Markel’s Student of the Gun Books
“It’s been over twenty years since my first visit to Gunsite as well as my first time shopping at the famous (at least for gun people) Pro Shop. I am humbled and gratified that Student of the Gun books are now being offered there.” said Paul Markel; author, Small Arms & Tactics Instructor and founder […]
Stop, Don’t Shoot That! – How to Recognize Dangerous Targets at the Range
While some things in our industry change, many stay the same, year after year, decade after decade. It is also true that if we do not pass on the lessons to the next generation, they are doomed to make the same mistakes that we did. Case in point; dangerous targets, range props and backdrops on […]
SOTG University Announces Upcoming Travel Schedule
Student of the Gun University has announced their upcoming travel training calendar on www.SOTGU.com. SOTGU offers pistol, rifle, and shotgun training courses as well as their signature High Elevation Precision Rifle program. Specialty programs include the Legion of Michael Church Security course, the Beyond the Boo Boo Traumatic Medical training program, as well as an […]
Training: Learn the Essential, Foundational Skills, Then Build On Them
One of the trends I saw towards the end of Handgun Combatives (as a training company) was an increased interest in foundational level courses. “Foundational” should not be viewed as “basic,” something many ill-informed combative shooters seem to do due to their desire to be seen as more “advanced.” The reason I avoid the word […]
Home VR Training: ACE Virtual Shooting
[This is the second of a four-part series on virtual reality training programs. You can read part one here.] ACE Virtual Shooting (formerly known as ACE XR and previously reviewed here) is a handgun marksmanship and competition simulator for the Meta Quest VR platform. The heart of the ACE system has been their Arctus handset, […]
Home VR Firearms Training Is Finally Getting Ready for Prime Time – Part 1
My first exposure to virtual reality headsets was back in the early 1990’s. While attending the Comdex computer trade show in Las Vegas, a hot topic of attendee conversation was a VR arcade game, a FPP shooter called Dactyl Nightmare made by a UK company (Virtuality) being demoed at Ceasar’s Palace. The dedicated […]