308 Winchester, nothing like a 70 year old cartridge in a post about innovation. Have you ever looked at all the available options for cartridges and wondered why there are so many different options? If you haven’t, I bet that your wife certainly has. Here are some of the main reasons so many different cartridges … Continue reading Why are There so Many Different Cartridges?
Two versions of the practical rifle, each with a different sighting choice. Does it matter what you put on a rifle for sights? For a Practical Rifle that will need to be pressed into a wide variety of roles, simpler will likely be better for you. What are some options out there? Open Iron Sights … Continue reading Sight Selection for the Practical Rifle
A simple lightweight rifle will do most tasks to an acceptable degree. When I was younger, I had a 12 gauge shotgun. This shotgun covered almost all of my hunting needs at the time, from killing gophers to deer, birds to coyotes. I remembered thinking that it was interesting that people wanted multiple rifles to … Continue reading Some Thoughts on the Practical Rifle Concept
Most of us have been taught that when we pull the trigger, the breaking of the shot should be a surprise. This is sound advice, but what if I told you there is another way which could work even better? What if you became so familiar with your trigger that you know exactly when the … Continue reading Trigger Control: A Pound at a Time
Perhaps it seems silly to go all the way back to the basics and cover the four firearms safety rules. Except that they are the basic building blocks we build all firearms training upon, and no level of mastery can be achieved without a thorough understanding and application of the basics. Ultimately too, we this … Continue reading Firearms Safety Rules
The art of the rifle was a basic skill set for any scout, hunter, and frankly many Americans prior to WWII. Adapt use of the rifle certainly seems like the original American martial art and for good cause, as it was both useful in peace and wartime. In past times and other countries archers were … Continue reading Rifleman
I know I have been slipping on content for the website, I've been tied up working on content for YouTube to include a new firearms channel called Peep Sight with my buddy Josh from JKW Wood Works. I hope you check it out. https://youtu.be/u5Ysi5hnS2s God Bless, -Joe
Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Paul in his letter to the Galatians writes of working faithfully in doing right, for the reward will be reaped if we can remain consistent. Applying consistency to training will also … Continue reading EDC Skills – How many carry guns do you have?
If ever there comes a time where you feel it necessary to unholster your pistol you will ultimately have to put it away again. This seems simple enough, but there should be some consideration to how it happens. If the situation was such that you need your handgun out there was likely some danger. How … Continue reading EDC Skills – Reholster Scan Drill
A shout out to Daniel, after the last post he shared one of his more favored qualification course of fire: the Idaho POST (police officer) Course. Which is the local course of fire used here in Idaho. This one is a little different than the Border Patrol qual course I shared yesterday. Some of the … Continue reading EDC Skills – Another Qualification Course
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