Can training ever be a bad thing? Unfortunately, there are a few instances when training can be detrimental, though it is rarely talked about. Training is when an action is practiced repeatedly. If the training is continued long enough the techniques are ingrained as second nature. Training scars happen when unwanted behavior is reinforced. It … Continue reading Training Scars
Within the training circles you will find people talking about the flat range. Which in firearms training world is simply a standard gun range. I'm not certain where the complaints against the flat range originated. I would guess a gun influencer or one of the shooting schools. If not that community popularized it to the … Continue reading Flat Range vs Field Shooting
In the world of land navigation, you will hear about pace counts. If you do a lot of dead reckoning, you will be constantly working on counts. Even if you focus on terrain association, it is an extremely useful tool, when properly applied. A pace is the length of your step or stride. By finding … Continue reading Pace Count
Saturation training is simply training a task at its most basic level over and over and over and over, then building on the next step or skill and so on. Like the old Bruce Lee quote, "I don't fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, I fear the man who has practiced one kick … Continue reading Saturation Training
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
Depending on who you follow on the internet and YouTube there is a great deal of varied opinion on how important the ability to start a fire is, especially with any tool past a cigarette lighter. There seems to be two main camps that have become popular: 1) The Bushcrafter - someone that has fifteen … Continue reading Is Bushcraft Fire Starting a Waste of Time?
Any modern incarnation of the Home Guard is going to be unsupported or, at best, minimally supported. After all, their main purpose is to provide support and assistance, not to be assisted. As this is just a concept, there is no one who could be planning to provide support to them. Today, we are going … Continue reading What Does Unsupported Mean?
I was scrolling through the news and saw an interesting post from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68086188 In a speech, General Sir Patrick stated the need to have the foundation laid for a voluntary service. One which could augment their regular forces should a land war break out. This sounds like the Home Guard concept (the one … Continue reading Britian to Revive an Old 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
Much has been said and written about fine motor skills and the loss of the same in combat. The most common thing repeated being, all fine motor skills are gone and you will only be able to use gross motor skills. While not very scientific, based on my experiences, I have made some observations: 1. … Continue reading Fine Motor Skills in Combat
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