training

During hunting season, it can take days or weeks to locate the animal that you are pursuing and you may only have seconds to take a shot. As hunters, we must quickly evaluate how much time we have to build a shooting position, establish the distance to the target, wind speed, and shot angles.

Why is training, specifically in the context of defensive shooting, so important? The answer may surprise you.

In order to become a better shooter, you need to train with people who are not only better shooters than you but are also excellent teachers. Daniel Horner has drafted some of the best shooters and trainers in the world to create a library of quality video training you can access 24/7: OnVirtus.com (and there’s a discount code inside).

There are two undeniable truths when it comes to shooting: Firearms skills are perishable, and mechanical failures will eventually happen. Both of these are reasons why shooters need to practice clearing malfunctions.

There are a few basic steps you can take to better your chances of successfully responding to a late-night emergency in your home.

Sometimes your friends turn out to not be friends. While deployed overseas as a security contractor I ended up coming up with this rifle drill. The premise of it was derived from the daily task of checking in on our local guard posts.

By Doug Larson Some readers will remember seeing first-run episodes of such westerns on television as The Rifleman and Gunsmoke. A common firearm seen in most of them is the lever action gun. And back in the days depicted in these television shows and in western movies, the lever action was used for hunting, shooting [...]

The Laser Recoil Trainer replaces your handgun’s barrel and barrel spring, and uses compressed CO2 to rack the slide and mimic live rounds. The tip of the “barrel” features a built-in laser that lights up on each shot, so shooters can see where their round would have landed.

Wind calls, trajectory compensation, trigger control, and even the basic shooting form can be practiced and polished by using nothing more than a simple .22 rimfire.