Shot Timers or No? Metrics and Mediocrity
Shot timers or not? Are they of any real use? We like a good round or three of debate if learning occurs and, of course, if it’s civil.
A Viking Seax for Sutherby – Wherein We Ask Your Help
We’re asking for your help with a fundraiser that is significant for a number of reasons. Help us out, maybe win a handmade seax.
Responsible Armed Citizen Course | Brain Dump
There’s more to going heeled than just getting a permit. This is a class specifically tailored to such folks by American Tactical Shooting Instruction.
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Barak Reviews the Skydex Battle Trainers
I knew that the chances of me liking the Skydex Battle Trainers were slim to none. I was, however, pleasantly surprised.

Double Taps vs. Controlled Pairs
Double taps...it's a great phrase, especially if you want to sound like a B grade 80s action hero. It definitely sounds cooler than "controlled pairs." Despite what some may think, the two things are different.This evening guest writer Jared Ross is going to explain...

COWAN! reviews the 5.11 TacTec
People has asked how we pick what we review - it's simple. Some stuff we choose, and buy, because we're interested in it. Some stuff is sent by the manufacturer. We always try to run the good with the bad, keeping in mind this filter: if we say something is good, and...

Sochi SITREP Part 4
People on the national news, Twitter and elsewhere are very focused on the borderline "third world" conditions to be found in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics begin tomorrow. Though unappetizing, the presence of dingy yellow tap water is not in our mind nearly as...

Repeat after us – "There is no magic bullet."
More on the omega fatal flesh-shredding RIP Radically Invasive Projectile. The only genuine one-shot-stop bullet out there is the Duo patented self-discarding evisceration-explosive omega turbulent fully lethal trocar sabot with optional armor piercing mercury...
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Lone Survivor, Movies and The Inadequacy of REAL Valor
Mad Duo Chris had a guest article appear on Military.com yesterday. Today it's on their front page in the list of "Top 9" carousel stories. It's an op-ed that's going to stir the pot - as will his questioning why the real story about heroic acts is not enough for...

Train Like a Samurai: Ten Arrows
Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Imperfect practice makes rehearsed. You've heard a lot of advice on different training philosophies - ways to maximize the results you achieve. The fact is, desultory training (grunts: desultory) is a...

OSS Cans – Operator Suppressor Systems
No baffles. 29 patents. A turbine engine in reverese. OSS Mission (Operators Suppressor Systems Mission) bills itself as the source "true next gen weapon suppression." Damned if they may not be right, and we found out pretty much by accident. Frankly we were...

Own Your Ground: SA, proxemics and personal security
Own your ground. Stay safe, remain dangerous! Be polite and respectful to those you meet but have a plan to kill or evade every one of them. Today will be the last day of our week-long emphasis on How not to be a sheep. We took a break yesterday so we could...

Ordering beer by parachute
This beer commercial is the perfect example of someone who is imperturbable, unflappable and equanimous. Or, in the Mad Duo's vernacular - no fucks were given that day. Grunts: equanimous.