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CQB: What Can Video Games Teach Us

by BBC-Guest | Jan 12, 2024 | Op-Eds | Be a Better Gunfighter, Nerdalcon

Rainbow Six Siege rewards every small advantage taken while building a gameplay loop out of what we don’t want to see in CQB tactics.

Pistol Shooting Drills: The Dickens Drill

by Grace Ainsworth | Jan 23, 2023 | Learnin' | Be a Better Gunfighter

The Dickens Drill is one of the new pistol shooting drills based on a recent active shooter situation. Train to this method with this course of fire.

Stress Proofing Skills

by BBC-Guest | Jan 1, 2023 | Learnin', Op-Eds | 88 Tactical, Be a Better Gunfighter

Take the real world to the range; don’t try to force the range onto the real world; start stress-proofing skills. Don’t get fancy fast.

Skin that Smokewagon (…and Evade?) | The Evasive Step

by Daniel Bales | Sep 18, 2018 | Learnin' | Be a Better Gunfighter

Context is pretty damn significant in virtually all walks of life, not least in how you train for a gunfight. This is the first of what we hope to be many articles from new contributor Daniel Bales (@balesdaniel) of LMS Defense. Have you heard this statement? "You're...

Hammer Fist – Consider Your Grip | Friday Fundamentals

by Breach-Bang-Clear Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Learnin' | Be a Better Gunfighter, Crustyfuck's Corner, Rich Grassi, The Tactical Wire

[T]he principal that governs handgun accuracy is trigger control… The problem is that we try to concentrate on three things at once – excluding judgment and discretion. Those things include the visual (sights and their relationship to the mark) and the tactile (trigger control). Aside from a little discussion, we drop the ball on the foundation of both: the grip.

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Friday Fundamentals – Ball and Dummy (part 2)

by News Desk | Nov 10, 2017 | Learnin', Op-Eds | Be a Better Gunfighter, Crustyfuck's Corner, Tactical Professor

A long, long time ago, a sagacious and scholarly fellow who understood the application of violence by virtue of various tools wrote a series of articles called Friday Fundamentals. It was a great series, but alas this Perspicacious Professor stopped...

Shot Timers or No? Metrics and Mediocrity

by BBC-Guest | Apr 16, 2017 | Learnin' | Be a Better Gunfighter, Range Time, Strategic Armory Corps, Training Principles

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.

So you Wanna Take a Shooting Course?

by Dave Merrill | Dec 16, 2015 | Learnin' | Be a Better Gunfighter, Training Principles

Merrill weighs in with some quick tips. What would you add? Mad Duo So you Wanna Take a Shooting Course? Dave Merrill Firstly, good on ya. There are a lot of places to choose from but this post isn't about that whatsoever. Shooting courses are expensive. But...

Sooner, Not Faster: VCQB with Will Petty

by Candice Horner | Sep 15, 2015 | Musings | 88 Tactical, Be a Better Gunfighter, Firelance Media, VCQB, Will Petty

Like us, we're sure you often hear "Faster, faster...mmm, yeahhhh..." But, we're not talking about that here. While going fast has its own place and time, sometimes you want to do it sooner. Wait, we all want it sooner. Holy shit, maybe Will Petty's on to something....

Bullshit! (Or, the Myth of the Tactical Reload)

by Jeremy Stafford | Aug 28, 2015 | Guns | Be a Better Gunfighter, Jeremy the War Gawd, Mags

In the post 9/11 surge of firearms and tactics training, there has been an unprecedented number of shooters seeking out training. That is a Good thing. There has also been an unprecedented surge in the amount of totally unqualified dickheads who have taken to teaching...