Archive for training

LaserLyte Introduces Trainer Target Plinking Can

LaserLyte has added another training tool to its innovative collection with the introduction of the new Laser-Plinking-Can.

November 26, 2013

Welcome to Shooter's World

Shooter’s World in Tampa, Fla., is a 62,000-sq.-ft. facility, making it one of the biggest gun stores in America. Its impressive size, however, hasn’t diminished its gun-shop charm.

November 22, 2013

Training to Shoot on the Move

If you ever get attacked, you’re not going to stand and blaze away at the assailant. Instead, you’ll need to be on the move.

October 24, 2013

Training for Steel Challenge

Steel Challenge consists of eight stages shot multiple times, with speed being the decider for everything. Here are some tips for shaving time off your score.

October 24, 2013

Inside Aimpoint's Sportsman Shooting Center

Aimpoint’s Sportsman Shooting Center (SSC)—the United States’ first indoor hunting shooting center—opened Sept. 21, 2013 at Grapevine, Texas. SSC provides the opportunity for shooters to practice on dynamic hunting scenarios inside an air-conditioned, live-fire cinema range using their own rifles and ammunition. The center includes a 100-yard sighting tunnel and an interactive simulator. Patrons are also offered the option of renting Blaser R8 rifles, and Norma ammunition is available for purchase in all major hunting calibers. Aimpoint sights will be offered as well. For more, visit SportsmanShootingCenter.com.

September 25, 2013

Be Better When It Counts: Training Tips for the Budding Defender

Longtime firearm instructor Il Ling New has provided her top 10 tips on becoming a better marksman.

September 09, 2013

Support Hand Shooting

Support-hand shooting is not a fast-draw technique so much as it is a survival technique.

July 01, 2013

The Importance of Firearms Training

You might think you are proficient, but firearms training should never end.

March 27, 2013

Factoring in Stress

So many self-defense advocates feel they up to the task of defending their homes in a home invasion, believing that they can handle the situation with cool determination. However, many forget how much stress levels increase in an unfamiliar situation.

February 06, 2013

The Slide Stop

For years, when training and competing, I used the slide stop on my 1911s to return the slide to battery when conducting a speed reload. I had found that I could more quickly obtain my shooting grip in this way.

January 08, 2013

Calling Your Shots

You might not become a legend, but calling your shots will make you a better shooter.

October 18, 2012

The Fire is Dry

In the Marine Corps, we grew accustomed to the term “snapping in,” meaning practice firing without the use of ammunition, or dry firing. In view of the cost of ammunition in these troubled economic times, many of us are forced to dry fire in order to develop handgun marksmanship. I have personally spent hundreds of hours in dry fire, and have developed basic competence with the pistol, maybe a little more. It makes me wonder what might have happened if I had spent thousands, but I digress....

October 05, 2012

LaserLyte TLB-1 Laser Trainer Target

Hone your marksmanship from up to 50 yards using LaserLyte's new Laser Trainer Target System.

January 03, 2012

Failure Drill

The Failure Drill consists of three shots designed to ensure that an attacker is stopped by putting two shots into center of mass with a final shot to the head.

July 14, 2011

Basics of Pistol Shooting DVD

Both instructors and individuals can benefit from this new training tool.

September 13, 2010