Reaper Tips: 4 Precision Rifle Shooting Errors
Are you making any of these precision rifle shooting errors?
The Problem With Remaining Silent
Many gun gurus will advise you to “never talk to the police” after a defensive shooting. I don’t agree. While staying silent is certainly better than providing too much specific information, the best outcome for the defendant will combine the strategies of not speaking freely or specifically, but providing a certain amount of limited information to the police. Read the article and think about it this way: “If I have information that will obviously HELP my case, why should I hide that from the police?”
If you are confused about the issue, I would suggest you read the books The Law of Self Defense by Andrew Branca and/or Deadly Force by Massad Ayoob.
For a More Creative Brain, Travel
Third world travel has certainly been the single most transformative experience in my life. Science is now figuring out why:
“Foreign experiences increase both cognitive flexibility and depth and integrativeness of thought, the ability to make deep connections between disparate forms,”
How much ammunition do you REALLY need? A “rule of thumb” to stockpiling ammo.
A different take on the perpetual question of “How much ammo should I stockpile?”
The Latest on Advanced Wound Cleaning: Beyond the Paper Cut
Very good information about wound cleaning in austere environments. This article is a summary. It would be beneficial if you visit the primary source cited as well.
10 Commandments of Concealed Carry
Mas Ayoob’s 10 Commandments of Concealed Carry.
3 Things Psychopaths Can Teach You About Being A Happier Person
Can we learn something valuable from psychopaths? This article says that we can.
Anthony Bourdain’s 3 Best Tips For Eating Great When Traveling Abroad
Many of my friends who haven’t traveled much are scared to death to eat the local food in another country. Instead, they only eat at American-owned restaurants like Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and McDonalds in the misguided attempt to avoid food-borne illness. Not only are those folks missing out on some amazing local food, they are actually more likely to get sick. Foreign versions of American chain restaurants catering to tourists have some of the worst food handling practices on the planet. Stay away from them! In this article, Anthony Bourdain explains how to find a good local restaurant in another country.
Putting Orient Back into OODA
The Tactical Professor discusses the OODA loop and the special importance that should be placed on the second “O” (orient) in the process.
Two Ways a Fight Physically Starts
Hock discusses the two primary set-ups for a physical assault…the interview and the ambush.
12 Bad Strategies That Will Get Preppers Killed
How many of these illusions do you suffer from?
Personal-Protection Products and the Big Picture
The Tactical professor calls B.S. on a couple of holsters he saw at the NRA show. Kudos to him for telling it like it is. The gun industry needs more quality journalism of this type.
“Technology Hand” Is Destroying Your Upper Body Strength
I’ve never heard of “tech hand” before, but it seems to be a likely consequence of our constant use of electronic devices. Try the exercises in the short video. I bet the hand you use to operate your computer mouse will be tighter than your other hand.
How To Clear a Double Feed
All serious defensive shooters should be able to reflexively clear semi-automatic pistol malfunctions. It is a skill set that I seldom see mastered in my less experienced students. This article explains a basic technique to clear one of the more difficult malfunctions. The article suggests locking the slide back as the first step. I do that, but it may not be necessary in all guns. If you can adequately grasp the magazine and rip it out of the gun you may be able to omit this step.
Double feeds as described by the article are difficult to spontaneously simulate in practice using dummy rounds. Those will generally chamber and extract properly, so you’ll likely never see a double feed. Instead, mix up some empty cases in with your magazine’s live rounds. Some of those will chamber and some won’t. You’ll get a good chance to practice the clearance method the author advocates.
A Few Reasons I Like The Kalashnikov Better Than The AR-15
Some often unconsidered benefits that the AK-47 has over the AR-15. I like both weapons systems. Although the AK has some undeniable advantages in certain circumstances, I think the average shooter is better off with an AR-15 if he was only buying one defensive rifle.
Since we are talking about AK-47 rifles, here is some more information for you. Be careful which safety lever you install in your semi-auto AK.
Why the police shouldn’t use Glocks
Last week the LA Times posted an opinion piece about why cops shouldn’t carry Glocks. I think the article is ridiculous. So does Claude Werner and Jeff Gonzales.
Skull-Stomping Sacred Cows: Weakness is Cowardice.
John Mosby knocks it out of the park again:
FACTUALLY EXAMINING DEATHS FROM POLICE USE OF FORCE
Are “too many” criminals being killed by the police. This article examines the math involved and shows that the police actually exercise a tremendous amount of restraint in most cases.
- Only 13% of the situations in which officers are legally justified in using lethal force results in a citizen death
- Only 8% of the situations in which officers were legally justified in using lethal force against an African-American male results in a death
- While African-American men make up 44.3% of assailants against the police, they only make up 26.3% of the deaths from legal interventions
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