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Situational Awareness for Concealed Carry

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Now that most states have a process allowing citizens to legally carry concealed handguns, many of you may be carrying a firearm more frequently, or just starting to carry for the first time.  A common mistake I see with a great number of my students is an obsessive focus on […]

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
awareness, ccw, Dave Spaulding, Ed Lovette, Jeff Cooper, situational awareness, Tom Givens View Post

Glock Pistols- What Breaks and How to Fix It

  OK, let me get this out of the way right off the bat.  I carry a Glock pistol during about 95% of my waking hours.  My police duty gun was either a Glock 21 or a Glock 17.  A  Glock 26 or a Glock 19 in 9mm are constant companions in my off-duty hours.  […]

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles, Firearm Reviews
ccw, Glock, gunsmithing, handguns View Post

Weapons and Carry Methods for Foreign Travel

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   In yesterday’s article, I talked about the common guns I see carried all around the world.  As a traveler, since you aren’t likely to be able to legally acquire firearms overseas, this continuation of last week’s theme covers some of the weapons you ARE able to carry.   When I’m […]

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
knives, third world travel, travel View Post

Preparing for Foreign Travel- Guns

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I regularly take  short trip to visit friends in the Dominican Republic.  My most recent trip prompted some friends to ask me how I planned on protecting myself in a third world country where it is illegal for me to carry a firearm.  I’ve spent an average of at least […]

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
psychology, revolvers, third world travel, travel View Post

Don’t Evacuate into a Parking Lot

Written by Greg Ellifritz   I regularly teach a class that covered the skills an armed citizen needs to respond to a terrorist bombing attack. In the class, I spend a lot of time talking about the concept of the “secondary device.” The secondary device is some hazard that is designed to injure or kill […]

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, bombings, Bombs, terrorism View Post

What Happens in a Civilian Gunfight

I recently read this article on Tom Givens’ Rangemaster Patreon feed.  While I’m not a big fan of Patreon’s politics, I love how they allow me to directly support the content creators I enjoy.  Rather than subscribing to a digital or print magazine and indirectly supporting lots of second tier authors who may be either […]

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
ccw, guest author, Rangemaster, Tom Givens View Post

Gunsite Revolver Roundup

  The weekend before Thanksgiving, I flew to Arizona to teach at the Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup at Gunsite.  It was the premier revolver training event of the year and featured instructors Darryl  Bolke, Wayne Dobbs, myself, Chuck Haggard, Dave Dolan, Mark Fricke, Caleb Giddings and Lew Gosnell.  It was a truly all star class […]

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
Caleb Giddings, Chuck Haggard, Darryl Bolke, gelatin testing, Gunsite, Ken Campbell, Mark Fricke, Pat Rogers, Wayne Dobbs View Post

Don’t Be a Crime Scene Tourist

* At last weekend’s Gunsite Revolver Roundup I was talking with some current and retired cops about the best advice they would give to someone starting out in a police career.  They mentioned a piece I wrote on Facebook a couple years ago about being a “crime scene tourist.”   I realized that I had never […]

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
police, psychology View Post

10 Tips for Surviving a Terrorist Vehicle Attack

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Yesterday a criminal/terrorist used a vehicle to attack a Christmas parade in Wisconsin.  Twenty people were struck by the car and five died.  For more info, read   Car rams into Wisconsin Christmas parade   The attack was stunningly similar to  an ISIS terrorist vehicle ramming attack in London back […]

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, ISIS, terrorism View Post

Using Blanks in Scenario Training

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Most of you have likely heard about actor Alec Baldwin’s negligent discharge of a “prop” pistol on a movies set last week.  Someone’s failure to distinguish between blanks and live ammunition led to the tragedy of two people being shot, one of whom died.   ‘Why was I handed a […]

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
force-on-force, police, scenario training View Post

The 9mm Revolver: Boom x 6 or 5 or 7

*This is a guest post from Travis Pike.  To learn more about him, check out the “about the author” blurb at the end of the article.  Travis is a big revolver fan and thought that my audience might appreciate this piece.  I think you will enjoy it. -Greg   When talking about revolvers as a […]

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles, Firearm Reviews
guest author, revolvers, Travis Pike View Post

Revolver Squib Loads

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   During a recent range training session, I was doing some shooting with a couple of my revolvers for a change of pace.  While shooting a beat up Model 10 Smith and Wesson, I experienced a squib load.   I shoot a bunch of .38 ammo every year and I can’t […]

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
firearms training, revolver View Post

The Sub-Second Draw

  The internet has been abuzz with talk of the relative importance of the skillset of being able to draw and fire a gun from concealment in under a second.  If you want to catch up on what has been said and gain an understanding of the debate, I would suggest the references below.   […]

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
Caleb Giddings, ccw, firearms training, holsters, Lee Weems View Post

Contact Distance Shooting…Rescuing a Friend or Family Member

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Have you ever thought about how you would rescue a friend, partner, or loved one who was engaged in a life or death struggle with a criminal?   It may be a little more complex than you have imagined.   A while back a concealed carry permit holder named Perry […]

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles, News and Tactical Advice
contact shots, extreme close range, partner rescue, police shootings View Post

The Heroin Epidemic, Narcan, and First Aid for Opioid Overdoses

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I saw a statistic last month that stunned me.  In 2020, drug overdose deaths were up almost 30%.  More than 93,000 people died in the USA last year from drug overdoses.  To put that number in perspective, 36K people died last year in car crashes.  Another 39K died from gunshot […]

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
drugs, First Aid, medical skills, police View Post

Stop Worrying About Overpenetration

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I’ve written in the past about some ballistic testing I observed at one of the past Rangemaster Tactical Conferences I attended.  The bottom line of the article was that one shouldn’t depend on expansion from short barreled pocket pistols.   That article generated all kinds of emails and questions on […]

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
ammunition, gelatin tests, Paul Gomez View Post

“The Snubby Lifestyle”

*This is a guest post from my friend Darryl Bolke.  Darryl is a retired big city cop from California who was involved in multiple shootings on the job.  He continues to work armed security gigs and teach classes in Texas.  He has a very unique perspective on the shooting/training industry. When I saw his post, […]

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
ccw, Darryl Bolke, guest author, revolvers, snubnose View Post

Teaching Tip: Avoid “Pseudoteaching”

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Daniel Coyle wrote a great book called The Talent Code.  In it he describes the best practice, motivation, and coaching techniques to achieve greatness.  I highly recommend the book for students of any endeavor.     When the book came out a few years ago, Mr. Coyle was writing some […]

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
firearms training, teaching View Post

Should Police Officers Carry Fixed Blade Knives?

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   The next time you see a police officer, take a look at the pockets in his or her pants.   It’s likely you’ll notice the majority of them have a folding knife clipped there. But what about fixed blade knives? There’s a good chance you won’t see anyone carrying a […]

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
knives, police View Post

Surviving a Movie Theater Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   It hasn’t been long since movie theaters re-opened after being closed for nearly a year during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Predictably, shortly after re-opening we’ve seen our first movie theater shooting.   On Monday night, a suspect shot two people in the head during a screening of, wait […]

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, active shooter View Post
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