Written by: Greg Ellifritz The Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Academy revised the statewide police rifle qualification course of fire last week. Like several other recent revisions, it was a step in the wrong direction. Rather than make the rifle qualification more challenging or more relevant, they dumbed it down. Slower time constraints, no […]
I know ammo is tough to get right now. The days of shooting hundreds of rounds an hour in practice have been put on hold by most of us. Paul Markel recently wrote an article called The One Box Workout outlining a nice 50-round practice routine. From the article: “The workout includes […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Back when I started working as a cop in the mid-1990s, the only source of reliable officer safety information was Police Marksman Magazine. I very quickly joined the organization and devoured all of their publications. Unfortunately, the magazine and organization went under about 10 years ago. Its failing […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz The shooting drills below were compiled by Dan Brady and Will Ruprecht from a combination of shooting classes each has attended. Dave Spaulding posted the drills on his blog. The drills are all timed and times are tight. This would be a good drill to use to evaluate […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Here’s a simple and fun shooting drill from the folks at the Modern Service Weapons blog. It requires three targets that are all partially obscured. Set them up like the photo below: From the article description: Try these simple strings of fire, all from the holster: 1 on […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz “Chasing the Dot” is a great drill for mastering trigger control as well as reinforcing shooting fundamentals with both the strong and support hand. I first saw this drill at a pistol class I took from shooting legend Rob Leatham. We did the drill several times in […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. New Foam Rolling study If you don’t know what a foam roller is, you […]
