Last weekend I taught shotgun and revolver classes at the excellent Condition Red Response facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. If anyone is in the nearby area, taking a class from these folks is a great idea. Quite a few of the CRR instructors took both classes on their own time. It’s a quality organization with […]
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Five Consequences of the Russian Ammo Ban
Written by: Greg Ellifritz If you haven’t been paying attention, The Biden administration banned the importation of ammunition and firearms from Russia into the United States. The ban goes into effect next month and will last at least a year. Here are the best articles I’ve found discussing the issue. Read up and […]
“Escape from Ecuador”
This is the third and final installment writing about my recent adventures and misadventures in Ecuador. Before reading this article, get up to speed by reading Part One (Guayaquil) and Part Two (Montañita). My Health Issues After seven days in Ecuador, I woke up in my hotel bed soaked in sweat and feeling […]
Back from Ecuador Part Two- Montañita
After spending a couple days in Guayaquil, I was off to a little hippie surf town called Montañita where I was going to spend the majority of my vacation. I had originally planned on going by bus. Long haul Latin American buses are usually fairly comfortable and the bus fares are really cheap. The […]
Back from Ecuador- Part One (Guayaquil)
I recently returned from a 16-day trip to Ecuador. As most of you reading this will probably never make it to this gorgeous country, I thought I’d write about some of my travel adventures there. Why Ecuador? I had originally planned a trip to Rwanda and Uganda to see the mountain gorillas in […]
Class Announcement: “Operation Alamo”
I’m happy to announce a collaboration with Lone Star Medics to teach a unique class in the Dallas, Texas on October 2-3, 2021. Operation: “ALAMO” course description When we began talking about a collaboration, we looked at what was happening in the world. – The pandemic was raging, and people didn’t want […]
Upcoming Ohio Classes
I just booked some short notice classes that will be running in a little less than a month. I think there is probably enough local demand to fill them quickly. I’m teaching “Impact Weapons for Personal Protection” and “Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting” at James and Korey Cocking’s private range and training facility in Brookville, […]
Upcoming E-mail Issues
About 15,000 of you have signed up to get email updates whenever I write a new article. The service I’ve used to provide those updates is Feedburner, a company now owned by Google. Back in April, Google decided to change the core functions of Feedburner. Sometime in July, Feedburner will no longer send you […]
Rogers Range Tennessee
Written by Greg Ellifritz My shooting skills have been slipping. I retired from my police job last August. Since I’m not confronting criminals on a daily basis, the motivation to stay in tip top form is diminished. Combine that with Covid-related range closings, high ammo prices, and the fact that I’ve nearly spent […]
2021 Rangemaster Round Up
Last weekend I taught a few classes at the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference . It’s one of my favorite training events. This was my 9th year teaching there. I taught two sessions of my new lecture class “Safe Travels in Dangerous Places.” I also taught a beginner’s live fire class covering pistol retention shooting. I […]
Happy Nine Year Blog-iversary
Written by Greg Ellifritz This week marks the completion of nine full years of blogging about self defense, firearms, and personal safety topics. I started this website on March 18, 2012 and have posted 2071 total articles since then. The average novel is somewhere around 100,000 words. In the last nine years I’ve […]
Upcoming 2021 Open Enrollment Classes
Covid-19 combined with ammunition scarcity continue to make scheduling classes for 2021 quite difficult. With that said, I have quite a few classes open for those of you itching to train again. I’m doing more medical, shotgun, and knife classes in 2021. Shotgun ammunition has been the easiest to find during the ammo crisis. […]
Back From Brazil
A week ago I arrived home from an eight-day trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As I’ve written extensively about Brazil in past articles, I’m not going to cover the normal tourist stuff. Instead, I’m going to discuss travel during a worldwide pandemic and the different perspectives other populations have regarding Covid-19. I love […]
Recoil Offgrid Review
The latest issue of Recoil Offgrid just published a review of my travel safety book. Book Review: “Choose Adventure: Safe Travels in a Dangerous Place” by Greg Ellifritz Leaving the Comfort Zone Some highlights for those of you who don’t want to click through: “If you’ve never traveled outside of the […]
Lessons From the Revolver Roundup
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week I was honored to have been invited to teach at the annual Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup organized by Hardwired Tactical. It was a weekend training event focused solely on using the revolver. Instructors Darryl Bolke, Wayne Dobbs, Mark Fricke, Chuck Haggard, and I all taught three to […]
Ammo For Sale
I’ve been in the gun game for quite a while. The first “ammo shortage” I experienced was more than 20 years ago. I vowed a long time ago to make myself immune from temporary ammunition shortages by stockpiling a lifetime supply of ammunition. Back in the day, my police department only allowed .40 […]
Peering Into My Crystal Ball…
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Election-related violence is increasing. So are the reported rates of Covid-19 positive tests. If I were to look into my crystal ball and prepare a worst case scenario forecast for the next few weeks, it would look like this: Street violence is going to increase as we get closer […]
Website and Patreon Updates
The world of internet content creation is ever changing. I’m sending out this post to give you a behind the scenes look at what’s going on with my websites and how I’m going to utilize Patreon in the future. A little history… I started my blog in 2012. It did very well with […]
2020 Open Classes
It seems that people are itching to train again after the Covid-19 layoff. All but two of my remaining classes in 2020 are completely sold out. The two that are still open don’t have many open seats and are likely to sell out as well. If you still want to train with me this year, […]
Traveling to Mexico During a Global Pandemic
I’d been twitching for awhile. I hadn’t been out of the country since February. In a normal year, I travel outside the USA at least four times for a total of about six weeks. This is the first year since 2006 that I haven’t already taken at least three international trips by this […]