Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I attended my third Rangemaster Tactical Conference. I was very impressed. It was a three-day conference and pistol match located at a police training facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Host Tom Givens from Rangemaster arranged a top tier event that attracted 36 high quality trainers and nearly 200 […]
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Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I recently completed Massad Ayoob‘s new book Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense. I enjoyed the book and think it would be a valuable addition to any shooter’s library. Massad is well known to most shooters and one of the most prolific gun writers in the industry. […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 30, 2015
Links to some of the best tactical information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. The Polygraph & Polygraph Countermeasures How a polygraph works and how to beat it. FO Podcast Episode 016 – Special Operations Veteran John Mosby An enlightening podcast episode about enhancing […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 23, 2015
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. How to Keep Emergency Water in Your Vehicle Unfrozen During Winter Good advice here from the Survival Mom website. How To Make Difficult Conversations Easy: 7 Steps From A Clinical […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 16, 2015
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Castle Doctrine Fact vs. Fiction Massad Ayoob writes a very comprehensive piece on castle doctrine, focusing on some cases where homeowners thought they were justified to shoot, but were not. Read the article. […]
Ken Hackathorn’s “Wizard Drill”
Written by Greg Ellifritz Legendary trainer Ken Hackathorn requires no introduction. As a founder of both IPSC and IDPA as well as a contract trainer for elite police and military groups around the world, his expertise is unmatched. What test does he use to determine if a student is adequately prepared to defensively use […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 9, 2015
Links to some of the best information on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Making Thermite…And It Is Perfectly Legal A tutorial about making thermite, an incendiary compound that will burn through metal. Why would you need something like this? Many tactical manuals (like this one) advocate […]
An Interesting Experience at the Shooting Range…
Written by Greg Ellifritz I posted this little anecdote to my facebook page on Saturday night when I got home from the shooting range, not knowing that it would touch so many people. Numerous friends asked me to post it up on my site so that it can live in perpetuity and be shared […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 26, 2014
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Criminal Assaults Woman Holding Her Baby To Steal Her Phone A short video that highlights a few important crime prevention issues. You can clearly see how being distracted sets the victim […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 28, 2014
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. There Is Nothing to Say About Ferguson A lot of folks have contacted me asking for my opinions on the mess that is going on in Ferguson, Missouri. I agree with Aaron’s […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 21, 2014
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Ferguson National Response Network The grand jury decision from the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting is due out any time…most likely next week. This is a comprehensive listing of the planned protests in the […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 14, 2014
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. 5 Gunfighting Myths Debunked By Massad Ayoob A very insightful article from Massad Ayoob. You’ve heard these myths espoused by gun store commandos. Ayoob dismantles them all. The Death Of Expertise […]
Emergency Reloads Shooting Drill
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Although I think that the skill of speed reloading is one that gets overemphasized in most shooting schools, there is certainly a place in your training for practicing the skill. My standard practice is to load up at least three magazines and place them on my belt when I’m doing […]
“The Reluctant Partisan”
I recently finished John Mosby’s The Reluctant Partisan book. I read a lot of books in the field of survival, firearms, and tactics. I’m rarely impressed with most of the books I read. Not so with this one. The Reluctant Partisan gets a well-deserved five-star rating. Billed as “the prepared citizen’s answer to […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 31. 2014
Links to some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. 61 Travel Tips to Make You the World’s Savviest Traveler Some superb travel information here. If you like the content of the article, check out the author’s book How to Travel the World […]
Seven Learning Points from the Marysville, Washington School Shooting
Written by: Greg Ellifritz On Friday, October 24, a 14-year old Freshman student walked into his high school cafeteria and began shooting. He picked a particular table (where his relatives sat) and shot five students, killing four, with a .40 Beretta handgun. Reportedly, all of the victims had been shot in the head or […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 17, 2014
A list of some of the best reading on the web. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Gresham man robbed of pistol at gunpoint while exercising ‘open carry’ right A man robbed of his “open carry” piece. That’s what happens when you think of a gun like a […]
“Aim Small, Hit Small” Shooting Drill
Reader “Franky2Shoes” sent in this description of a shooting drill he developed for an instructor class at the Sig Academy. I ran it last week and found it quite beneficial. Here is “Franky’s” description of how to shoot it: This drill uses the “Press Six” target from pistol-training.com. It is […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- September 5, 2014
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. 50 Top Personal Defense Blogs I found this article on the Practical Eschatology site. It’s a listing of 50 […]
Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 15, 2014
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Steel Plates – An Opinion Max Velocity provides some information about hard armor rifle plates. His book Contact is a […]