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Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 25, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   The Way Of The Weasel Massad Ayoob discusses and tests the idea of the surreptitious draw.  I think more folks should be working this skill set.     Guest Shot: Hazardous Thought “Combat is […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 18, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   10 Links I wish I had 10 years ago A great reference no matter how long you’ve been in the shooting game.     Americans vastly overestimate police brutality “Given these stakes, it is […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 4, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Guest Shot: Thoughts on Gear, Part I My friend Dave Spaulding (The Entity) shares his thoughts on gear.  Read Part Two of the series as well.     AR-15 Ejection Patterns An interesting chart […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 21, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   How Outdated is Your First Aid Kit? Some things you should be checking for.     Reliability Testing I think Claude is on the right track here.      Boosting Female Enrollment in Firearms […]

Field Medicine for Terrorist Attacks- Bleeding Control and Chest Injuries

  While I recommend that everyone should take a basic first aid and CPR class, that standard Red Cross class won’t be enough when it comes to mass casualties, bomb injuries, and gunshot wounds.  With ever increasing rates of active killer events and terrorist attacks, the average citizen needs to start thinking more about battlefield […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- June 23, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Hierarchy of Combative Firearms Training My friend Dave Spaulding dropping some firearms training knowledge bombs. “Over time, I’ve come to look at firearms training as a three-tiered pyramid I call the Hierarchy of Combative […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- June 16, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Knowledge bombs from “Training At The Speed Of Life” Instructor Training With Ken Murray I took the training class Mike references here almost 20 years ago.  It’s life altering if you teach force on […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- May 5, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Gunfight On Fremont Street: O.K. Corral Part 1 Last weekend when I was teaching in Dayton, I had dinner with my friend Dave Spaulding.  We talked about his return to magazine writing and this […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- April 28, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   LEARNING FROM TRAGEDY Solid advice from Massad Ayoob.  You might also like Mas’ take on backup guns.     Why the LCR .22 LR? More information about why someone might choose to carry a .22 […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- April 21, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   12 Gauge #4 Buckshot to the FACE! My friend (the real) Dr. House writes up a case of a patient being shot in the face twice with number four buckshot at a range less […]

2023 Rangemaster Tactical Conference Round Up

Two weeks ago, I spent three days teaching at the Rangemaster Tactical Training Conference in Dallas.  I’ve now taught at the last ten Tactical conferences and my TacCon blocks are regularly the most fun classes I teach every year.       The conference consists of three days of material taught by 40 different world-class […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 31, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Training Red Flags: What to Look Out for When Choosing Instructors Fewer than 1% of gun owners seek professional training beyond a CCW class.  My readers might be the exception.  Keep an eye out […]

Lessons from Shotgun Instructor School

Last month I drove to the amazing Royal Range in Nashville to take Rangemaster’s Defensive Shotgun Instructor class.  I had previously taken all three levels of the Rangemaster handgun instructor classes and the one-day shotgun user class.  It was time to get the shotgun instructor cert.     I was a little worried.  The class […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 3, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020 A new Secret Service study analyzing 173 public mass attacks.  It’s free and contains valuable information.  Download it.     Snubbies-The Four Formats Massad Ayoob provides a lot […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 20, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   How to Survive a Carjacking Mike Boyle’s thoughts on carjacking.     Going Deeper Into the Gray Zone A road map for leadership development.     WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE SAID Hey!  I […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 13, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   P&S Ballistics Gel Test 2: 38, 357, 9mm Everyone does gel testing with common defensive loads.  Here are some testing with some unconventional rounds.  This one shows penetration of heavy Buffalo Bore .38/.357 revolver […]

My Best Writing- 2022

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Last week, I posted an article linking to my most popular posts in 2022  In that article, I discussed how my “most popular” articles were not the same as my “best” articles.     I liked many of the most popular articles (ranked by page view), but I think other […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 30, 2022

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Ayoob Files: Furtive Movement: The Richard Palmer Case “The rule is, “You don’t have to be right, but you do have to be reasonable.” You can be cleared four times over in a shooting […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 23, 2022

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   How to Choose a Good IWB Holster Part 2 | Secure and Fast   Part two of the IWB holster selection article I posted last week. While we are looking at “Part Two” articles, […]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 9, 2022

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   AAR- Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup 2022 An incredibly detailed AAR of the Pat Rogers Memorial Gunsite Revolver Roundup  that I helped teach last month.  If you like wheelguns, this is the training class to […]

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