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Some Recent Press

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Of late, I’ve managed to find myself mentioned in several media outlets.  In a shameless act of self promotion, I’ll share them here in the hopes that you will find some of the content useful.   Close Range Threat – Greg Ellifritz @ Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2015   Dr. Z […]

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
Grant Cunningham, John Mosby, Marcus Wynne, Rangemaster View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 6, 2015

Links to some of the best tactical information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   C&R Trigger Pull Test Trigger pull weight comparison on a whole bunch of older rifles.     Day Tripping: Benefits Seen in Psychedelics An interesting article from a mainstream source (Newsweek) about the […]

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
ammunition, ballistics, Bombs, drugs, exercise, Gun Nuts Media, health, home security, Jeff Gonzales, John Mosby, knives, Limatunes, Massad Ayoob, medicine, Mike Seeklander, modern service weapons, optics, Paul Sharp, precision rifle, Rangemaster, rifles, scopes, survival View Post

“Five-Second Standard” Shooting Drill

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Special operations trainer Pat McNamara developed this drill and wrote about it in a recent Gunfighter Moment on Soldier Systems’ website.  He calls it his “Five Second Standards.”  The drills are shot on an IPSC target and only the “A-Zone” is used.  The “A-Zone” is roughly 6″ x 11″.   […]

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
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Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 27, 2015

Links to some of the best information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Five rules for quick shots on target with a handgun If you aren’t shooting using these five rules, you probably could be getting better results.     Polite Society Tactical Conference 2015 A […]

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
AK-47, carjacking, Cecil Burch, diet, drugs, exercise, fitness, gangs, Growing Up Guns, Hock Hockheim, Kathy Jackson, kidnapping, medical skills, precision rifle, psychology, Rangemaster, revolvers, rifles, robbery, SHTF School, survival, terrorism, Veterinary medicine, women's self defense View Post

The 2015 Rangemaster Tactical Conference

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 […]

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
Chris Fry, Chuck Haggard, Craig Douglas, Martin Topper, Paul Sharp, Rangemaster, terrorism View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 20, 2015

  Links to some of the best information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Ambush Fact Sheet A useful piece of information for my cop friends from the IACP.  It’s an analysis of recent ambush attacks on police officers.     Top 10 Ways to Guarantee […]

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, ambush, AR-15, body language, carjacking, Cecil Burch, crime statistics, extreme close range, fighting, Forward Observer, Graham Tradecraft, Hock Hockheim, John Mosby, leadership, Massad Ayoob, medicine, police, rape View Post

Shooting Drill- FBI Qualification Test

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   To the amazement of my armed citizen friends, most police qualification courses are little more than a joke.  With a full day’s worth of pistol training, I can get almost everyone to the point where they can pass their state’s police qualification course.  In Ohio, our course is so easy […]

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
concealed carry, FBI, police, qualification, shooting drills View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 13, 2015

Links to some of the best information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.     Mindset & The Determined Adversary: An LE Training Perspective For my cop friends… “The past history of CONUS active shooter events has typically ended with the shooter committing suicide upon the arrival […]

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
AR-15, art of manliness, awareness, Claude Werner, dryfire, economics, family safety, Grant Cunningham, gunsmithing, handgun stopping power, ITS Tactical, lifestyle, Limatunes, Massad Ayoob, Michael Janich, police, psychology, rifle, slings, survival, The Modern Survivalist, Todd Green View Post

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.  […]

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Book Reviews
book reviews, books, ccw, Legal, Massad Ayoob View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 6, 2015

Links to some of the best tactical information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Best Flashlights of 2014 Some superb flashlight evaluations and discussion on this site.     Cultivating Threat Recognition Skill A great primer on threat recognition, predatory movement detection, and countering tactics.   […]

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
awareness, ballistics, Cecil Burch, Claude Werner, fighting, Gun Nuts Media, holsters, John Robb, Lee Morrison, Limatunes, long distance shooting, Lucky Gunner, Marcus Wynne, Mark Manson, pre-assault indicators, precision rifle, revolvers, Rory Miller, Smith and Wesson, sniper, snubnose, survival, terrorism View Post

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 […]

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, air rifle, AR-15, books, Brain Pickings, Chris Hernandez, Doom and Bloom, exercise, fitness, gunsmithing, health, John Mosby, Kyle Defoor, medicine, scope, survival View Post

Uniformed Terrorists

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Did you see the news last week about the terrorist cell operating in Belgium?  They were preparing a terrorist attack in that country and were arrested just a few hours before the start of their attack.  How were they going to do it?  They had Belgian police uniforms, explosives, and […]

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
active killer, active shooter, police, terrorism View Post

SHOT Show 2015

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   If you have been vacationing off the planet, you may not realize that the world’s largest trade show for shooting enthusiasts was held in Las Vegas last week.  The Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) show is the second largest trade show in Las Vegas every year.  60,000+ shooting industry […]

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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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 […]

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, crime prevention, drugs, home defense, Karl Rehn, Limatunes, medicine, pocket pistols, psychology, robbery, survival, Survival Mom, travel, women, women's carry View Post

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.  […]

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, exercise, explosives, extreme close range, fitness, Growing Up Guns, Hock Hockheim, John Farnam, Legal, Massad Ayoob, Michael Bane, police, precision rifle, psychology, rifles, sniper, survival, terrorism, Todd Green View Post

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 […]

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
ccw, Ken Hackathorn, shooting drills View Post

2014 Training Year in Review

By Greg Ellifritz   Ever since I started training people in the fighting arts for a living, I have kept very meticulous records.  Not only is it important for potential future legal action, it’s a great marker for tracking progress and improvement.     Each year at this time, I do a review of what […]

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class reviews, training, travel View Post

Active Killers in Paris

Written by Greg Ellifritz   On Wednesday, January 7, 2014 three masked Islamic terrorists entered the offices of a satire magazine in Paris, France.  They used AK-47 rifles and an RPG to kill 10 journalists and two police officers before making their escape.  Ten more people were wounded in the attack.  According to news sources, […]

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
active killer, active shooter, terrorism View Post

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 […]

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
.22, crowd, Dave Spaulding, drugs, gelatin tests, Glock, gunsmithing, health, John Mosby, Kathy Jackson, knives, Max Velocity Tactical, room clearing, Rory Miller, travel View Post

“The Errand”- Spencer Keepers’ New Holster Design

Written by Greg Ellifritz   A couple months  ago I got a package in the mail from my buddy Spencer Keepers from Keepers Concealment.  The package contained a prototype of Spencer’s new holster design “The Errand.”   I truly believe that Spencer makes the greatest appendix inside the waistband holsters on the market today.  I […]

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Gear Reviews
appendix carry, holsters, Spencer Keepers View Post
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