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Weekend Knowledge Dump- June 20, 2025

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.

 

Ceecurets Of Shootin’

Clint Smith’s “shootin’ ceecurets.”

 

 

Lasers Vs. Red Dots

Karl Rehn discusses which is the better option.

 

 

Jeff Cooper on .40 handguns

For those of you interested in the history or cartridge development.

 

 

How to prepare for and survive civil unrest

A comprehensive look at surviving crowd violence.  These are good tactics, but it’s even better if you aren’t there.

 

 

An Eye-Witness’s Shocking Account of What’s REALLY Happening During the Seattle Riots

Some more crowd violence information.  This is perspective on the 2020 Seattle rioting from a National Guardsman who was deployed there for over a week.  You may also enjoy the same author’s How Do You Prepare for a Revolution?

 

 

Does insurance cover damage from civil unrest and looting?

One more civil unrest article covering a topic you may not have considered.

 

 

10 Most Common Instructor Mistakes (& How to Fix Them)

Tips for my instructor friends.

 

 

An Archive of Nuclear Preparedness Resources

It can’t hurt to review this material.  You might also want to look at some medical references.

 

 

The AR for Home Defense: One Expert’s Opinion

homedefense

Kyle Lamb’s thoughts on using the AR-15 for home protection.  The author’s book Green Eyes and Black Rifles is a must-read on the topic.

 

 

Ayoob: Is .45 Still Better Than 9mm?

Gun writing hasn’t changed much.  You could find this title in every pistol shooting magazine on the store shelves in the late 1970s.

“The big lesson? Don’t automatically assume that you can hit with a 9mm twice as fast as you can with a more powerful pistol. The only way to find out is for you to test yourself with both. Use a timer, and score the targets, because the timer and the targets don’t lie.”

You might also like Mas’ take on “carry rotations.”

 

 

Handguns: Reliability vs. Liability

After-market handgun magazine advice.

 

 

Wheelgun Wednesday: One-Handed Revolver Reload – Revisited

Do you know how to reload your revolver with only one hand?  This method doesn’t work as well with snubby revolvers with short barrels.  Speaking of snubby revolvers, you might also like to read  The “Why” of Pocket Carry.

 

 

Revolvers for Self-Defense: 6 Key Points

Continuing on with the revolver information.  You might also want to read Preventing Unintentional Discharges with a Revolver.

 

 

Active Response Training Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting Instructor Development Course

Uncle Zo’s AAR of a recent close quarters gunfighting instructor class I taught.

 

 

What officers need to know about organized protest tactics

Preparing for crowd violence.  You might also want to read Inside the 2025 L.A. riots: How police can counter new protest tactics.

 

 

Surviving Vehicle Ambushes

M-VehicleAmbushMy late friend Ed Lovette writes one of the most informative articles I’ve seen on the topic of vehicle ambushes.  Like the article I shared with you last week, this one is written for a law enforcement audience, but the lessons and tactics covered are also relevant for the armed citizen.

 

 

Understanding Ohio’s Weapons Law, Part 9 – Private Property

Part nine of Lon’s series about Ohio weapons laws.

 

 

Waxing eloquent about wax (bullets.)

I may be dating myself, but this is how we did force on force training before Simunitions, Code Eagle, and airsoft munitions were developed.  We also shot revolvers loaded with cotton balls and a primer for realistic gunfights out to about 10 feet.  Here is a case de-priming tool if you want to try this old school method of training yourself.

 

 

Stockpiling Ammunition: A Thorough Approach

It stuns me that news articles from this week five years ago are tremendously valuable in today’s riot season.  Solid advice here (except the part where he talks about some Ellifritz guy’s recommendations.)

 

 

Solidifying Your Trigger Press

Erick has some trigger pressing advice.

 

 

The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods

What I’m reading…

 

 

 

 

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Posted on June 20, 2025 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
American Cop, American Fighting Revolver, Bryan Eastridge, Claude Werner, Clint Smith, crowd violence, Ed Lovette, Erick Gelhaus, firearms training, Gun Snobbery, Jeff Cooper, Karl Rehn, Kyle Lamb, Legal, low light shooting, Marksmanship Matters, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, Organic Prepper, pocket carry, police, Police One, riots, Swift Silent Deadly, Tamara Keel, The Armory Life, The Firearms Blog, The Prepared, Uncle Zo, Women's Outdoor News

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