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Understanding “Sight Picture” When Shooting a Pistol
Shooting
April 16, 2018 No Comments
When we teach handgun shooting with iron sights, the basic method of aiming is defined as “to align the front sight blade in the rear sight notch, and match the height of the front sight with the rear sight, while maintaining a focus on the front sight.” This is the basic principle, but while using […]
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Best Ways to Grip a Pistol
Shooting
April 9, 2018 No Comments
The goal of the grip when we are shooting a pistol is to grip the gun firmly enough that it cannot move within our grip. Two posts ago, we talked about having as much of our hand in contact with our pistol as possible. In this blog, I’m going to show you a few ways […]
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Determining Your Dominant Eye
Shooting
April 2, 2018 No Comments
Shooting any gun requires we use our eyes, but some people get farther along in shooting than they ought to without ever knowing which their dominant eye is. Or, understanding why it’s important to know which it is. In this blog, I’ll explain and show you a simple way to determine your dominant eye. Then, […]
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Stance & Grip for a New Pistol Shooter
Shooting
March 26, 2018 No Comments
For a new shooter, pistol can be a daunting firearm to learn. While handguns are smaller and lighter than a rifle or shotgun, they require more technique to have a better experience. Two of the biggest areas where you can make the most improvement are in the stance and grip. How you stand and how […]
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Picking a Handgun for Competition
Shooting
March 19, 2018 No Comments
In today’s blog, we’re talking about picking a gun for competition. I have 3 guns in this video: a Ruger LCP, Glock 17, STI 2011. I’m going to talk about them each in relation to competition to help you figure out if the gun YOU have at home is one you could take out and […]
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Social Media in the Outdoors: Is it Positive or Negative?
Hunting, Shooting
January 24, 2018 No Comments
Social Media has many pros and cons. I love making lists so to help me decide if social media will be the downfall of hunting and fishing as we know it, I decided to make a list to see if the benefits outweighed the consequences. Positives: Allows You to Connect with People from All Over […]
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Check out the 6.5 Creedmoor
Shooting
January 12, 2018 No Comments
The Nitty Gritty If you are anything like me, you can tell me about numbers and ballistic coefficients. But what I really want to know is how the gun and ammunition actually perform and feel when shooting it. So here is what I personally experienced and picked up on while using my rifle this hunting […]
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A Perfect Christmas Gift for the Plinker in Your Life
Shooting
December 20, 2017 No Comments
Today much has changed, but there is still Christmas and you are still allowed to present new shooters with gifts of 22 Long Rifle ammo. They can begin their own traditions of shooting squirrels and rabbits. And now they have even better cartridges with which to accomplish this — Winchester Power Points. I don’t know […]
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