Worn-out!
27 Aug 19 Worn parts and UDs! Students and trainers around the world will now and then report a slam-fire-engendered UD when chambering a round on pistols, even pistols from reputable manufacturers, manufacturers that I recommend! Some of this is “urban legend,” of course, but not all. Fire-control parts can become so worn-out, from lots […]
NRA
24 Aug 19 “ Our military doesn’t teach rifle marksmanship. It teaches ‘equipment familiarity.’ Despite what the officer corps thinks, learning to shoot a rifle is not like learning to drive a car. Instead, it is like learning to play the violin.” Daryl Davis Ambrose Burnside was the first president of the National Rifle Association […]
HARPA!
22 Aug 19 “When the ‘Personnel Department’ became ‘Human Resources,’ I, who had heretofore been a living, breathing ‘person,’ suddenly became just a ‘resource,’ like furniture and iron ore. In Western Civilization, we have a proclivity for looking back and then ‘bunching-up’ years into ‘ages,’ such as the ‘Stone Age,’ ‘Bronze Age,’ ‘Dark Age,’ ‘Age […]
A Mournful Discovery
19 Aug 19 “Lists” “A mournful discovery: Who agree with you are ‘insane’ Who do not agree with you are in power.” PK Dick Over 700k Russians were rounded-up by Stalin’s dreaded NKVD and summarily shot during his infamous “purges” of 1937/38. Countless others rotted and died in gulags. Many were executed by “troikas” (secret […]
FS/7.62
17 Feb 19 FS/7.62 The “Farnam Signature 7.62 Rifle,” built on the POF Revolution and the Robinson Armament XCR/M, next on the DSA SA58 (FAL) and the PTR91, like the famous FSM4, is my idea of a consummate individual fighting rifle. My long-time perfectionist friend and colleague, Freddie Blish at Robar, makes all of these, […]
Comments on Gun Safety
16 Aug 19 Comments on gun safety, from an educator: “Democrats piously claim to all be devoted to ‘keeping kids safe.’ Yet, they vehemently oppose any species of gun-safety curriculum ever seeing the light of day in schools! Simultaneously, they just can’t wait to teach kindergartners about “safe” sex, fire safety, “safe” eating habits, internet […]
“Safe” Guns
15 Aug 19 Gun Accidents: “If you haven’t figured it out yet, an absolutely certain way to lose something as quickly as possible is to forget the privilege you have to possess it in the first place.” Craig Lounsbrough With legal, private ownership of guns among the general population in the USA at an all-time […]
Snipers!
13 Aug 19 A brief History of Military “Sniping:” “Bolt-actions speak louder than words!” Craig Roberts Rifleman, taking up concealed positions and firing their rifles, not at ranks of enemy soldiers, but at individual enemy officers and NCOs, have always been regarded with suspicion and disdain by war planners of all nations. In the black-powder […]
Enough is NEVER “Enough!”
10 Aug 19 Enough? Democrat presidential aspirants, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and several others are insisting that Wal Mart stop selling guns. Not just “some” guns, All guns! Walmart sells basic centerfire and rimfire rifles and shotguns at rural and suburban outlets where demand is high. Such guns are popular with hunters and other sportsmen. […]
“Meaningful?”
9 Aug 19 “Meaningful” Background Checks? This morning DJT, responding to last weekend’s shooting incidences in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH, called for “meaningful background checks” to be imposed at a federal level upon any American citizen who wants to make a retail purchase of a firearm. As I listened, it struck me: “Wait! […]
Ammunition Terminal Performance!
8 Aug 19 Ammunition Tests: At a training course last weekend in PA, my students and I had the opportunity to test a number of popular high-performance pistol rounds on blocks of ten-percent gelatin. All rounds had to penetrate four layers of heavy denim before entering gelatin block(s). Rounds were also chronographed: Here are some […]
Isn’t it Time?
7 Aug 19 “Aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defense.” Christine de Pizan John Adams warned us that our Constitution would only suffice for governance of a moral population. Particularly in our big metro areas, we’ve long-since abandoned morals in our desperate search for high-sounding rationalizations for criminality and […]
The “Revolution” picks-up momentum!
6 Aug 19 “There are no absolute ‘Rules of Conduct,’ neither in peace, nor war. Everything depends on circumstances.” Leon Trotsky In the wake of the El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH shooting incidents of last weekend, nauseating verbal outbursts from Democrat/socialist politicians, including presidential aspirants, are expected. Their personal conduct is worthy of them! […]
The Past 120 Years!
31 July 19 Progressive-burning, nitro-cellulose, “smokeless” propellant was developed by the French in the 1880s. As French always are, they were secretive about this new ontogenesis, but within a decade, smokeless propellants were widely known (and rapidly displacing) conventional black powder in much of the world. The sage of the era quickly recognized that the […]
Gilroy, CA
29 July 19 Gilroy, CA Shooting, yesterday: Yesterday, a single suspect, armed with ‘some kind of rifle,” started shooting into an crowded local festival in CA. Several fatalities and many injuries resulted. Some injuries were caused by the panicked stampede of attendees, rather than from bullet impacts. Apparently aware that festival attendees were being wanded […]
PDW
24 July 19 “When you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting!” Dave Young PDW (Personal Defensive Weapon) The term, “PDW,” has been conferred upon an ill-defined class of individual firearms that armies, including ours, have historically looked to for issue to “rear-echelon” troops. Back in the Cold-War Era, commanders imagined […]
Squandering Time and Other Valuable Resources!
22 July 19 “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” Benjamin Franklin Yet another anemic excuse for indolence and non-productivity: The State of OR will allow school students to take “mental health days” off, five every ninety days, but of course that will quickly be […]
Triggers!
19 July 19 Triggers for Serious Guns: Trigger “pull-weight” on revolvers is usually between nine and fourteen pounds when fired via the trigger-cocking mode. As a general rule, the smaller the revolver, the heavier the trigger pull. Who have small hands and/or low hand-strength thus often find revolvers, particularly snubbies, incompatible with any kind of […]
Blackout in NYC!
17 July 19 Report from Manhattan during Saturday’s power failure, from a friend and colleague: “My wife and I had been in NYC all week. It was still light outside early Saturday evening. We were enjoying dinner on a secluded outdoor terrace at a Manhattan restaurant. Then, the blackout happened! Owing to ambient light, we […]
DTI on-line Course Regristration
12 July 19 Dear DTI students and friends: DTI Web Page on-line Course Registration is today back up and running! I’m delighted to report that our DTI Web Page at defense-training.com, once more, includes a convenient, fast, and easy-to-use on-line Course Registration section. Only this time, it is vastly improved and expanded! You can now […]
Gun industry legends Dave Spaulding, Massad Ayoob, Mike Boyle, and John Farnam join Fernando Coelho to dive deep into the history of the gun industry, shedding light on how firearms and firearms training have transformed over the decades. They discuss the dramatic shift from traditional print reviews to the digital age of internet forums, social media influencers, and YouTube personalities of the industry.
