This article originally appeared on American Partisan and is even more relevant today than when I wrote it back in June. -NCS The world is looking pretty rough. And with it, many are waking up to the reality of their situation. There’s gonna be a lot more time spent on the shooting range than the …
I had the honor of having WisCommando in my RTO Course out in Wisconsin and the Scout Course in TN. He is an accomplished shooter, former Infantryman and works in the firearms industry. As he told me in class, communications was a ‘great unknown’, that was until he got squared away. He’s been working on …
From the Archives, 2014 Ambi= (Ambidextrous): The ability to use the right and left hands EQUALLY well. Being a military history buff, I really enjoy studying the progression/evolution of tactics and weaponry in warfare through the years. One of the most applicable of these “progressions” that pertains to the CO specifically has been the development …
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Originally appeared over at The Tactical Hermit. Later re-posted on American Partisan. -NCS I get asked a TON of questions about ammo, with the most popular question being: “What is the best TYPE of ammo to use in an AK for self-defense?” My general response is typically “Whatever you have loaded at the time is …
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Growing up, nearly everyone I knew hunted. Whether it was white tail, rabbits, dove, pheasant, and even hogs back when we had them in central NC. And in all those years, you had three general types of boots- Cowboy boots for dressing up, work boots in the field, and hunting boots in the Fall- and …
So we’re finding ourselves once more with a whole lotta new gun owners. And that evil black rifle-the AR-15- won’t stay on the shelves long enough to pick up any dust. While having one and knowing how to use one are two very different things, knowing how to use one and actually knowing how to …
What are the fundamentals of solid marksmanship? Steady PositionConsistent AimConsistent Breath ControlConsistent Trigger Pull I’m willing to build on this concept…just a bit. Notice that on each of those bullet points, aside form the first one, consistency is the key. And the first one, by the way, is only achieved through consistency as well- this …
The AK platform is an interesting beast. A simple, intuitive and rugged weapon that was a culmination of its era. In many ways married to the 7.62x39mm M43 round, the Russians sought not just to emulate the German pioneering of an intermediate caliber but the weapon design with it. The Soviets found themselves economically and …
