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Magic Bullet - The ARX

Magic Bullet Stopping Power + Stupid human tricks

Magic Bullet Stopping Power Stupid human tricks

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Land of the Lost

Bad ideas excessive force gun lights + Self defence

Bad ideas excessive force gun lights Self defence

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Tactical Vikings

Awareness Tactics +0 Vikings

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Devil Dog Side Charger

In general, I keep my self-defence tools stock, at least I thought so until I went over my list of modifications. Most of my modifications are user transparent. My AR has the same basic control as any rack-grade rifle. Why? I don’t want to condition myself to reach for a control that might not be there if I grab a non-customized rifle. I added a larger trigger guard for a gloved finger, an ambidextrous charging handle to facilitate clearing jams and other problems, and a light for low-light operation. A group of Marine Veterans have formed a company called... My intention to remain largely stock may change. Recently, Kevin Dockery (author of 'Stalkers and Shooters') showed me a side hard charger that converts your stock AR to a left-hand side charger from Devil Dog Concepts. https://devildogconcepts.com/ I thought, “Is this a solution looking for a problem?" The side charger fits on your rail and is anchored with set screws After I looked...

Survey Says….

American Handgunner’s Tom McHale asked a few interesting questions as part of a reader’s survey in the March/April issue. Excellent questions. So why not take advantage of them? I'll paraphrase them. What’s your grip, Weaver or Isosceles? I had to think about that. On the square range, practicing my draw stroke or reloading, I use a lot of Isosceles. But not exclusively. Several months ago, I tore the rotator cuff in my non-dominant shoulder. I couldn’t use Isosceles. I remembered hearing that Jeff Cooper had elbow trouble, which pushed him into Weaver stances. It turns out Weaver worked well for me, and I spent the time tuning it up before my surgery. Jeff Cooper and his Classic Weaver Stance - I tend to bring my elbows in closer to my body As I thought about it, I realized that when I pie/clear corners, I transfer my handgun to the side leading around the corner. Here, if there is space, I used Chapman....

Flip Side

A common concern in any self-defense course for the armed civilian is when would lethal force be justified or more to the point, legally used? While no catch phrase or mnemonic can cover all situations, I have always been fond of: A Ability, O Opportunity, J Jeopardy. These hallmarks justify the use of lethal force in self-defense. Most serious instructors will elucidate something along these lines with some much-needed amplification. You can also look at these as a mirror image. These are also the conditions you need to prevent in order avoid serious injury and death as well as being forced to use deadly force in self-defense. Frankly, shooting someone in self-defense creates problems of unbelievable magnitude, but not as many or as bad as being killed yourself. So how do you deprive your assailant of Ability . He’s bigger than you, stronger, healthier, there are two of them, has a contact weapon or a gun. How do you counter that? ...

And BATF says….

The world can be confusing at times. If you own an AR pistol and you put an arm brace on it you may have been tempted to throw it up on to your shoulder. Most of us Range Lawyers had an opinion on whether or not that converts a pistol to an NFA short barrel rifle requiring a tax stamp. Most of you also know there has been a series of letters going back and forth between the BATF and concerned citizens and corporate lawyers. So far, this seems to be the clearest presentation on the current BATF letter dated March 22 2017. http://www.breachbangclear.com/brace-yourself-for-atf-opinions/ It’s interesting reading as you get an understanding of government organization mindset and a bit of the history. If you own an AR pistol you might want to read it to keep yourself out of trouble as well as to help explain why it may not be illegal to shoulder your AR pistol. I can think of at least one range where a good understanding of BATF's letter would be very useful. ...

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