1986 USPSA Match Video

In going through my archive of historical handgun material, I found an old, low quality VHS tape that had video footage of a local club match from 1986. It was shared with me by one of the club members. I didn’t start shooting USPSA until 1988. This was back in the day when everyone shot …

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Book Review: Shoot To Win (John Shaw & Bill Currie, 1985)

He is a self-taught shooter who recognized that the techniques and lessons he learned could be used to train our war fighters.  Accordingly, he founded Mid-South Institute for Self Defense Shooting (MISS), in 1981 just south of Memphis, TN where he developed the most comprehensive firearms training program in the country.  For over 41 years, …

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John Shaw Instructional Videos

I recently digitized, cleaned up, and posted John Shaw’s 1984 pistol training video split into 5 segments. Someone else had previously posted his shotgun training video (with Spanish subtitles). All those videos can be found at the links below. My review of John’s first book, You Can’t Miss, can be found here: A review of …

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Student Story #2

Angel Piss The title should catch your attention and pique your interest. I will explain the reference at theend. I always paid special attention to the crime of ‘Robbery by Firearms’. First impressions are important – on my first night on the street with Houston PD, December 16th, 1968, a man died in my arms …

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Student Story #1

A student who was a Texas police officer in the 1970’s has shared several stories from his law enforcement career with us so that others could learn from his experiences in multiple officer-involved shootings.This is the first in a series. A Shooting It has been difficult to come to the point of writing this down …

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