Archive of entries posted by karlrehn

Book Review: You Can’t Miss (John Shaw & Michael Bane, 1982)

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John Shaw dominated the competitive shooting scene during the 1980’s.  While being the captain and nine-year member of the World Champion U.S. I.P.S.C. Team, he won, or was the runner-up, in every major shooting competition in the world including: He is a self-taught shooter who recognized that the techniques and lessons he learned could be used …

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Fairbairn “Shooting to Live” drills

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At the 2023 NRA Annual Meeting, Claude Werner (The Tactical Professor) handed me a print copy of his edited version of Fairbairn’s famous “Shooting To Live” book. I wrote a full review of the book on this blog (Linked here). It includes his “editor’s synopsis” of the Shanghai police recruit training program. When I get …

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Andy Stanford Master Coach Development course AAR

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On May 16 & 17, 2023 I hosted Andy Stanford of SureFire, who taught two sessions of his new Master Coach Development course. Day 1 was for LEO trainers, Day 2 was for private sector trainers. We had 12 students attend each day, with trainers from Austin, San Antonio, Houston and other nearby communities present. …

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KR Training May 2023 Newsletter

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Kauai Carry Permit Qual

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Back in September 2022 I was able to get a copy of the carry permit shooting qualification course for Kauai, Hawaii. Penny and I had just visited there and made friends with a couple that owned an outdoor range and taught classes. Here’s the course of fire, with some videos of me shooting it, with …

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Wilson’s Comprehensive Handgun Proficiency Drill

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I saw this new drill from Bill Wilson online the other day, so I set it up and shot it. He calls it the “Comprehensive Handgun Proficiency” drill, which aligns with our interest in minimum competency and standards generally. It includes a concealment draw, emergency reload, engaging targets at 7 and 12 yards with 12 …

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KR Training April 2023 Newsletter

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NRA Annual Meeting 2023

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The NRA’s annual meeting was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14-16. I flew up on Friday, attended on Friday and Saturday, and returned home on Sunday. My primary purpose was to meet with the Board of Directors of the Armed Citizen’s Legal Defense Network, since I have joined the board of that group this year. …

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Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2023 Bonus Content

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In a previous post I provided an AAR about all the KR Training-related activities at the 2023 Rangemaster Tactical Conference. This post discusses some sessions I attended and shares some pictures and links to podcasts that discuss TacCon23. This is a picture of me, clearly unhappy that my cover garment didn’t move out of the …

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Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2023 AAR

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KR Training was well represented at the 2023 Rangemaster Tactical Conference, with 3 on the KR Training staff teaching (Karl Rehn, John Daub and Dave Reichek), 2 attending (Ed Vinyard & Tracy Thronburg) along with many graduates of our courses. TacCon began in the early 2000’s as a winter event held at the original Rangemaster …

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Texas DPS 25 yard course of fire (Jan 2021)

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Here is a course of fire, dated January 2021, used by the Texas DPS in their handgun training program. I’ve been shooting it in my practice sessions over the last month and I thought I would share it here. It’s intended to be shot on the giant B-27 target, scored like the Texas License to …

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KR Training February 2023 Newsletter

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KR Training December 2022 Newsletter

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Origins of the Pie Chart Target

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The pie chart “shooting correction” target has been around as long as I’ve been shooting. It’s widely shared and is used as basis for guidance in some dry fire apps. It’s also widely derided by high skill level shooters and trainers, with this variant on the pie chart being a frequently shared meme: Karen Ziegler …

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KR Training Sept/Oct 2022 Newsletter

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KR Training August 2022 Newsletter

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Historical Handgun Course (June 2022)

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Back in June 2022 I co-taught a session of my Historical Handgun course with Tom Givens. Tom did a 4 hour lecture, similar to what he presented at the Master Instructor course. Due to summer heat we started the day on the range, shooting courses of fire from the 1910’s to the 2000’s. Bo Wallace, …

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KR Training July 2022 Newsletter

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Surgical Speed Shooting Summit AAR Part 2 (June 2022)

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I was honored to be invited to be one of the guest instructors for the Surgical Speed Shooting Summit, run by SureFire’s Andy Stanford at the Tactical Response facility in Camden, Tennessee. This is Part 2 of my AAR. Part one is here. American Combat Shooting Club Back in 1988, when I naively volunteered to …

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Surgical Speed Shooting Summit AAR (June 2022)

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I was honored to be invited to be one of the guest instructors for the Surgical Speed Shooting Summit, run by SureFire’s Andy Stanford at the Tactical Response facility in Camden, Tennessee. Andy’s concept was to put together a ‘review board’ of sorts to discuss his curriculum for his Surgical Speed Shooting class. He originally …

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