Posts about guns and shooting
At KR Training, one of our ongoing efforts is to identify acceptable minimum standards for defensive handgun skills. Gunsite instructor Ed Head posted a drill he recommends as a good standard for any person carrying concealed, so John and I went to the range and shot the drill to give it a try. The drill …
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I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that work includes reading as many old books on shooting technique as I can find. The 1942 book Shooting To Live, written by W.E. Fairbairn and E.A. Sykes, was a very influential …
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I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that work includes reading as many old books on shooting technique as I can find. Handbook of Handgunning (Paul Weston, 1968) Paul Weston joined the New York City Police Force in 1936, …
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Someone recently gave me a “one size fits all” nylon holster with integral mag pouch. I’ve always told students this type of holster was a “don’t buy”, and thought they were a bad idea because of the difficulty in doing a decent reload with the mag pouch being on the wrong side of the body …
Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. On August 12, 2017, I taught the 1/2 day version of the course for the first time. 6 shooters braved the August heat to shoot 8 different qualification courses of …
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Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that effort has been searching for old handgun qualification courses of fire, and shooting them using the techniques and equipment used in that era. In a previous article, …
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Welcome to the KR Training August newsletter! Upcoming highlights include Historical Handgun, a Basic 2/Defensive Pistol 1 combo, a Beyond Basics/Competition Pistol combo, and a late August Basic Pistol 1/Personal Tactics Skills combo for those just getting started in our program. Check the schedule page on the KR Training website for the full list. If you …
Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that effort has been searching for old handgun qualification courses of fire, and shooting them using the techniques and equipment used in that era. In an article credited …
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On July 29, 2017, KR Training ran another session of the Defensive Pistol Small Gun class. This class focuses on skills specific to subcompact semiauto pistols (Glock 42/43 sized), and snubnose revolvers. It’s more than a repeat of the material in Defensive Pistol Skills 1, shot with smaller guns, although there is some overlap in …
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Trainer Paul Gomez passed away in 2012, at the young age of 40. Paul was a colleague, a friend, a teacher and a student. He took classes from me, I took classes from him, I hosted classes he taught, including some of the first ECQC classes he and Craig Douglas offered, and we had many …
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John “Hsoi” Daub’s series on minimum handgun proficiency standards was featured in the July 25, 2017 edition of The Tactical Wire. The series discusses, among other things, the process we used to create the Three Seconds or Less shooting test. Functional standards A well designed training class has learning objectives. They are often defined by …
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Welcome to the KR Training July newsletter! July/August highlights include Defensive Pistol Small Gun, Handgun Beyond the Basics, and Historical Handgun. Check the schedule page on the KR Training website for the full list. If you aren’t already a subscriber to receive this newsletter each month, you can subscribe here or follow this blog. You …
Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that effort has been seeking out and reading old books on shooting, purchasing copies signed by the authors when possible. In 1935, WW1 veteran William Reichenbach published a …
Last Saturday, the KR Training family lost another close friend and team member: Tom Robertson. Tom was a former Texas A&M police officer, NRA high power competitor, USPSA competition shooter, and NRA instructor, as well as a former homebuilder and skilled craftsman/salesman in the construction industry. He was a pretty good singer too! Tom was …
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Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that effort has been seeking out and reading old books on shooting, purchasing copies signed by the authors when possible. In 2016, Penny had a chance to visit …
Continue reading ‘Book Review – Guns and Gunning, Capt Paul Curtis (1934)’ »
Welcome to the KR Training June newsletter! July and August are hot so we are offering shorter and indoor afternoon classes, along with some shorter morning classes. We’ve added a LOT of classes to our July-September schedule. Check the schedule page on the KR Training website for the full list. If you aren’t already a …
Claude Werner, the Tactical Professor, shares our interest in defining useful minimum standards for different levels of pistol training. Claude recently shared a draft of a new course of fire with us. It’s intended for students at the Basic Pistol 1 level, evaluating the abilities to shoot at 3, 5 and 7 yards, manipulate the …
In addition to teaching group classes, I offer private lessons. Here are some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of private versions of our regular group …
KR Training recently hosted and co-taught the Medicine X Every Day Carry course, taught by Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics, at the A-Zone Range. The two day course teaches hands on medic and scene security skills useful in that time between the injury and the arrival of first responders that can provide a higher …
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I taught a lot of private handgun lessons over the past two weeks, and I wanted to share some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of …
Continue reading ‘Notes from private lessons, May 2017 (part 4)’ »