Gear
Aimpoint COA: First Impressions [2025]
When Aimpoint and Glock announced their collaboration earlier this year, I was immediately interested. The initial press suggested that Aimpoint had fixed most of what […]
Articles by Sean B.
Editorial
Training Tips: Selecting Relevant Handgun Targets
I am not the mindset lecture guy and there are other, better folks to address that topic. What I am here to talk about is […]
Reviews
Presscheck Consulting No Fail Pistol AAR [2024]
This is an AAR of Presscheck Consulting’s March 2024 No Fail Pistol class. Up front, this will be lengthy – I want to give you […]
Editorial
A Basic 5-Gun Battery of Handguns [2024]
Recent events in my life have led me to trim some fat off my firearms collection. When I did that, I thought hard about what […]
Editorial
Cognitive Conclave After Action Report [2023]
There is a line I attribute to Claude Werner that goes something to the effect of “most shooting classes are firing squad simulators.” The inaugural […]
Gear Reviews
Coolfire Makes Dry Fire Cool
I purchased a Coolfire training system in November 2021 and have used it several times per week since then. Now that I have enough time […]
Gun Review
A Year With the SIG Sauer P365XL – A Review
Introduction and Why Carry the SIG P365XL By the late twenty-teens, the tactical meta evolved into a full-size pistol carrying fifteen to twenty rounds, often […]
Reviews
AAR: Reactive Shooting with Ronnie Dodd
Introduction to Reactive Shooting is described as the functional equivalent of Day 1 of the Rogers Shooting School. As the former lead instructor for that […]
Gear Reviews
Optimizing the PHLster Enigma
It’s rare that a holster is a true game changer, but for me the PHLster Enigma is in fact such a thing. The Enigma allows […]
Editorial
Power and Accountability: Consequences of Carelessness
To shamelessly paraphrase part of Tom Givens‘s safety lecture, one power we as gun owners share with the ancient gods of myth is the ability […]
Reviews
Active Self Protection Lessons Learned from Watching 25,000 Gunfights AAR
In April, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture from Active Self Protection titled “Lessons Learned from Watching 25,000 Gunfights.” This lecture was a […]
News
Guns at the Supreme Court | Post-Game Analysis or Pre-Game Show? [2020]
Those of you who managed to filter through the COVID-19 news probably noticed that we got some bad news from the Supreme Court this week. […]
Reviews
AAR: Defensive Pistol Skills by First Person Safety
This is an AAR of my recent experiences with First Person Safety’s Defensive Pistol Skills class. The thrust of this course is contextualizing the Four […]
Holsters
Tenicor ARX LUX Review: No-Excuse WML Carry
As users increasingly demand weapon-mounted light compatibility from their carry gear, the new Tenicor ARX LUX serves to meet that need. Like the SAGAX LUX […]
Editorial
Specialization Isn’t for Insects: Consolidating Your Shooting
Specialization Isn’t Just for Insects: Consolidating Your Shooting In 2013, Pew Research reported that for the first time that organization asked the question, personal protection […]