Medal of Honor: PFC Emory Lawrence Bennett
Realistic training for a future gunfight is critical for a successful outcome. My combat experiences have taught me to reevaluate my training system, work ethic and how to channelize my training regime into a more streamlined and effective package. It also confirmed some lessons while voiding others. Proven combat techniques may not be flashy and may require a bit more physical effort on the part of the shooter. Further, they may not win competition matches, but they will help ensure your survival in a shooting or gunfight on the street. (opens a ".pdf" document)
How Your Recoil Spring Affects Ammunition Performance
Your recoil spring is the most underappreciated component in your semi-automatic firearm. It controls slide velocity, affects extraction timing, influences feeding reliability, and determines how your gun handles different ammunition. Change the spring, and you change how every round performs. Here's why that matters.
Don’t Go Deaf — Understand Risks of Concussive Hearing Loss
Did you know you can damage your hearing even if you are wearing the best hearing protection available? Well, have you ever heard of concussion (or concussive) hearing loss? There is no amount of anything you can put in or over your ears to protect you from concussion loss. My audiologist explained to me the concussion comes through the facial bone structure and damages the ear’s tiny bones.
Roy describes it as an intense wave of super-heated air, accompanied with a slamming impact that threw him at least 25 feet, tumbling and spinning, before landing him in an already-existing roadway crater and smashing him unconscious.
When we first heard the story of Roy Arce it sounded like one of those war stories that starts with “so . . . there I was.” Sometimes, the correct response to that intro is to treat what follows as entertaining fiction, pull out your entire collection of challenge coins, and order another round. But this story was so intriguing that we had to track down the man himself. Turns out, Roy is alive and well at the age of 80, and Holy Hannah, did he validate the story.
New Survey on the Rate that People Carry Concealed Handguns
The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey 1,000 general election voters on May 19th, 2026, regarding whether likely voters carry concealed handguns. In the survey, 13.2% carry all/most of the time, with another 16.6% carrying sometimes/rarely. Twenty percent of likely voters hold a concealed handgun permit (20.2%), over double the rate for adults overall (8%). Constitutional Carry states have only a slightly higher permit rate than pure Right-to-Carry states (21.38% versus 19.81%). However, our research suggests this gap will narrow over time because the share of adults with permits is declining in Constitutional Carry states while rising in pure Right-to-Carry states.
In modern times, all but one US Navy battleship went to sea named after a state within the federal Union. From the 1880s on, each smaller and generally faster cruiser carried the namesake of an American city. Although the USS New Orleans (CA-32) was built in Brooklyn, New York, she represented the “Big Easy” and her people. And now, she is the subject of the newest special exhibit at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans: Come Back Fighting: USS New Orleans at War, now on display in The Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Foundation Special Exhibit Gallery. (Comment: If you visit New Orleans, visiting the National WWII Museum is well worth the time and effort)
The Greatest Mistake in Combat Psychology
Hunter-gatherer morality evolved specifically to encourage behaviors necessary for group survival and discourage behaviors that threatened it. This observation leads to an uncomfortable conclusion. Many moral beliefs common today could not have emerged in the environments that shaped human evolution.
Pacifism is one example. Not because human beings were naturally bloodthirsty, but because pacifism depends upon conditions that did not exist. Pacifism becomes possible when defense can be delegated to others to do the difficult task. It becomes possible when individuals can benefit from security without personally contributing to its provision. It becomes possible when civilization separates the costs of violence from the benefits of protection. (Comment: A long but fascinating read)
Gunsmith Fix: Diagnosing AR-15 Troubles
An AR-platform chambered in the straight-wall .450 Bushmaster with feeding issues came across a gunsmith's bench. Here he outlines his troubleshooting methods and the fix, which turned out to be the simplest thing.
Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle in .450 Bushmaster
An in-depth article all about lasers on pistols. In the firearms world, when someone refers to a laser, they are talking about an alternative sighting device, similar to a laser pointer, which lets the user know when the gun is lined up properly by putting a brightly-colored dot right where the bullet will land if the trigger is pulled at that moment.
There are many different types of laser aiming devices available for different types of firearms, and the lasers can be mounted on your firearm in different ways. Each of the various types has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Low Light:Using a Laser on Your Carry Pistol
I am a believer in laser sights on pistols in low light scenarios. During the Sensible Self Defense Academy Low Light Match in April 2021, I experimented the SIG P320 Lima Laser module (with a green laser) that I have on my everyday carry (EDC) pistol. There was a full moon so there was sufficient light to identify all the targets without a handheld light. For the experiment, I wanted to see if I could use the laser system in low light as effectively as I could the red dot sight during daylight.
The experiment showed that yes, the laser system in low light was as effective as the red dot sight during daylight. I shot and hit all the targets in low light using moonlight only. The total time difference between my pistol daylight runs using the red dot and my low light runs with the laser was 0.29 seconds for the entire match. For this match at least, I ran the pistol with the laser as well during low light as I did during daylight.
A video of me shooting a 1/3-size IPSC target, at 75 yards, in low light, from the retention position is available here.
While we were chatting at her desk, I quietly plugged in my dropbox under the desk and placed the keylogger between the keyboard and computer. I kept the conversation going to keep her focused on me, not what I was doing. "Have you had any issues with network lag or dropped calls lately?" I asked casually. "We're pushing some upgrades and just checking stability. Oh, your screen is locked. Mind logging back in real quick? And go ahead and save anything you've got open, just in case."
Unraveling The Red Dot Gordian Knot
Alexander drew his sword and sliced the knot in half with a single, decisive stroke.
Today we have similar situations in the world of combat studies. Shooting an adversary with a firearm is a very brutally simple matter...like hacking through rope with a sword. But instead, we see literal volumes written, and hours of video, over complicating the skill and the act.
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