In a second surprise move from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the force has selected Glock USA’s entrant to the competition to select a new pistol for the bureau. In October of 2015, the FBI released a new request for proposal (RFP) soliciting from the [Read More…]
Action Impact Gun Range in Eastpointe, Michigan has a new training program for law enforcement. It uses live (stand in) suspects and real firearms. Rather than use simunitions and paintball masks, Action Impact is using some sort of mirror to reflect the image of the [Read More…]
How many people really are “average”? Is it possible to design a system to fit the average person, and if not, what’s the alternative? A recent article published on thestar.com examines this question, excerpting the work of L. Todd Rose from his recent [Read More…]
Baret Fawbush posted this on instagram. He uses fireworks to elevate his stress level while engaging steel targets. I think this is rather clever. Albeit, there is always an element of danger when handling or using fireworks. There is a risk of catching one of those [Read More…]
Prince Harry, aka Captain Harry Wales, was training with the Australian Defense Forces. This video was released on Friday by the British Monarchy on Facebook. Click that link to watch a higher resolution version. Here are some screen shots from the video. Captain [Read More…]
Who here has had the, ahem, pleasure of simunitions training? If you haven’t been in place where that was part of your training or work-up, you now have the ability as a civilian to partake… In all seriousness, it is a great training aid. UTM (founded in [Read More…]
BreachBangClear has posted an excellent trieste and introduction to new 7.62mm marking munitions from UTM. Man-Marking Rounds are deployed by the US Military, Federal agencies, and LE customers to better simulate real-world firearms combat. Simplified, UTM’s [Read More…]
When we arrived at the SIG Academy and saw all of the stacked hard rifle cases at our range we had a pretty good idea this was going to be a fun and informative afternoon. We weren’t wrong either! There were suppressed MCX multi caliber carbines, the SIG 556 [Read More…]
For the fourth time in recent years the US Army is considering dropping the M9 Beretta and the 9mm NATO round it chambers in favor of a pistol that shoots a larger caliber, harder hitting round. The Federal Bureau of Investigation on the other hand have just [Read More…]
William Barnes, over at Beretta Blog, posted about the misconceptions and trappings that many concealed carry people have or fall into. He talks about a 1980’s movie “Hero at Large” where the protagonist portrays a hero in a film and while off set he [Read More…]
This is an interesting video. I don’t know this group. Some of the things they do seem a bit extreme. There are some intriguing aspects that I find could be fun to try. Like the moving targets on poles. It presents a somewhat more dynamic aspect to one’s [Read More…]
Combat City USA, a gun range in Florida, is offering you the chance to shoot your friends with real guns. They allow you to bring your owns guns to use in their airsoft arena. They swap out a number of parts to convert them to the Ultimate Training Munitions (UTM) [Read More…]
In March I reported that S&W won the contact to supply the Belgian Federal Police with 9mm pistols to replace their aging arsenal of FN/Browning GP-35 (Hi-Power) pistols. Not getting this contract was a big blow to FN Herstal, who have been laying off workers [Read More…]
