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ACHIEVING A PROPER GRIP IS CRITICAL TO GOOD HANDGUN SHOOTING. HERE'S HOW TO GO ABOUT IT Your hands are the interface between you and your pistol. The grip you establish [...]

There's a reason why most people shoot a .22 better than a .44 Magnum. Recoil has long been the enemy of realizing the full measure of a gun's mechanical accuracy. [...]

I know PeoPle who are vastly knowledgeable about cameras, know all the specs in minute detail and can discourse about various features for hours but hardly take a picture. I [...]

Many students at Gunsite comment on how we emphasize the small details throughout a class. Students pay good money for tuition, ammo, travel, lodging, meals, etc., so it only makes [...]

You've moved to create distance, backing away from the threat, issued verbal commands--'Stop!'--and gotten behind cover for protection. The threat is still advancing. You've done everything possible to avoid having [...]

Not long into my shooting career, I realized not all revolvers were equal in terms of closely putting bullets near one another on paper targets. Many years passed before experience [...]

Do you remember the first time you fired a gun? If you're like most, you were somewhat apprehensive, perhaps more worried about what the gun would do in your hand [...]

SO YOU RECOGNIZE COYER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT? MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT COVER, which can be defined as an object capable of stopping incoming bullets, but [...]

THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT 'EVERY thing old is new again,' and while it might be a cliche, it certainly applies to some of the traditional shooting techniques many of [...]

MANY EQUATE SHOOTING SKILL WITH the ability to deliver fast and accurate fire. While that may be a fair assessment with regard to competition shooting, it falls way short of [...]

IF YOU'VE EVER PARTICIPATED IN AN Action pistol competition, you'll probably agree that regardless of how you fared, it was an enjoyable and educational experience. Competing is a great way [...]

IT BAFFLES ME TO SEE SOMEONE TRAINing with a full-size pistol worn in a thigh rig slung from a tactical belt supporting a slew of magazinesonly to stow said gear [...]

Like a kid choking down broccoli, we know dry-fire training is good for us, but that doesn't mean we like it or partake in it as often as we should. [...]

LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE known for decades the majority of gunfights involving police occur inside 10 feet. There is nothing surprising about this, really. If you take a moment to [...]

Double-action revolvers are the rednecks of the gun race: loud, powerful, frequently big and reliable in a 'git 'er done' kind away. I've been dragging a double-action of one description [...]

Let's be honest -- we don't have to be an IPSC Grand Master to save our own lives. We just have to be better than our opponent. There is more [...]

'I'd never take a 25-yard shot with a handgun. This qualification course is unrealistic.' As a police firearms instructor, I can't tell you how many times I've heard officers who [...]

Using a gun to punch holes in paper is pretty straightforward: Align the sights, superimpose them over the target and press the trigger smoothly. If the equipment is set up [...]

IT'S QUITE SATISFYING TO PRESS THE trigger on your handgun and have the bullet impact precisely where you were aiming. In fact, this feeling is what keeps most shooters returning [...]

IN A HIGH-STAKES SITUATION WHERE you're trying to defend yourself or others, it's hard enough to perform a standard draw. But injury or other factors such as fighting off an [...]

We all want to shoot better, but what to practice? How do you go about getting trigger time that is relevant to skill building? There are a few things you [...]

'If you're dealing with an officer, he's going to have a professional manner if he's a professional. They go to the range two, three times a week. They practice arms [...]

Loading ammo for cowboy action shooting is a departure from most handloading. Several tips for loading cowboy Action shooting to achieve better results from revolvers are presented.

I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR SAYING IT, but I will not waver: Trigger control is weapon control. Why have I been criticized? Typical stuff. People maintain there is more to [...]

Everyone wants a fast draw stroke. Whether you're concerned with defending your life, winning a match or just looking a little more like John Wick, getting your gun out of [...]

IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT PERCEPTION IS reality. I beg to differ. Just because you perceive yourself to have good shooting technique doesn't mean you actually do. If you want to [...]

Back in the best of my competitive shooting days, now in the rapidly fading past, I stood shoulder to shoulder at least twice with a chap who ended up on [...]

The title of this article, 'The Secrets of Fancy Sixgunning,' is a bit of a misnomer in that there really are no deep, dark secrets or carefully guarded formulas for [...]

A MISTAKE I MADE IN MY RADIO BROAD-CASTING career made me a better competitive shooter. At the time, I was working, for the second time in a row, at a [...]

THIS DRILL WILL HELP YOU IMPROVE your draw speed and target transitions--along with recoil mitigation, and sight picture and trigger control. This is a great one to force you to [...]

THIS IS A DRILL USED IN AN ADVANCED pistol class by Larry Vickers. It's named after, and likely designed by, the legendary Rob Leatham. It's great for good shooters to [...]

The three principles of shooting are target acquisition, proper aiming of the weapon and keeping the target's best scoring area in the gun's sights. Tips that expound on these principles are presented and discussed.

In Wild West mining camps violence turned thousands of young men into perforated corpses or mangled them so badly they couldn't bend an elbow at the bar. Virginia City, in [...]

ANYONE WHO HAS SHOT A HANDGUN knows it is twice--maybe three times--as stable when using two hands. Recoil control, shot-to-shot recovery, presentation to the target, weapon stability and a host [...]

The Remington Model 504 rim-fire action has the appearance of a modern high-power rifle. Its short, cylindrical receiver shows inherent strength with a full 1.2-inch diameter and a massive wall [...]

Byline: David E. Petzal You shouldn't shoot offhand, but you will. Here's how to do it right Shooting a rifle from the offhand position is something you should avoid at [...]

Byline: Steven Hill Top guns share their wingshooting secrets [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] This Month's Expert Panel Marty Fischer HOST OF THE [...]

Byline: Jim Carmichel Use your gun's balance point to improve your performance It's one of the most commonly used words in the entire shooting lexicon, yet it's possibly the least […]

Byline: TODD KUHN When shooting uphill, should you hold high, low or dead-on? Here's how to do it right The quest to arrow a truly giant buck can carry hunters […]

Byline: Chris Christian ISOSCELES STANCE The isosceles stance is perhaps the best pistol-shooting stance ever conceived and the one from which every other stance has been adapted. It's a favorite […]

IT'S 200 YARDS," whispered Sanctuary Ranch guide Travis Simpson, checking the &stance with his rangefinder. Can you take him from here?" I nodded an affirmative and positioned my variable-scoped, Thompson/Center […]

While you are sighting-in, try checking your scope for parallax. Parallax is the apparent optical displacement of an object in the scope's lens. To check for this phenomena, set up [...]

Dropping the slide with the thumb of the support hand is natural with many pistol designs such as the 1911, Beretta 92 and S&W service pistols. However, on pistol designs [...]

People with small hands must use the thumb of the support hand to depress the magazine catch because their hands are so small that they cannot shift the pistol far [...]

The only handgun that I would buy over the counter brand new, load with ammo and stick in my belt for self-defense without test firing to insure that it is [...]