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Keep a Journal
Keep a Journal Written By: Leo H. With a new year upon us, I thought it could be appropriate to begin the year with a new habit intended to assist us in becoming better instructors and enhancing our personal abilities on as may other levels as might be possible. To that end, I would suggest… Continue reading
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Slaying of the Sacred Cows… or things I think about late at night (everyone has to have an article title something like this….)
Article By: William G. What did the cows ever do to you? Wait, why are they sacred anyway? Trigger Warning: Keep your finger off of it, until your sights are on the target – RULE 3 This article is a common sense (at least I think so) look, and thought-provoking approach to why we do… Continue reading
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Turns Out, the Target Matters
Article By: Leo H. Let me introduce you to the GALEFI-Q Target (of which GALEFI is paid 0.0% of sales). The National Rifle Association (NRA) debuted the B-27 target in 1962 to replace the older B-21. This new design superimposed a large 10-ring international rapid-fire scoring boundary over a human silhouette. Throughout the 1970s, the… Continue reading
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Carry Rotation?
Article by: William G. Many people seem to talk about having carry rotations. That is not new. It has existed as far back as I have been in the business, and probably since anyone with expendable income owned weapons. Most people have some type of excuse for it, as opposed to reason. That can cause… Continue reading
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Neuroplasticity on the Range: Designing a Firearms Training Regime Around the Mind
Article By: Leo H. To perfect human performance, the question often becomes, “To change, or not to change?” Specifically, in the realm of firearms training, we often look at change as it relates to the type of gun, barrel design and length, the method of aiming, trigger design or adjustments, ammunition design, weight and velocity,… Continue reading
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250 Years of Greatness: the American Soul, GALEFI legends, and memories of Chief James A. Green
Article by: William G. 4 July 2026 617: HQ, 617 10-23, on scene. HQ: Copy 617: HQ, Range is hot. Shots fired…… HQ: Copy, shots fired. 623, be en-route for backup, you’re cleared hot for 10-18…….. Today, is the celebration of the formation of the single greatest nation to ever exist. The United States of… Continue reading
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I use State of the Art Technology
Article by: William G. Fads and trends come and go. Some are ahead of their time. Some are forgotten. Some endure. Some are forgotten until someone “invents them” for the hundredth time. The cycle repeats. Regardless, most all of us want whatever the best of the best we can get for protection life and limb.… Continue reading
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Tactical Entertainment: When High-Volume Shooting Masquerades as Advanced Training
Article By: Leo H. Retired folks browse the internet. Well… maybe not all retired folks. In fact, it could just be something I do with the overabundance of spare time I seem to have nowadays. At any rate, I seem to find myself wandering down various rabbit holes, pursuing tidbits of information on a daily… Continue reading
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Observations From Teaching Non-Dedicated Personnel, or the OSS Methodology and When a “Compromise” Isn’t
Article by: William G. For a while now, I have been asked by either my Chief or my Father to teach women’s introductory handgun classes. A good friend of mine who is a judge teaches the legal portion, and I and a few of my shooting buddies teach ballistics, storage, handling, and shooting. It is… Continue reading
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Competency Based Training
Article By: Leo H. Dispatched to a suspicious person call, Officer Friendly, a popular seven-year veteran and incident report writer without peer, found himself in a deadly force encounter behind a local convenience store. The shadow he encountered raised a weapon. Friendly drew. His hands shook. His grip faltered. The fundamentals he’d “qualified” on six… Continue reading
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Are You Prepared for THE Gunfight?
Article by: William G. What is a gunfight? It is a situation when one or more persons, using weapons (specifically guns) that can inflict greatly bodily harm or death, are actively trying to use said weapons to inflict great bodily harm or death on you; and in which you use your own gun to stop… Continue reading
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Don’t Be a Dummy – Why the ‘Ball and Dummy’ Drill is a Helpful Tool and Other Thoughts
Article By: Sam H. & Leo H. Spend enough time on ranges with cops, military, and armed citizens, and you start to see the same movie play over and over: shooters get labeled as “untrainable,” “recoil shy,” or “just not a gun person,” when in reality they’ve never had a coach who can demonstrate what… Continue reading
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