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Gunfighter Moment – Mike Pannone
Establishing requirements before capabilities. Many times I see people trumpeting a capability of a piece of equipment without prior identifying the requirements for application of the tool itself. For...
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The educated shooter is invariably the best shooter he or she can be, or at a minimum is on the right track for success. I often hear people in classes or read on the internet comments about how this...
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I tell every group I work with that shooting is science and math and the key to progressing and facilitating peak performance is a logical and cohesive training strategy emphasizing efficiency. By this...
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Shooting, Sights and Steel Steel is an incredible tool for marksmanship training due to the instant feedback and (other than an occasional repainting) because it removes the requirement to go downrange...
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Scan and Assess, Checking 6 and Other Gun-Foo Shenanigans The following two definitions are crucial to an honest appreciation of this topic. Webster’s-Merriam Dictionary Look Verb: to direct your eyes...
View ArticleMike Pannone 2-Day Kalashnikov Carbine Class
Mike Pannone is holding a 2-Day Kalashnikov Carbine Class in the Los Angeles, CA area. Having trained for the 1997 Spetsnaz Competition, as well as made use of the AK platform in Iraq during his time...
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Gunfighter Moment – Mike Pannone
Put the gun down! Thursday after a detailed cleaning of my CZ P09 I was doing my final test fire and zero validation before a few weeks of upcoming training. I went to the range with only 50 rounds and...
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On training and Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers The culmination of proper training is predictable performance. On the 22nd of October Canadian Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers shot and killed a cowardly...
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Getting a good deal or how to avoid pistol envy With Christmas 2014 and all the associated shopping still clear in the rear view mirror I think it’s fitting to talk about getting a good deal when...
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Some Words Of Wisdom From Mike Pannone
Mike said that this was a distillation of what made the units he had served in so great…and so hard on commanders.
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Gunfighter Moment – Mike Pannone
Safety vs. protocol: why safety is safe and protocol can be dangerous The topic of safety is always at the front of every individual and institutions consciousness. The obvious concern is to ensure...
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Mind Games: The Benefit of Conscious Contradictions in Training One of the drills I do in pistol classes is to have shooters execute a Bullseye string shot all from the holster. I tell them to draw as...
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Use of the safety on an M4 The debate is endless on whether or not the safety should be actuated on reloads, transitions or malfunctions. I use the selector every time I dismount the rifle from my...
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Feeding Eugene Stoners Brainchild This is just a quick one over based on my experience using for both training and operationally just about every magazine that will fit in the M16/M4/AR15. First let’s...
View ArticleMike Pannone – New CTT-Solutions Class Policy
No student was injured in a CTT-Solutions class or any other Alias class. This is to ensure it stays that way. There have been several incidents where students in handgun classes carrying in a...
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Temple index failure points Or Why I prefer a different and better variation. When I was leading the stand-up of the training cell in the Seattle Field Office of the Federal Air Marshals in 2003 a good...
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Targets, trash and a Sharpie I see a lot of different targets out there, some are very simple and some are quite ornate and expensive. A target is designed and intended to give the shooter speed and...
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SARAH MCKINLEY INCIDENT AND MINDSET On New Year’s Eve 2011, alone except for her infant son and scared for her life and the life of her child, 18 year old Sarah McKinley still had the composure to give...
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Magic and the Easy Button The firearms and tactical training trade is rife with people “selling magic”. By that I mean being a vocal advocate for the newest “great idea” that hasn’t really been vetted...
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Entering A New Time We are entering a new time and we as good Americans need to act accordingly. The attack in Paris should have been the largest and most recent wake-up calls to the general populace...
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