Concealed Carry Considerations
he decision to lawfully carry a handgun for personal protection should not be taken lightly or approached in a cavalier manner. It's a very significant undertaking, with permanent, life-altering consequences if we are careless, negligent or have a lapse of reason, or allow our ego or pride to drive our decision-making process while carrying a firearm. Should one weigh the risks and decide to lawfully carry a concealed handgun, we owe it to ourselves and the ones that depend on us to be well trained, of good moral character and to be a sound tactician and decision-maker. The onus is on the individual reader to ensure that all local, state and Federal laws are observed.
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LPVOs vs Red Dot Optics
These days, all kinds of optics are available for both defensive and general-purpose carbines, but arguably the red-dot [reflex] sight and the LPVO [low power variable optic] are the most popular. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, but ultimately their aim is the same: helping shooters put rounds on target. Red-dot sights are built for quick, close-distance shots while LPVOs are intended to be both quick up close with the added ability to magnify targets further away.
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Behind The LPVO by Magpul
Last year, we made it out to San Antonio, Texas, for a weekend of training strictly devoted to the LPVO with the veteran-operated training organization, Green Ops. Two days were split between courses of fire including CQB, sub-100 yard applications, and 100+ yard identification and engagement drills…all while under a Texas sun providing us with cooling, triple-digit temperatures.
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Army Special Operations, 9/11, & The Asymmetric Warfare Group - Jose Gordon Part II
On the morning of the 11th, Jose finished his PT and was getting dressed for work when his wife Patty called from the barn at West Point where she had her horses to tell him to turn on his TV because “. . . something big was happening.” Like so many Americans and particularly those within his profession, Jose remembers feeling two things most of all, an otherworldly anger that seemed to ache from deep within his bones paired with the intangible drive to help in whatever capacity he might offer.
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A Ranger's Story Of Watches And The Evolution Of Modern Warfare
Safely back at the airfield after a hard day at the office, Gordon peered at his watch, squinting to make out the 0100 hour through the broken crystal. While shaken and exhausted from the rigors of his first full day of combat operations, Gordon felt truly alive, aware in that moment that war would be his life’s trade.
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Carbine Drill: Fight to Your Feet
During a Green Ops Defensive Carbine Course a drill often drilled and taught by instructor Luke D was the “Fight to Your Feet Drill.” This drill trains the shooter on shooting while supine, sitting, kneeling, and then on their feet. It is a great drill to learn truly how to fight to your feet when in an engagement and there are some tips that will really help in each position.
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From a USPSA Grandmaster, Reasons to Keep Your Competition Gun in Factory Stock Condition
"You'll never win with a stock gun.." Says every ignorant shooter. Joshua Shaw, one of the fastest guys to class up to GM tells us how and why he used to a stock CZ to get it done
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After You Buy A Gun For Self-Defense, Here’s What To Do With It
Know and be able to apply the National Rifle Association’s (NRA’s), Jeff Cooper’s, and the military’s basic firearm safety rules. If you have semi-automatic rifles and pistols—the most generally useful firearms for defensive purposes—know their eight-step firing cycle (p. 4-2) and Cooper’s sequence of Weapon Conditions for loading and unloading them.
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The History of the VTAC Barricade
The Viking Tactics Barricade designed by Kyle Lamb and 9 hole drill is meant to call your shots and build effective positions on ports that work for you and your weapon system. This was apparent after a recent LPVO class taught by Green Ops and trying my own hand on the barricade. Kyle designed those awkward positions to enhance your awareness of what works and what doesn't.
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Firearms Training: If You Have a Bad Experience, You Gotta Get Back Out There
There aren’t any wasted rounds in a Green Ops class, no mindless paper-punching. Every drill challenges students in terms of marksmanship and/or speed, and the outcome of each drill is analyzed. Targets aren’t just “something to shoot at.” They’re tools for measuring performance. Students are held accountable for where on the target their rounds land.
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Your Firearms Instructor SHOULD Be a Great Competitive Shooter
Working in the world of firearms instruction, I am exposed to many opinions, from both fellow trainers and students, about what background and experiences are valuable for an instructor to have. There are four main background sources from which instructors most often identify: private individuals holding a basic level of third-party certification, law enforcement officers, those with basic to elite military experience, and those that are the focus of this article, competition shooters.
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PHLster ENIGMA reviewed
With a GLOCK 48 & and appropriate level of belt adjustment, the system goes on and, if properly positioned, you can almost forget that you are carrying a handgun. A word to the wise- while my ENIGMA and PRO arrived assembled as a unit, it is my understanding that the ENIGMA by itself ships disassembled. PHLster has excellent video tutorials available to help facilitate a smooth and trouble-free initial setup of the chassis.
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Four R’s for Improvement
A brief summary of each is that you need a known action or data point for reference. Repeatability speaks to both repetitions and consistency. The real stands for looking at things objectively versus subjectively and finally reporting is about what you do with the information and knowledge you derive during your efforts. Now let us look at each one in a little more depth and with some examples of how you might possibly change what you are doing and find the growth you are after.
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Stockpiling Guns Won’t Protect You
People’s desire to enhance their ability to defend themselves is presumably the reason for these bull markets in guns because, over the years, polls have consistently shown that self-defense is always the primary reason people acquire guns. But data have also indicated that most gun owners never attend formal training in their guns’ use.
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AIWB- General gear considerations
There can be little doubt that appendix inside the waistband (AIWB) carry has seen a resurgence of popularity within the last decade or so, and for good reason. AIWB carry generally facilitates the ability to successfully carry a service-sized handgun concealed, provided you put in the work to dress around the gun (not wearing a spandex shmedium shirt while rocking your G19 Roland Special in the 1 o’clock). Generally speaking, AIWB carry means that you’re carrying a handgun in the 1 o’clock position as a right-handed shooter, and 11 o’clock as a southpaw. With that established, how did I make the journey from AIWB sceptic to a full-fledged believer? Read on…….
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Concealed Carry Considerations
The decision to lawfully carry a handgun for personal protection should not be taken lightly or approached in a cavalier manner. It’s a very significant undertaking, with permanent, life-altering consequences if we are careless, negligent or have a lapse of reason, or allow our ego or pride to drive our decision making process while carrying a firearm. Should one weigh the risks and decide to lawfully carry a concealed handgun, we owe it to ourselves and the ones that depend on us to be well trained, of good moral character and to be a sound tactician and decision-maker. The onus is on the individual reader to ensure that all local, state and Federal laws are observed.
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Testing out the new Sons of Liberty Gun Works M76LT Rifle
Mike Green of Green Ops testing out his new custom built Sons of Liberty Gun Works Rifle. The M76LT is truly an incredible rifle with superior craftsmanship by the good folks at Sons of Liberty Gun Works. Follow them online @sonsoflibertygw or at www.sonsoflibertygw.com
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Personal Security during a Pandemic
As you are all well aware, a pandemic, the novel-Corona (COVID-19) virus, has been sweeping the globe, and with it, leaving bare shelves and a panicked populace in its wake. If you’ve been following the news like I’ve been, you’ve undoubtedly noticed a disturbing trend in the number of reports surfacing over interpersonal violence at checkout lines, supermarkets and public venues where, a short two or three weeks ago, no such concerns existed. You may have also taken note of various governments and municipalities announcing a cutback in police and other first-responder services, contemporaneous with many inmates in jails and prisons being released early to avoid COVID-19 spreading throughout the penal system. How do we secure ourselves, our families and our homes in these tense and uncertain times?
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Easiest Way to Get Strong
Why the squat, bench press, deadlift, and overhead press? Because each one of them uses the most amount of muscle to perform the lift, or more simply put, more bang for your buck. The squat movement uses your quads, glutes, hamstrings, abdominals, upper back, lats, and calves. The bench press movement uses your pectorals, triceps, lats, front delts and others.
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How to Assess your Strength to Fight
Having taken many defensive firearms training classes and now joining the Green Ops team as an instructor, I notice there is one universal principal that every student has; they want to get better and become harder to kill. That is why they are getting training in the first place. When it comes to firearms training, many trainers and programs release standards for the students to meet to demonstrate the student is capable with his or her firearm.
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