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Pocket Autoloading Pistols for Personal Defense
on Apr 19, 2012
Small autoloading pistols, whether referred to as pocket pistols, hideout guns, backup guns, or mouse guns, get no respect. Frequently maligned by firearms trainers as too small, inaccurate, and not powerful enough, they are the red-headed stepchildren of the firearms community. Nonetheless, these little guns represent a major segment of the firearms sales market. Read More »
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Future of Defensive Pistol Sights, Part 1
on Mar 21, 2012
I think the future of sighting systems for handguns are small, lightweight red dot sights. I don t believe iron-sighted pistols will ever go away, but the benefits of a dot sight are obvious, and now technology has gotten to the point that they will hold up on a carry pistol. Read More »
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PDN's Best of the Best - Most Popular Videos and Articles of 2011
on Jan 06, 2012
As Managing Editor of PDN, I am always interested in which articles and videos are the most popular. Nothing gets approved for publication at PDN unless I think it is worth sharing. I was pleased to see that in 2011, our members and visitors also picked some of what I thought were the best of our outstanding contributions. Read More »
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Choosing a Holster To Fit the Fight
on Sep 28, 2011
Our ever-expanding body of knowledge changes some of the training choices we make, and I discovered that holster selection was one of the less obvious ones. My beloved straight-drop holster was actually a big impediment to efficient pistol deployment in a realistic scenario. Read More »
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Survival Rifle-Shooting Techniques
on Sep 28, 2011
The concept of shooting with one hand is often considered and trained with a handgun, but rarely approached with a rifle. Is there a reason to learn and practice one-handed survival shooting techniques with a rifle? Read More »
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Maximizing the Combat Grip
on Sep 14, 2010
Understanding, developing and refining an effective and consistent combat grip on the pistol are essential to repeatedly engage a designated target with both fundamental and combative marksmanship. While a less than optimal grip will allow us to hit a target once, follow-up shots are unlikely to hit where we want without a consistent combat grip. Read More »
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Choosing a Defensive Handgun
on Mar 23, 2010
Of all the questions I get asked by my students viewers of my television shows and PDN videos, the most popular is always what guns do I carry or think they should carry. Read More »
