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Weak Hand Shooting: The Roll Method Draw

Mike Seeklander

How Good Are You? Measuring Shooting Skill

Most shooters have a type A personality that drives us. That being the case, my students often ask me how to measure the skills they have. While there are multiple... View Content

Laser Sights on Concealed Carry Guns

SUMMARY: Mike Seeklander used to think laser sights were only for military usage, but now he's got them on his concealed carry and home-defense guns. What are the benefits of... View Content

Family Defensive Strategies: For the Armed Individual

This article addresses tactics and techniques that will serve the armed person during a situation where they may have to use their gun while with friends or family members. I... View Content

Future of Defensive Red Dot Sights, Part 2: Testing and Evaluation

I stated the premise of this two-part article in Part 1: “I think that the future of sighting systems for handguns (both medium-frame carry and duty pistols) are small, lightweight... View Content

Weapon Strikes: Uses and Application in a Fight

During a recent episode of The Best Defense TV show, my co-host and I demonstrated the use of a weapon strike against an opponent. I thought viewers might wonder why... View Content

Emergency Reload with Support Hand

Mike Seeklander

The Knee Method: Deploying a Handgun with One Hand

Mike Seeklander

Future of Defensive Red Dot Sights, Part 1: Research and Set Up

Bowie Tactical Glock with red dot sight. While I don’t recommend building a defensive gun without backup iron sights, I do think the sights are now getting durable enough to... View Content

Self-Defense Checklist

For those of us who really like to shoot, going to the range and training is easy and fun … but there are several other things you should address to... View Content

Fighting with a Home Defense Shotgun

Shotguns are incredibly versatile weapons that can be used very successfully as self-defense tools. I am often asked about using a shotgun for home defense, probably due to the fact... View Content

Getting the Gun Into the Fight: Quick Draw Handgun Techniques

A fellow instructor and I were recently discussing techniques surrounding the draw process. The epicenter of the discussion was what position the support hand should be in during the draw... View Content

Survival Rifle-Shooting Techniques: Operating a Rifle With One Hand

Transition Step 2 I’m an avid believer in practicing skills that might be considered extreme, such as one-handed survival shooting skills. With all the high-quality training available today, it’s common... View Content

Design Your Own Firearms Training Program

I am often asked what gun I like best, and although I answer the question, I wish people would shift their thinking. While I do understand why people worry about... View Content

Light Up The Night: Handgun Solutions in Low Light

In the article Training Solutions in Low Light Environments, I addressed equipping and using a rifle in low-light environments. However, the vast majority of us will probably be armed with... View Content

Controlling Your Rifle

Do you control your rifle? More specifically, can you shoot it accurately, yet very fast, at distances of 25 yards or more? This article focuses on a high-performance stance/mount system... View Content

As I lay there mortally wounded, with my life slipping away, I could not help remembering the words of the instructor who had taught my concealed carry class. He said,... View Content

Training Solutions in Low-Light Environments

Last night, I spent three hours shooting in the dark. The goals: to shoot test my new JP-15LE rifle, test my low-light mounting solution (a SureFire X300 mounted at twelve... View Content

The Conceal Carry Trap

Not knowing how to employ a firearm from positions other than standing comes from a failure to explore those concepts in training. A concealed carry class recently graduated at U.S.... View Content

Top 5 Bad Habits

I painfully watched my student get shot. The rounds impacted his upper chest area in perfect placement, even though the bad guy was shooting from a grounded position with only... View Content

Survival Shooting Techniques: Why Train With One Hand?

What is the real reason we should train to use only one hand to manipulate and shoot the firearm? Lots of people might say, “Because it is common to get... View Content

Combative Applications of Competitive Techniques, Part 2

In part 1 of this article, I tried to draw correlations between two areas (combative and competitive) in each of the five critical skill sets. My purpose was to outline... View Content

Combative Applications of Competitive Techniques, Part 1

I’ve often been asked, “Does practical shooting under the stress of competition offer training benefit to those who want to use these skills for combative purposes?” My answer is a... View Content