by Michael de Bethencourt | Apr 19, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Sooner, Faster, More – Excerpted from Mike Boyle’s book: 101 Drills for Handguns and Rifles and Shotguns* Objective- This drill is designed to help the shooter gain a better understanding of their ability to make precise hits at speed. Shooter must strike a...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Apr 10, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Objective: To develop the skills necessary to prevail in a close quarters reduced light confrontation Distance: Arm’s length Target: Practice Dummy (dry fire), Cardboard humanoid (live fire) Phase One: DRY PRACTICE- The student will take a position directly in front...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
9 Shots in 9 Seconds from 9 feet Objective: The shooter must demonstrate the ability to make surgical hits after rapid movement. Distance: 3 yards, 5 yards Ammunition Requirement: 27 total (9 rounds for each phase) Target: small target such as a 3X5 inch index...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 25, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Objective: The shooter must balance speed and practical accuracy when firing the combat shotgun on multiple targets. A smooth, safe transition to the handgun will also be considered. Targets: 3 cardboard negative IPSC, T1-T3 (or similar). Targets spaced 4 feet apart....
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 25, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, De-Coder mystery
This week’s de-coder puzzle: SLR TWDP YDXP L QHSC SXXP N L SXO L YLQQ ZLQQ N LM CDX UNPXA ALP’C DXHR BA UNPOA; HQQ WM LC ANRS CRNQA, GG E-mail your solution to Michael@SnubNoir.com. All correct solution should be collected before March 4, 2025 and a winner...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 20, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt
Equipment Last and least on our Mindset list is equipment. Choosing a specific snub model or an appropriate aftermarket feature is only important after the issues of mindset, tactics and skills have been thoroughly attended to. I have my own theories about the ideal...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 19, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Objective: This drill is designed to assess practical marksmanship and basic operational skills with the combat shotgun. Ammunition Required: 10 rounds of buckshot Target: Negative IPSC with the A-zone cut away Begin Exercise: Phase One @ 15 yards- Combat load one...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 6, 2025 | Blog, Claude Werner
r “Sounded like a cap pistol when it went off. Old ‘R-P’ (Remington) nickel cased, factory ball round. I immediately recalled the Range Command speaker crackling from some forty years ago with the ‘Pop and no kick’ warning [and so I didn’t fire another round].” A...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
An “old school” test for snub revolvers Objective: This course is designed to measure marksmanship potential with a snub revolver. Rounds Needed: 30 Target: Two silhouettes with a realistic size, high value scoring area Begin Exercise: Load with at least 5 rounds and...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 28, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, De-Coder mystery
This week’s de-coder puzzle comes from our good friend Jerry Amstutz. Jerry shares with us the following: When I was an MP in the US Army in Frankfort during the early 1980’s, I was dispatched to an assault upon a young lieutenant that had just recently arrived...
