by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog, Shooting Drills, Targets, Training
Craig Ingalls, against his batter judgment, is helping me with this idea. He has a 3 foot cable reel which I plan to use as a base, and then mount a lazy Susan rotating plate on top of the reel, and then a circular and thinner 2-1/2-foot disk to the plate. Next...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog, Equipment Notes, Training
I have a number of small .25 and .32 pistols and regrettably my least favorites are all of the blow-back versions. Yes, there is a lot to love about some of them, and for folks with hand issues who insist on a small semi-auto pistol, and who can’t draw back the...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 3, 2023 | Blog, Q & A
Wanted to see the difference between the Beretta 21A and the much maligned Taurus PT-22. Both are very similar, with a number of design differences. And standard velocity ammo. Magazines- Both are 7 round, but will not interchange due to magazine release locations....
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 3, 2023 | Blog, Training
Well this is the first shooting drill that actually gave me a headache. We down-loaded and printed out a set of 1-through-9 preschool number learning coloring sheets and printed each on a different, pastel colored sheet of paper. Then we set four sheet on two separate...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 2, 2023 | Blog, Shooting Drills, Training
Some time back Mike Boyle, former Board of Director member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, send us a collection of one hundred and one range training drills. Mike had collected these drills over his years as a firearms...
