by Michael de Bethencourt | Jun 22, 2026 | Blog
Every now and again somebody asks me about the benefit of competition for the person who is not really interesting in “playing the game” but is interested in building or maintaining skill for serious self-defense. I respond with, “Yes it is valuable, but…” The “but”...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jun 20, 2026 | Blog, de Bethencourt
Dear Friends: The material that follows I wrote over thirty years ago. I never felt if was ready to print and subsequently, excluding a few proto-galley proof tests samples, I never printed it. I still do not believe the material is ready, but I suspect a few...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jun 17, 2026 | de Bethencourt, Secrets of the Conceal Carry Snub
Dear Friends: The material that follows I wrote over thirty years ago. I never felt if was ready to print and subsequently, excluding a few proto-galley proof tests samples, I never printed it. I still do not believe the material is ready, but I suspect a few...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jun 16, 2026 | Blog, de Bethencourt
Dear Friends: The material that follows I wrote over thirty years ago. I never felt if was ready to print and subsequently, excluding a few proto-galley proof tests samples, I never printed it. I still do not believe the material is ready but I suspect a few...
by Michael de Bethencourt | May 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Rauch Rule Gun writer and former Secret Service special agent Walter Rauch is credited with publicizing the importance of religiously checking the firing condition of your self-defense gun any time it has been out of your hands. I thought that this suggestion was...