by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 10, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, Carry Tips, de Bethencourt, Reloading, Training
Small training note of possible note. Heading off the the range to work on some loose rounds drills. (And loose round loading is always only a malfunctioning speed loader away.) Next time you are on the range working on your loose rounds drills, think about mixing in...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 7, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, Equipment Notes, Reviews
A little information on for the members who may want to shoot their snubbies and are curious about their ballistics from our staffer Edgar Murphy. He chronographed the following factory load information. He will be re-working the material for a pending column in the...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 3, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Shooting Drills, Targets, Training
Forever looking for old ways to improve shooting drills, I was exchanging e-mail with Rich Grassi. Among the topics he was sharing with me was some thoughts on the Bakersfield/Waidelich range drill (as noted on the Tactical Wire site dated September 7, 2021) In the...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 28, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, de Bethencourt, Loading strips, Members Only, Reloading
I have suggested for decades that nothing I advocate in the snub training classes is and/or should be of any value until the students has personally tested the recommendation. Testing and determining the different ratio of rounds vs time to load (3 vs 4 vs 5) rounds...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 7, 2024 | de Bethencourt
Rather than tell you that I built this for church (which I did not) let me tell you about something I built that evolver into my Sunday Go to Meeting Snub. Initially a good friend (who wishes to remain uncredited) offered me his ultra lightweight m342 J-frame. I...
