by Michael de Bethencourt | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog, Carry Tips, de Bethencourt, Training
The Fastest Draw: In defense of having it in your hand. Rebuttal to Issue 13: Draw Stroke: The ignored master skill. By Randy Bartlett In Snub Noir Issue 13, Michael makes a bold assertion to the effect: Starting a fight with a pistol in your hand is the sign of a bad...
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 | 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...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 21, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt
Small bookkeeping item. We send every new member and renewal Snub Noir member, in additional to his new member welcome letter, and invitation to add is shooting score to our seventeen round EZ Qualifier, his Snub Noir message decoder. Currently, the de-coder is...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 16, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Secrets of the Conceal Carry Snub
Skills The cost for effective martial skills is a consistent expenditure of time, effort and energy. For the handgunner, the martial skills necessary to respond to a lethal assault is made up of several practiced sub-set skills including: draw stroke, acquiring...
