by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 25, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Training
Chapter 1 (a) – Introduction to the Snub Beware the man with one gun; he may know how to use it. So goes the old saw. Good advice but nothing I ever followed. For years I changed my primary carry gun as readily as New England changes its weather. Unfortunately...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, De-Coder mystery
The note from the missing boy arrived. It read: “Dear Mom and Dad. I’m being held for ransom. Have not been injured yet. For the love of humanity put the money in the halliburton case and please deliver it to the park and await further instruction. They will let...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jul 22, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Mike Boyle, Shooting Drills
This material is excerpted from Mike Boyle’s upcoming book of shooting drills: Objective: to assess the shooters ability to make decisive hits on a threat while operating in a low light environment Targets: 3 steel (preferable) or cardboard silhouettes will be...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jul 7, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Targets, Training
The results of the first test on our Matt Clanton/Clanton Combatives milk bottle targets are in. The foam bottles worked far better than I had any right to hope. The “creasing hits” took off a very small amount of material, and with an appropriate...
by Michael de Bethencourt | May 6, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Holsters, K-frames
Over the weekend I conducted a 6-hour Snub Noir workshop for the shooters at the High Hill Fox and Coon sportsmen’s club in Dartmouth, MA. For the the day’s program I opted to use an Airweight S&W K-frame m12. The next day, Monday, I was packing away...
by Michael de Bethencourt | May 1, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, News
On the off chance anyone was interested … this morning we received the 50 shipping boxes for posting the Snub Noir coffee mugs to the staff. Craig Spegel send two custom sets of wood stocks for my m12 K-frames, and a 3-inch J-frame barrel for an upcoming...
