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 Frank Groth | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog, Frank Groth, Targets
One of the things we as shooters, whether recreational or defensive, always need is a target. Without something to safely fire at for training or practice which gives us relevant feedback there can be no training or practice. In the course of my journey as a shooter...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 18, 2024 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Targets, Training
Objective- The shooter must be able to make decisive hits in a fast pace multiple target exercise. Targets- 3 High Power Silhouettes or 3 paper targets. Targets (T1, T2, T3) spaced about 1 yard apart. Eight inch paper plates can be used to create high value scoring...
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 | 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...
