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...
by Jason Chandonnet | Jan 25, 2024 | Blog, News
Dear Members, We are happy to announce that Issue 8 of The Detective Gatzette is available for download here! The print copies will be arriving soon and will be sent out after. Contents Battle of the Snubbies – The Colt Agent Takes on the New Kimber K6xs by...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jan 22, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Reviews, Training
A few days ago Mike Lyle over at Zeta6 was kind enough to send me over a number of his new Safe Snap revolver tools. The SafeSnap rings are a dry firing tool that Michael Lyle over at Zeta6 and Claude Werner had been discussing many months ago. The SafeSnaps are great...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Reloading, Uncategorized
An uncommon business promotional tool, speed loader, and business card combination. The roughly 1/8 inch thick flexible-rubber business-card sized item is fitted with six semi-circular-spaced holes for holding revolver ammunition. Theoretically, one can fit three...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Equipment Notes, Training
There are more ways to carry a snub on your ankle than I suspect you realize. Notable because I suspect you wouldn’t believe folks are carrying them in those positions. The four basic carry modes are simple. Right/left ankle either inside/outside position. But...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 23, 2023 | Ammunition, Blog, Carry Tips, Reloading
Elsewhere on the Snub Noir Facebook page, Ethan Seki made a good point that is worth drawing greater attention to. As most of you should know, the material used for the many brands of loading strips, including those made by Bianchi, TUFF, and Zeta6 to name only three,...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Uncategorized
As you may know we received about two dozen lighters from Zippo with the Snub Noir logo art and association text on the incorrect sides of our members’ lighters. We have managed to sell off about half these lighters as-is if only because they will become an...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 15, 2023 | Blog, de Bethencourt
This evening got ahead of me but I wanted to leave a few quick notes regarding the Zeta6 K-PAK-II loading strips I have been working with. The K-PAK-II is a seven round, staggered designed reloading tool. It is designed to load up to three rounds in a 6-round revolver...