by Michael de Bethencourt | Sep 11, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Left a sportsmen’s club meeting two evenings ago and once again I have to marvel at how ignorant I am. In the course of a conversation on handgunning I suggested that a serious gun owner is required to invest in a smaller caliber version of his favorite carry...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
There are at least three versions of the “tactical re-load” for the revolver. Without being harsh, I profoundly oppose every version of them. The foundation goal of all is to claw out the spent brass in order to 1) retain the live rounds, and 2) replace the removed...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Sep 6, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Mike Boyle, I and a few others are working on collecting and binding thirty eight of our collective favorite snub range drills. From time to time I’ll post a few that you might want to try out. Your feedback is always welcome. This drill is a draw conditioning...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Sep 4, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills
Five & Dime- 5 shots, 5 yards in 10 seconds Objective: The shooter must demonstrate the ability to make surgical hits, use cover and efficiently reload the combat revolver. Scenario: You have fired multiple rounds without effect and only 3 remain in your...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 25, 2025 | Blog, Mike Boyle, Range Drills, Shooting Drills, Training
Self-Evaluation for Snub Revolvers and Pocket Pistols Objective: This drill was designed to give the shooter feedback on their ability to make surgical hits when firing at game speed. Target: Any target with a realistic size high value scoring area may be used such...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 22, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt
Chapter Three Sizing up Some Common Snubs Almost any snub you currently possess is a good self-defense gun if only because you can readily put your hands on it. Alternatively, for a shooter looking for that optimum ideal snub, there isn’t one. There are of course...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 20, 2025 | Ammunition, Blog, Mare Venrick
The .327 federal magnum is a very interesting cartridge, Taurus ni longer makes them, but charter arms, Ruger and s&w still do, s&w0nly on performance center. My Taurus, I’ve found to be minute of bad guy at 10 yards ( after working the trigger a bit)....
by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Revolver Shooting – By Midshipmen W.A. Lee, Jr. and A.D. Denny, U.S. Navy – March 1910 Accurate revolver shooting is so easy to learn and so important in an officer’s profession that it seems it should not be neglected as it has been in the training...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Here are a few basic nomenclature terms that every snub owner should know. Though many of these terms are well known, there are a few atypical terms that will be used in this text. The terms worth taking special note of are marked with an asterisk. These include: Back...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Aug 2, 2025 | Blog
Don’t be a Lightweight – The Pros and Cons of Ultralight Firearms by Matthew Donovan – from his page at The writing Gunsmith Aug 01, 2025 Let’s face it, no one likes to carry a heavy gun. More than most, I have a passion for lightweight guns...
