Improving your Skills Do you want to get good at shooting a pistol? And, we’re not talking about just standing in front of a paper target shooting at your leisure. You want to be able to defend yourself and loved ones. What do you do?There are many shooting drills

With deep backgrounds in martial arts and the Marine Corps, Allen Elishewitz is one of the self-defense circuit’s “best all-around trainers,” says author Paul Pawela. It’s all about Defining Angles of Attack for Defensive and Offensive Counters with Knives and Guns. While the average citizen is determined to go about

Top trainer’s four-day Self-Defense Course focuses on knives, Close-Quarters Shooting, Firing from Vehicles. Story and Photos by Paul Pawela The 1969 classic Western movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is loosely based on real-life events,and there is one powerful scene in the film that sums up Americans when it comes

A steady diet of dryfire at-home practice is an excellent way to save money on ammo and engrain proper muscle memory and shooting form. However, sometimes you just NEED to send some live rounds downrange! Let’s be honest, spending an afternoon clanging some steel or punching holes in paper at

Whether hunting, competing or in combat, shooting accuracy is critical. This is how one expert ensures it. Story and Photos by Ash Hess Ask five people what it takes to shoot well, and you will get seven different answers. Odds are high you will get three answers that have something

On April 19, 1775, a man named Samuel Whittemore directly engaged the 47th Regiment of Foot. Armed with a musket, dueling pistols and a saber, Whittemore caused them to deploy by killing three and forced them to execute actions on contact. He in turn was shot in the face, bayoneted,