APRIL FOOLS OR SPRING AHEAD? Where did the first quarter of 2025 go?  Didn’t we just ring in the New Year and go to SHOT Show?  Now we are headed to the NRA Annual Meeting end of April! Do we act as April Fools and believe that we will rise to occasion when a critical event occurs, or do we Spring Ahead as we default to our level of training.  Training is perishable skill and will deteriorate if you do not keep it up.  Dry practice will do.  Working presentations is grand.  Performance measured live fire is even better.   Make the time to practice your life saving skills. Spring is … [Read more...]

Winter? Not in Arizona. In and out like a Lion It has been exceptionally mild in northern Arizona this winter with more of the same in the forecast. The Gunsite students have enjoyed the weather, but the lack of moisture is disconcerting. We hope the wildfire season will not be harmful and we receive the monsoon rains in July. When you visit Arizona, please be fire conscious. Gunsite let me 'come off the bench" and teach the inaugural three (3) day Seasoned Citizen Pistol Class at Shooters World in The Villages north of Orlando Florida. A great group of folks from inexperienced shooters to … [Read more...]

INTO A NEW YEAR "New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drinks, friendly calls, and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness of the occasion.”                  Letter to the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, January, 1863 “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”  - Benjamin Franklin As we get a bit more seasoned in our years, the years go quicker.  Was it really 25 years ago that we worried about the … [Read more...]

May is Upon Us! Spring is well underway and Summer just around the corner. Nothing has slowed down at the Gunsite Ranch! Last week we had seven (7) classes underway here. Logistics becomes a crucial issue and staying on task and on the timeline is a challenge for the instructors. This week is Team Tactics for 2, Shotgun 260, Shotgun Advanced Tactical Problems and the Jeff Cooper 250 Pistol Class. This 250 is all 1911 pistols with leather gear. Our “seasoned” instructors (Those of us that learned from and worked for Jeff Cooper) take the lead and it is a grand time. Lindy Cooper Wisdom is … [Read more...]