Pistol-mounted optics are battery-powered and man-made. As a result, they can fail. Not anywhere near as often as they once did, but they can. How do you deal with that if it happens? First, for the foreseeable future, set your pistol up with back-up sights. Whether you have them in the bottom of the glass or co-witnessed with the dot is a discussion for another Instructor’s Corner article. Just have a set of back-up sights. To practice transitioning to your iron sights, work either dry practice or shooting drills with the dot turned off. Here are three more ways you can continue to … [Read more...]
July Gunsite Newsletter
INDEPENDENCE DAY! Independence Day is a grand holiday for the Republic, but especially for the Gunsite family. Celebrating the day that guaranteed our unalienable rights is an unprecedented event every year. I still fondly think back on the young woman who publicly recited the Pledge of Allegiance for the second time since achieving her US citizenship prior to her Gunsite 250. She was rightfully emotional and proud! We must share some very sad news with the Gunsite family. Long-time Rangemaster and recently retired Gunsite Gunsmith Mike Moore was killed in a traffic accident last … [Read more...]
WHAT DVC MEANS AND HOW IT APPLIES TO YOU
And How It Applies To You. By Jeremy D. Clough The letters “DVC” are prominently displayed in the USPSA logo, and routinely encountered around the practical shooting world. The initials for the Latin words “Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas” (accuracy, power, speed), DVC was popularized by Jeff Cooper as shorthand for the goals of defensive shooting. Not for the whole shebang of avoidance and self-protection — there are color codes, the combat triad, the OODA loop and many other factors that play into that — but the serious business of putting holes where they need to go. And it is inherently … [Read more...]
Gunsmithy Corner – The New Crew
Overview With Mike Moore retiring as the Gunsmithy for Gunsite Academy, the time for a fresh start was at hand. With the ever-growing class sizes and demand for custom work, who better to pace the strides of Gunsite than two growing business that have been supporting the shooters and instructors of Gunsite personnel and alumni than Dave Fink and Bobby Tyler? Who They Are Finks Custom Gunsmithing has been in Chino Valley Arizona just outside of Gunsite academy for 4 years. The Fink crew’s passion was split between custom pistol/rifle work and firearms refinishing. Tyler Gun Works, … [Read more...]
BRAVE Carbine Course
BRAVE (Ballistic Response Against Violent Encounters) is a family of classes developed to afford students a time and cost-effective way to receive training in a variety of topics related to everyday self-protection issues. While other BRAVE classes focus on pistol tactics, BRAVE Carbine provides information in a variety of topics related to the deployment of the modern sporting rifle platform. BRAVE Carbine has the prerequisite requirement of Gunsite 250 pistol and 223 carbine classes. The class begins, like all Gunsite classes, with a classroom presentation of general safety principles … [Read more...]
