At some point, every current or aspiring shooting enthusiast will have to have a conversation about firearms in the home. I certainly fumbled on this with my wife early on. Not only was it a total shocker to her when she discovered it, but her first couple of shooting experiences were....terrible.
In this episode of Marksman Live, join us to talk about how that experience went, what we learned, and how you can do better. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX09J9eCOoY
A phrase I've heard many times over the years, especially in military circles, is, "If you ain't cheating, then you ain't trying."
In this clip, John Simpson talks about why it matters so much to engage in a training event according to the rules. The goal is not just to beat the event, but to take away specific lessons from the event that carry forth into real world situations.
John is a former special operations sniper turned instructor and author. He wrote the Fundamentals of Sniper Marksmanship as well as many other books on the topic.
Catch the full interview here: https://www.everydaymarksman.co/podcast/stealing-from-yourself/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5hHfizTJ_8
In this episode, we build on the concept of the minimum capable citizen caught in Scenario X by talking about medical. Both what you need to know, and what you should always expect to carry. I also discuss some of my favorite first aid kit pouches for good measure.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svmr2jyh11s
My recent post on establishing a fitness hierarchy made me realize that I need to do the same thing for marksmanship training. So here we are. Today I'm discussing my breakdown for prioritizing training distances and my reasoning for them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5u0tH9f4Vk
In session, I'm talking with Brent0331 about personal equipment. I've followed Brent for a long time, and he has an incredible amount of knowledge around various load carriage types from different countries. He also spends a lot of time teach others what they might be doing wrong with their gear.
Come check it out!
Brent's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Brent0331
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09JqQTaBB4
Excerpt from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZVzFRsfT4M
Not everyone has access to encrypted radios to keep communications secure, luckily we've known how to work around that for generations. This is Doc Larsen's introduction to Signal Operating Instructions, or an SOI. Think of it as a way to keep your group's radio communications as secure as possible without encryption.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eoov7rMYiY
Everyone loves talking about optimization. Entire industries spend huge amounts of money convincing you that their new whiz bang gadget or service will take you to the next level with no additional skill required. Today I'm putting a stake in the ground to tell you that optimum is a myth, and our constant pursuit of it only detracts us from focusing on what's actually important for our success.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA8pNsTw2XM
While reading through some of Coach Dan John's work, I came across a philosophy for breaking your annual training cycles. It's impossible to do everything well all of the time- something must give. Instead, we should think of our training, all of our training, from two perspectives: the bus bench, and the park bench.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUUSmBQRw9E
Excerpt from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LJbUYQdbZU
In this clip, Les from Pegasus Tests outlines the four basic guns every prepared citizen should own and be proficient with. Doc Larsen of One Shepherd also explains how a shotgun might fit into a small unit tactics role, especially for the team leader.
Les's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PegasusTests
Doc Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3TnyhDArF5aYggwBzNPMA/videos
Brent0331: https://www.youtube.com/user/Brent0331
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bZXe2bJiwI
This week I sat down again with Ilya, the Dark Lord of Optics, to answer some lingering questions I've got about prism optics. I wanted to understand how they work relative to traditional rifle scopes, and some of the tradeoffs required when designing them. During the conversation, we also wandered over how rifle scopes work in general, reticle color selection, durability, engineering tradeoffs, and more. I'm also posting the audio-only version of this as well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8ryyPB570