Well, I must be doing something right. Lead poisoning is no joke! Practice good hygiene around your guns, ammo, range gear, and range clothing. Get your lead levels checked by your doctor with a simple blood test, at least once every couple of years, if you shoot with any regularity.

Shooting is a small portion physical and a large portion mental. Here, I'm working on moving and shooting. Once you find a comfortable pace to move at while being able to track your sights predictively, the more this becomes subconscious and frees the mind up to simply focus on the shooting aspect.

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FYI for my trans followers in TX - I don't want to stir any fear in you, but this is something to keep tabs on. Sending solidarity and love to y'all. 🖤

Your feet are the foundation of your entire body, they control how you move through the world, and their health translates upwards to everything above - ankles, knees, hips, and spine, affecting your balance and posture. I've taken this for granted until recently.

This rug has been a fixture in my life from as far back as I can remember and will almost certainly be enjoyed by someone else long after I am gone. Decades have passed where I grew up playing on it, sitting on it while I worked on projects, eating meals over it, and watching my cats wrestle with

I finally took the plunge into digital radios and snagged a couple of Anytone 878s, which seem to be a well loved entry-level DMR unit. I'm really impressed so far! Beyond being able to use analog bands, digital offers many more ways to send, receive, parse, and control information over the waves.

Some additional thoughts on the Wired article, spurred by A Better Way 2A's post elsewhere about this (thank you): I certainly had some mixed feelings about certain aspects of the article, but think the impact is largely positive. That said, I also tried to set some realistic expectations -

What a time to be at the intersection of all these matters, and yet here we are, thriving! Community is everything, and I'm forever grateful for the opportunities and the people to build more and more of it with. 🙏 Read more: wired.com/story/the-hard-left-shooters-leading-a-gun-culture-revolution

If you have any Gmail accounts, I strongly recommend you take a look at these settings.

[insert dumb Sun Tzu quote here]

Ronan Piontek interviewed both Jordan (formerly from A Better Way 2A) and I about our perspectives on self defense and carving out space away from mainstream gun culture, especially for minorities and others who have conventionally felt left out. Give it a read!

I've got yet another compilation of airsoft event footage up, complete with woods, bunkers, a coastal artillery battery, grenades, night vision, and an enemy team getting rolled. This was a fun one, check it out!

My sincerest apologies to the dude in this room. A compilation of more footage from this event to drop soon, stand by.

I can't tell you how many people I've known who own a closet full of rifle builds but couldn't even survive a day in their own backyard in the cold months. This is a highly underrated topic, far more practical than any firearm, and this video addresses it eloquently.

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

It was nearly impossible to choose excerpts to share here - I would post the whole book if I could. Every passage is a mountain of wisdom playfully told, a timeless and colorful quilt woven by queer survival and breaking free that rings powerfully true from its era to ever more relevant today.

Sometimes, your gun malfunctions and your stage planning goes out the window. I've never had any issues with my G47 until this point. I'm chalking it up to a combo of lack of lubricant in a lot of rain on a gun that may still be in the break-in period - it ran fine after adding more lube.

Cold rain, cold hands, cold start. Still, these are often among my best stages of any given competition. It's a little counterintuitive to the idea of being warmed up, but there's something to having a set of fresh eyes and a fresh mind. Are there patterns you've noticed for when you're locked in?

Even if you've attended a stop the bleed class before, even if you're qualified far beyond this level, it's still good to take an hour every once in a while to attend. These can be found across the country and are often free, like the one I just attended hosted by the American College of Surgeons.

I love orb weaver season. 🥰

Shooting doubles is the most simple and efficient way to assess your fundamentals, especially sight tracking and recoil control. The idea is to only worry about the time between a first and second follow-up shot and your accuracy. Simply start your shot timer, take your time, and line up on target

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.

Many years ago, the very first thing I put on my first AR-15 build was a set of steel Magpul MBUS Pros before installing a proper optic on that rifle. Even back then, I would have been better-served just saving that money for a quality optic.

There are no iron sights in this photo. There are at least two independent sighting systems on each of these rifles (the middle has three). The middle and the right don't need batteries to use their primary sight. Redundant sighting systems are good. Optics are best in most cases.

They have been for quite some time now.

It's Glocktober bbs. 🍂

After running a USPSA match with this rig, I have some initial thoughts. But first, let me outline what it even is the setup here. The belt is a Double Alpha Academy Lynx belt with the ratchet buckle, DAA ratchet inner belt, DAA XiP magazine pouches, Ben Stoeger Pro Shop BOSS hanger

The more I shoot, the more I appreciate just how much of this discipline is a mental exercise. Stage planning, reloads, and footwork aside here, one struggle really stood out to me during the whole match - target focus.

I’d like to take a moment to offer some initial impressions of the second version of the Lead & Steel Pandora PB-3 micro red dot sight. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my review of the first version on YT. That said, I’m even more impressed by this latest iteration!

The worst mass shooting in American history. Some of the most despicable violence ever committed here has been the very function of American politics - don't get it twisted.

I finally did it, I attended a USPSA match, and a classifier at that! This was a great way to start out with some simple stages and to set a baseline to see where I’m at.

"You died. I cried. And kept on getting up. A little slower. And a lot more deadly." - Assata Shakur

Now this is podracing. Trying out a new Double Alpha Academy rig for competition, this should be fun!

locked tf in

Anyone, but especially gun owners, should be regularly attending stop the bleed classes. It's not just for the range - it's for the streets, the workplace, the home, anywhere.

It is outright ghoulish, the feedback loop of American celebrity, the spectacle of violence, and the obsessive knee-jerk to squeeze oneself into it with idle chatter in some pathetic attempt to feel a sense of relevance.

Regularly wading through numerous reports of safety recalls and reports of deadly uncommanded discharges, let alone the challenges that come with less ubiquitous platforms, I hate that I've had to rail on this for years now, but here I am resharing this again.

1 + 1 = 4

Contouring a polymer trigger guard on a handgun will ensure a custom fit for your mitts and is easy to do! For those not carrying on body against bare skin, I also strongly recommend a stipple job to maximize your grip potential. Here's a little video guide, enjoy! 😎

Apropos of nothing, why not take this opportunity to equip yourself in a practical, realistic way? Glock 19, 17, 45, or 47, case of Blazer, red dot, and start training. (M&P 2.0 or *maybe* a PDP also acceptable.) Don’t neglect your dry fire. Read PST. See you on the range.

If you're new, definitely be sure to binge my playlist for newbies.

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I have no investment in getting people to buy Glocks others than doing my best to make sure you're getting your money's worth. That said, a 1 year membership with GSSF for $35 will give you access to blue label pricing - $150 off of a gen 5 Glock 19. gssf.pro/membership/

If you're looking for your first handgun for self defense, just get a Glock or an M&P. See this vid for how I like to set up my Glock.

If you're trans in the U.S. and have been planning on purchasing any firearms, you should do so now.

A few things I've added to my EDC lately. In addition to my usual tin with ear plugs, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen, I also carry a couple of cigarettes. Whether you smoke or not, these are basically de-escalation sticks. Sometimes, the answer to someone harassing you on the street is to simply share

Multicam moment.

Not me buying shooting gear and taking a hit of nicotine.

If you stack multiple calibers and loadings like me, I strongly recommend using some sort of color coordinating system for quick and easy reference. A cheap and easy solution is to simply use electrical tape.