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Testing Your Rifle-Shooting Skills

Test your rifle-shooting skills with this old test endorsed by men like Townsend Whelen and Col. Jeff Cooper.

Skills Check: Building Your Skills With a Bullseye Target

Occasionally re-familiarizing yourself with the fundamentals of marksmanship can make you a better shooter.

Skills Check: Countdown Drill

Testing yourself at different distances is a great way to change things up and work on potentially weaker areas of your shooting skills, and the Countdown Drill is a great skill-building exercise for varying distances.

Shortcuts to Shooting Success?

You are a corporate executive who has become interested in personal protection with a handgun and handgun shooting for recreation as well. Your time is limited, and the level of your shooting ability is dismal, to say the least.

Skills Check: Pistol Dot Torture

With just a box of ammo and a single target, you can have a full-skills workout when practicing the Dot Torture drill.

Tactical vs. Practical: Use the Gun You Know

The cool kids may have fun toys, but the flavor of the week on social media doesn’t make them better shooters or more able to defend themselves. It’s fine to just be yourself when it comes to your shooting gear.

Skills Check: Playing Card Drill

Shooting exercises come in myriad types, so why shouldn’t your targets as well? Here's a fun trick shot with playing cards that will build your shooting skills.

Skills Check: Dot Torture Drill

With just a box of ammo and a single target, you can have a full-skills workout when practicing the Dot Torture drill.

When to Speed Up Your Shooting Process

Skillful shooters know when to slow things down and when to speed them up. Sheriff Jim Wilson talks about when it's time speed up your shooting process.

Mastering the Basics of Defensive Handgun Shooting

Having all the newest gear can definitely an advantage, but not if you haven't first mastered the basics of defensive handgun training. Sheriff Jim Wilson talks about the fundamental skills for shooting a handgun well.

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