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Review: Streak Visual Ammunition

Instead of using magnesium for illumination, like standard tracer rounds, Streak Visual Ammunition uses a phosphor-based compound that doesn't produce any fire risk. We took it to the range to see how it performed.

Iron Sights vs. Red Dots: Which is Better for Handguns?

Slide-mounted red-dot optics on pistols are hot and getting hotter.

Mental Focus vs. Mental Awareness

Shooting at the very edge of your skills envelope requires tremendous mental focus and well-developed shooting awareness. However, some shooters believe that shooting awareness and mental focus are one in the same. They are not. Using pistol shooting (combat or competition) as an example, what is the difference between the two and how can it help you hone your shooting skills to a razor’s edge?

Improve Your Shooting By Focusing On The Process

Everybody likes to hit the target. A focusing on the learning process helps you do it more often.

Tech Wisdom: The Safety Check

Visual assessment of a gun’s chamber followed by tactile confirmation will ensure whether a firearm is safe to handle. 

Indexing: The Foundation of Rapid and Accurate Pistol Shooting

Learning to use your body, mind and senses to develop the perfect draw stroke takes practice and determination.

Handbook: Using Bad Sight Pictures

A sight picture doesn’t have to be perfect, and precise accuracy usually isn’t needed at the cost of speed.

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