Luckiest Guy In The World!

God, must have a purpose for keeping this guy alive.

Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a SAFE & HAPPY EASTER!



STAY SAFE, & ALWAYS COVER YOUR SIX!

Food For Thought

"Si Vis Pacum, Para Bellum, If you seek Peace, Prepar for War"

My first Published Article

Been meaning to post this for awhile. It is an article that I had written for a magazine not to long ago.

I WILL BE PUBLISHING MONTHLY ARTICLES IN THIS MAGAZINE. SOME OF THE VIEW POINTS ARE MINE, BUT A LOT OF THE TRAINING ISSUES AND SUGGESTIONS ARE A WEALTH OF INFORMATION GATHERED OVER THE YEARS FROM SOME OF THE TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINERS IN THE WORLD. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND TO HAVE TRAINED WITH THESE EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS. I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE PUBISHER OF JERSEY SPORTING LIFE MAGAZINE TO WRITE AN ARTICLE ON WHAT I FEEL IS THE BEST HANDGUN FOR HOME DEFENSE. SO, LET’S GET STARTED BY FIRST SAYING THAT IF YOU ASK TEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE, YOU WILL GET TEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS. SINCE THIS IS MY ARTICLE, YOU ARE GOING TO GET MY OPINION. YOU MAY DISAGREE AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO. BUT, MAKE SURE YOU CAN BACK UP YOUR OPINION WITH FACTS. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE NOVICE TO VERY EXPERIENCED AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM ALL OF THEM. UNLESS YOU ARE A VERY EXPERIENCED OPERATOR OR GUN HANDLER, MY EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING INDIVIDUALS WOULD LEAD ME TO SUGGEST THE 3” OR 4” BARREL, SIX SHOT REVOLVER. NOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE GOING BALLISTIC. REVOLVER!, THAT’S AN OUTDATED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. REALLY! LET ME EXPLAIN WHERE I AM COMING FROM. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I AM NOT A GADGET GUY AND I FAVOR SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS IN SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT WORK QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. WHEN DEALING WITH FIREARMS, THERE IS NOTHING SIMPLER THAN A WHEELGUN. IT IS EASY TO LOAD AS WELL AS UNLOAD. IT HAS A BUILT-IN SAFETY, WHICH IS THAT LONG HEAVY TRIGGER PULL, YOU REALLY NEED TO PRESS THROUGH IT TO MAKE THE GUN GO BANG. IF YOU PRESS THE TRIGGER AND YOU GET A CLICK, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS PRESS IT AGAIN AND THAT SHOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE GUN NOT FIRING. THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN MOST OF THE MORE FORMIDABLE HANDGUN CALIBERS. THAT ALL SEEMS TO FIT INTO MY WORLD WHERE THE NUMBER 1 RULE IS THE KISS RULE (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID). THE SMALLER FIVE SHOT 2” BARREL REVOLVERS ARE NICE, ESPECIALLY FOR CONCEALED CARRY, BUT THEY ARE NOT AS EASY TO SHOOT AS THE LARGER 3’ OR 4” COMBAT REVOLVERS ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEAVIER 38 SPECIAL LOADS OR MORE POTENT 357 MAG. LOADS. FOR PRACTICE PURPOSES, IT’S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO PRACTICE WITH YOUR GUN WHEN YOUR HAND IS FEELING AS IF SOMEOME SMACKED IT WITH A HAMMER AFTER YOU HAVE ONLY JUST FIRED A FEW ROUNDS. THE 5 SHOT 2” REVOLVERS ARE FOR EXPERIENCED GUN HANDLERSESPECIALLY THE AIRLITE’S. IF YOU ARE GOING TO OWN A HANDGUN FOR HOME DEFENSE, YOU BETTER PLAN ON PRACTICING A LOT SO THAT YOU BECOME PROFICIENT WITH IT. PURCHASING AND OWNING ANY TYPE OF FIREARM FOR SELF-DEFENSE IS A REALLY LARGE RESPONSIBILTY TO TAKE ON. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN FUTURE ARTICLES. WELL, THAT’S MY OPINION AND I GAVE YOU SOME FACTS TO BACK IT UP. THE CHOICE IS YOURS, BUT REMEMBER WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE, MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME GOOD TRAINING FROM AN EXPERIENCED CERTIFIED FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.

ALWAYS COVER YOUR 6 & STAY SAFE!

“Cogito, ergo armatum sum: I think, therefore I am armed”

Food for thought!

"Cogito, ergo armatum sum: I think, therefore I am armed"

NEW TRAINING GUN!

RED SIRT PISTOL

CLEAR COAT SIRT PISTOL

If you are a serious shooter, you know for a fact how important dry fire practice is. TRIGGER CONTROL is one of the two most important factors of effectively and accurately placing your shots on target. Dry fire practice enables you to focus your complete attention on smoothly pressing the trigger to the rear without letting your FRONT SIGHT,(the second of the two factors), move off

of the center mass of whatever your intended target/threat is. Proper trigger manipulation is nothing more than: 1.Taking the slack out of the trigger, right up to the point where the trigger if pressed, any further back will break the shot; 2.Continue to press the trigger straight back,smoothly, until the shot breaks; 3. Resetting the trigger,by not taking your finger off the trigger, and moving it forward to that same point to where your trigger was when you initially took up the slack, and then pressing again to break the next shot if needed. I always tell my students that the trigger finger has to operate independent of all other aspects of firing the gun.

The drill should go like this; Slack, Press, Reset, Press, Reset, Press, and continue until you have fired the desired amount of rounds. This should be done at a pace that is ROBOTICLY SLOW! and increased gradually until you are doing this without having to think about it. Once you have reached this point to where you are systematically resetting the trigger, then the drill should be stepped up to where you are telling yourself; FRONT SIGHT, PRESS each time you SMOOTHLY PRESS the trigger to the rear.

Now in the past unless you had a pistol that fires in the double action mode, for instance, a Sig P229 you would have had to rack the slide in order for you to be able to do this drill, like with any of the Glock pistols.

Now, thanks to a company named; NextLevel Training, you can purchase an exceptional training tool. The SIRT (SHOT INDICATING RESETTING TRIGGER) pistol. This tool will allow you to practice SAFELY anywhere at any time and give you the advantage of being able to completely focus on those two most important shooting fundamentals, FRONT SIGHT PLACEMENT AND TRIGGER CONTROL!

With the cost of ammo today it can become very expensive to get in enough practice to keep your skill level up. As with most sports, you have to practice and practice if you want to stay at the top of your game. Again, now you have a tool available that once purchased will give you hours and hours of valuable training time. Based on the cost of 50 rounds of 9mm, @ approx. $10.00 -$12.00, the SIRT PISTOL WILL HAVE PAID FOR ITSELF ON THAT 1,500 TRIGGER PRESS especially, when you figure in the cost of going to and from the range, gasoline, targets, and range fees.

Proper trigger manipulation, or any other skill for that matter, can only be perfected by continuous repetitions of doing it the correct way. This is known as conditioning in the training world. It's not so much muscle memory, but a marriage between the physiological and neurological systems. It takes approximately 3,000 repetitions just to learn a skill, and about 10,000 repetitions to burn it into your subconscious (YOUR MID BRAIN) so that your performing it without even thinking about it. This is where the saying "DON'T JUST TRAIN UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT! TRAIN SO THAT YOU CAN'T GET IT WRONG" comes from.

Well, now you are probably a little interested as to where you can go to get more information and just how much it will cost to purchase a SIRT PISTOL. That's the easy part. THE ROTAC TRAINING GROUP has just become an authorized Rep/Distributor for NextLevel Training products. You can contact me either by phone (215)416-0750 or e-mail; rotac2@gmail.com. THESE PISTOLS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PRODUCTS, CAN ONLY BE ORDERED THRU AN AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR WHO HAS TO SUPPLY YOU WITH AN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER.

You can go to; http://www.nextleveltraining.com/ for information and training video's.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!