by Ben Adams | May 1, 2019 | Gear, Level 1: Self-Defender, Pistols
The ammunition you carry in your self-defense weapon matters. I think that this is a topic that a lot of people are pretty uneducated on, and it really is an important thing to possess at least a working knowledge of. ATA recently had the good fortune of receiving a...
by Matt | Nov 13, 2017 | Level 2: Citizen-Protector, Pistols, Tactics
This will serve as the first post in a series dealing with Church Security planning and considerations. Recently there was a deadly shooting in Davidson County, TN that took place at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch. An active killer who claimed that he...
by Ben Adams | May 14, 2017 | Announcements, Pistols, Rifles
Meet Johnny Ringo, the star of ATA’s newest custom training target. Mr. Ringo is an educated man, and he has agreed to help train prospective gunfighters seeking instruction from Appalachian Tactical Academy. He’s made out of heavy-duty cardstock, which...
by Ben Adams | May 11, 2017 | Level 1: Home Defender, Level 1: Self-Defender, Pistols
As some of you may know, I believe it’s a good thing for the Armed Citizen to periodically shoot some standard courses of fire as a way to track your progress and see just how good you really are. In the past, I’ve shot the IDPA Classifier as well as the...
by Ben Adams | Apr 28, 2017 | Gear, Pistols
I’ve been experimenting with different iron sight options for fighting pistols here lately. As you all are probably well aware, I’ve used XS Big Dots for about the past nine years and recommended them in my classes and on this blog since starting...
by Ben Adams | Jul 5, 2016 | Announcements, ATA Pistol I, ATA Pistol II, Pistols
If you look on the class description pages for ATA Pistol I + KY CCDW, ATA Pistol II, and ATA Rifle I, then you have probably noticed that the gear list calls for a duty/service-style handgun and then goes on to specify no pocket pistols. You will also note (if...
