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 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 | Dec 20, 2015 | Gear, Pistols
The other day on the ATA Facebook page, I shared a link to an article that rumored the Navy SEALs will be switching over from Sig pistols to Glock 19’s. Now I have absolutely no way of knowing if this is true (the rumor is pretty suspect since it came via...
