Modern Weapons

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Get Real with Dan Meadows

Know Your Weapons Know Yourself

Following my military career, I served for many years as a law enforcement professional in the southeast part of the United States.  I started...
GUNSAFE: A Community Firearms Safety and Responsibility Course for All Adults

Gunsafe

The purpose of GUNSAFE is to provide enough basic information about guns and how they work so that the average adult can recognize the...
Donald Miskel

Unarmed Against a Bladed Weapon

You might get your butt whipped for carrying a knife but it usually wouldn’t land you in jail. Consequently everyone on the streets carried...
Firearms Training for Martial Artists

Firearms Training for Martial Artists

In the martial arts world, weapons training helps develop qualities that are both advanced and potent. The practice of extending one's body outward by...
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

Traveling Companion: Tussey’s stealth comp is “just right”

It's mid-night-thirty and dark like the second line of the Bible. I've got the GT Pony car stretched out across the lonesome high desert...
Teaching Knife Defense

An Instructors Guide to Teaching Knife Defense to Civilians Part Two

Training Inasmuch as anyone with absolutely no experience can be deadly with a knife; training how to use one offensively is the best way to...
Knife Grips

What is the Best Knife Grip for Combat?

“What is the best knife grip for combat?” I get asked that question a lot at seminars. I usually respond by saying “Well, show me...
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

Tussey Custom’s Lightweight Stealth-Comp

A state-of-the-art 1911 carry gun from a master pistolsmith! When it comes to the world of guns, Terry Tussey has pretty much "been there and...

The AR-15 is Not an Assault Weapon

I would like to offer some education to my fellow Americans. This has nothing to do with political views, or recent events. I am...
Tussey Para Ordnance P-14 45

Para Ordnance P14-45

The gun was a train wreck. I was rooting around my safe and came across the Para Ordnance P14-45 I used at the range...
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Classic Colt 1911

This is the story of one man's lifetime dream - come true. I finally learned the hard lessons of imperfect tries, and lifted the...
Billy Martin Tactical Shooter Cover July 1998

LOD Precision Marksman Sniper Rifle 1

The Man And His Mission My first encounter with Billy Martin, President of LOD Training Associates and inventor and designer of the LOD Precision Marksman Sniper...
Tussey Custom PistolSmith

Damascus Knight .45

Master pistolsmith Terry Tussey presents a sub-Officer's 1911 with seven rounds of payload in a super compact package. Bridging a chasm some 2,000 years wide,...
Billy Martin Tactical Shooter Cover September 1998

Accuracy Capabilities of a Modern Sniper System 3

This is the final chapter dealing with the evaluation of L.O.D. Training Associates: a total sniper, equipment, and training system, developed by Mr. Billy...
Knife and Handcuffs

Three Dimensional Knife Defense

After the attacks of 9/11, I was running self-defense classes out of my martial arts academy outside of Chicago. A couple higher ups from...
Tactical Folding Knife

Folding Knives Are A Lethal Force Option

Recently, I spent two days in a fantastic class learning the less than sophisticated art of using a “tactical” folding knife in a potentially...