Travis Tomasie World’s Fastest Reload

Travis Tomasie World's Fastest Reload
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Travis Tomasie is a member of the Army Marksmanship Unit, he gets to spend his days practicing, competing, and teaching firearm usage.  He was not born with the skill to throw a magazine into a handgun with amazing speed and accuracy – he earned his ability through lots of practice.  If you want the world’s fastest reload then you need to get up off the computer grab an unloaded handgun and some magazines – stand over your bed (so the magazines can fall to an place you can quickly pick them up) and practice practice practice.

If you want to beat Travis Tomasie on the world’s fastest reload it is simple:

When your hands get tired – keep practicing

When you wife (or husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, momma, father, dog, best friend) gets frustrated at the time you spend – keep practicing

When you feel the urge to stop – keep practicing

If you practice perfect form, start slow, stay smooth, and speed up only when your skill increases you WILL get this fast.

Having a fast reload is not rocket science, it is pure muscle memory that you earn by doing.  No one can give you this skill, it can’t be taught or bought.  Good coaches can help but you have to earn speed by long hours of going slow and getting it right.

Clint Smith on Firearm Safety

 

Clint Smith on Firearm Safety
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Clint Smith is an expert on the use of Defensive Firearms.  He is a Marine Corps Infantry vet, SWAT officer, and has been running Thunder Ranch since 1993.

I like his style, this thought process, and how he teaches.  When I teach firearms classes, there are several techniques and lessons that I share that I gleaned from Mr. Smith.

I have searched YouTube for good training videos to share, and I have found several clips of Thunder Ranch training videos.  Think of them as advertisements for their full length training videos.  (I don’t gain anything from this, but I do think there videos are a valuable and worthwhile purchase.)

It Is a Lifestyle

Knowing the firearm safety rules is essential for the anyone involved with firearms.  This can be a subject that is dry and unexciting because it is covered so often.  I sometimes wish it stays dry and unexciting because that means there are no negligent discharges.  However, Clint Smith can talk about firearm safety in a manner that is both informative and interesting.

It is my hope that at some point in the future my instructional ability grows to the point that Clint Smith has reached.  I love his wit and the very descriptive way he illuminates a subject.

Clint Smith Defensive Shotgun

 

Clint Smith Defensive Shotgun
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Clint Smith is an expert on the use of Defensive Firearms.  He is a Marine Corps Infantry vet, SWAT officer, and has been running Thunder Ranch since 1993.

I like his style, this thought process, and how he teaches.  When I teach firearms classes, there are several techniques and lessons that I share that I gleaned from Mr. Smith.

I have searched YouTube for good training videos to share, and I have found several clips of Thunder Ranch training videos.  Think of them as advertisements for their full length training videos.  (I don’t gain anything from this, but I do think there videos are a valuable and worthwhile purchase.)

This particular video discusses the often misunderstood Defensive Shotgun.  I enjoyed watching it, and I learned some new ways to share information with others.  It is worth the time to watch.

Ayoob Close Range Action Plan

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Ayoob Close Range Action Plan
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According to Wikipedia Massad Ayoob is an internationally known firearms and self-defense instructor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens since 1974.

He was the director of the Lethal Force Institute (LFI) in Concord, New Hampshire from 1981 to 2009.  Ayoob now directs the Massad Ayoob Group (MAG).

More than that bio Mr. Ayoob writes some of the best firearm books on the subject of the legal aftermath of a self defense shooting.  I widely quote his work in my classes,  and recommend his books courses and videos to my students.

Shooting on the range against static targets is pretty easy – but we do it to gain skills that will help us survive when the targets shoot back and we have life on the line rather than bragging rights.

Having a close range action plan is pretty important because it helps deal with everything going on when everything going on is rapidly changing, confusing, complex, and life altering.  Just know that what Tyson said about plans is true “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”

Ayoob on Shooting Aftermath

Ayoob on Shooting Aftermath
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Knowing how to deal with what comes in a shooting aftermath – especially if your the armed citizen that fired a handgun, I can think of no better instructor than Massad Ayoob.

According to Wikipedia Massad Ayoob is an internationally known firearms and self-defense instructor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens since 1974.

He was the director of the Lethal Force Institute (LFI) in Concord, New Hampshire from 1981 to 2009.  Ayoob now directs the Massad Ayoob Group (MAG).

More than that bio Mr. Ayoob writes some of the best firearm books on the subject of the legal aftermath of a self defense shooting.  I widely quote his work in my classes,  and recommend his books courses and videos to my students.

I like to say I can teach anyone to shoot well, teaching the fundamentals of shooting is easy.  It is the teaching of when to shoot and how to shoot when people are shooting back is what is hard.  Special concern needs to be given to what happens AFTER a shooting.  Dealing with the shooting aftermath is pretty important in its own right.  After all you don’t want to go to jail for saving a life – not do you want to deal with grief, guilt or other emotional issues for it either.