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rce incidents home subscribe to me on patreon real shootouts of the lapd the book silhouette torture by tacticalprofessor on august 4 2026 2 comments 22tuesday decades ago david blinder created a 50 round drill for focused practice loosely based on dot drill 101 from the brian enos forum the late todd louis green who founded pistol training com expanded on it and codified it into a practice session containing most relevant defensive pistol marksmanship skills he called it dot torture and put it up on the pistol training forum eta comment from simon golub of pistol training dot torture came to us as is we simply photocopied the target and todd liked it a lot giving blinder the correct credit on the target simon eta 2 from the source david blinder himself i got shooting dots from john shaw at mid south which i believe he got from ipsc i am also the one who named it dot torture todd did some modifications and definitely popularized it i ve made my own version of it using the target employed for the swiss concealed carry license live fire test today was an opportunity to shoot it with my lcp ii 22 it was fun a 22 understudy for your carry pistol is a concept that can be very useful shooting 22s is inexpensive and has some benefits that centerfires don t have minimal recoil and over pressure event being the principal ones the demanding nature of the target requires the shooter to know the zero of their pistol very well at whatever distance is being used in the case of the lcp 22 at three yards the hold was about halfway up on the white circle in the chest of the silhouette i recently mounted a ruger readydot on my taurus tx22 compact https thetacticalprofessor net 2026 08 03 readydot on tx22 compact it zeroes quite well at both 10 and 20 yards although i started to shoot silhouette torture with it today rain set in and i wasn t able to finish i was able to shoot it enough to learn that the hold at five yards was on the head the 15 moa dot completely covers the head at that distance but it s not hard to hold knowing your pistol s zero at different ranges whether using iron or dot sights is useful the silhouette torture target is attached its instructions are on the 2 nd page of the 2 page pdf silhouette torture swiss target download my red dot adventure series is available on my patreon page for those who are interested in exploring what dot sights can and cannot do https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in firearms having fun lcp project marksmanship mousegun practice rimfire standards tagged firearms guns readydot on tx22 compact by tacticalprofessor on august 3 2026 1 comment mousegunmonday as an experiment i installed a ruger readydot on a taurus tx22 compact the efficacy of this combination was surprising although the readydot s zero cannot be adjusted point of impact was really close to point of aim at both 20 and 10 yards body shots at 20 yards from a benchrest and headshots at 10 yards offhand were the test for zero used no complaints whatsoever at 20 yards the dot perfectly covers the four inch circle on the body of the target for me this made it very easy to aim without over aiming at 10 yards it is slightly smaller than the head circle once again i found this advantageous this intrigued me so i shot the idpa 5x5 classifier i didn t time it but still shot at my normal cadence two points down i ve created a drill i call the mcgee shootist big iron challenge it is a combination of the mcgee paradigm 3 3 3 wild bill hickok s shootist test from the american mercury article about him and marty robbins song big iron the challenge tests marksmanship at three separate distances 3 yards 8 yards primary hand only and 13 yards it is 18 rounds total six shots at each distance in terms of proxemics https thetacticalprofessor net 2014 10 16 situational awareness and positioning part iii marksmanship in the far phase of social space and the near and far phases of public space are assessed mcgee s challenge consists of three strings at three yards one shot from the holster two shots from the midpoint and three shots from low ready the time limit for each string is three seconds the standard is all six shots in the uspsa metric target a zone in the head 2 inches x 4 inches the shootist s challenge https thetacticalprofessor net 2024 08 02 gunfighter challenge comes from the standard wild bill hickok used in the old west to see if a shooter was good the big iron challenge was inspired by marty robbins song big iron there was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play the big iron challenge consists of six shots at 40 feet 13 yards it s shot with two hands untimed the standard is all six shots must hit in an eight circle the idpa 0 body zone the tx22 readydot performed well on the challenge i m very pleased with this combination of gun and dot last thursday i shot an idpa match that had a pick up gun theme i provided the tx22 compact with the iron sights for one stage fifteen shooters fired six rounds each without any malfunctions the match combined with the readydot test totaled 143 rounds with no malfunctions minimag solids were the ammunition used this confirms my experience that the tx22 is a very reliable gun when fed decent ammo ftc note and author disclosure i purchased everything used in these experiments gun holster ammunition sight and targets with my own money i receive no compensation whatsoever for anything mentioned more of my red dot adventures are chronicled on my patreon page for those who are considering putting a red dot sight on their pistols i m exploring my testing criteria and outcomes both yea and nay https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in firearms marksmanship practice rimfire skills standards ccw safe podcast maintain situational awareness by tacticalprofessor on july 10 2026 my latest podcast appearance is with ccw safe https ccwsafe com series the topic is the armed defender s dilemma lesson 9 maintain situational awareness it is available for both reading on their website https ccwsafe com series lesson 9 maintain situational awareness article lesson9 podcast and listening on various podcast sites including youtube a topic i brought up was about decision points they are often overlooked in the community especially the concept of forcing the decision point i t s called a decision point and that was always very important to me to look at that and i think about it now in our context of h ow do we force the decision point on the situation where it s to our advantage as opposed to the predator s whenever possible we want to avoid becoming decisively engaged https thetacticalprofessor net 2014 06 25 situational awareness and positioning part i and having to fight the engagement to a conclusion by ourselves forcing the decision point makes the predator react to us rather than us react to them we can put boyd s process https thetacticalprofessor net 2025 02 16 more again about boyd and ooda to work for ourselves this way if you would like to read more in depth articles about self defense and personal protection please consider subscribing to my patreon page https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in awareness deadly force decision making incident analysis ooda rock hill sc assassination attempt by tacticalprofessor on june 19 2026 2 comments you don t have to be president trump to be targeted for termination bad decisions lead to negative outcomes one justifiable killing and one 10 year prison sentence this was basically an assassination attempt judge bill mckinnon said it s pre planned i mean they intercepted him in traffic to block his car in and then tried to kill him many thanks to good guy with a gun for reporting on this case executive summary of the crime woman aka wbm would be murderer gets into argument with a male co worker mcw texts girlfriend gf to bring her a tool aka pistol and sends picture of the male s car gf picks up wbm and they follow mcw in car when he leaves work mcw tries multiple times to escape the confrontation gf and wbm finally box mcw in at a stoplight wbm exits gf s car with pistol concealed in a grocery bag and confronts mcw mcw retrieves his own pistol from his vehicle and then shoots and kills wbm gf gets out of her car and punches mcw in the face mcw indicates to gf with pistol to back off gf is arrested by police gf charged with assault and battery and felony murder because of wbm s death police say mcw acted in self defense https www heraldonline com news local crime article289406968 html and no charges are filed against him gf pleads guilty to aggravated assault and battery judge is unsympathetic to her plea for leniency due to pregnancy and sentences gf to 10 years imprisonment prosecutors drop felony murder and other charges after 10 year sentence for a b there is no shortage of wackadoos who will try to kill you for nonsensical reasons if you would like to read more in depth articles about self defense and personal protection please consider subscribing to my patreon page https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in awareness deadly force decision making incident analysis negative outcomes serious mistakes tagged crime history true crime writing surviving edged weapons by tacticalprofessor on june 15 2026 1 comment there is plenty of commentary both informed and uninformed available about the legalities and moralities of austin metcalfe s murder so i m not going to go into those aspects of the incident what has been focused on less is the actual mechanics of the incident what s most important for us and our loved ones to know is how to avoid becoming a casualty or fatality in such an incident yes karmelo put his hand in the bag and said five times touch me and see what happens the witness testified https www courthousenews com prosecutors rest in karmelo anthony murder trial after testimony on track meet stabbing note that the weapon used was a camping multitool available at walmart it has a knife blade which is 3 5 inches long this was more than sufficient to pierce austin metcalfe s heart and kill him since anthony had his hand in the bag long enough to repeat his threat five times the knife was probably already open when it came out being within arm s length in that situation is very dangerous contrary to the pronouncements of some foolish common taters knives are definitely deadly weapons while many edged weapon attacks involve multiple slashes or stabs just one can be sufficient to cause death austin metcalfe s demise is a sad example of how quickly that can happen the video surviving edged weapons is available on youtube made in 1988 it s still well worth watching either for the first time or as a review it contains multiple actual incidents and re enactments of edged weapon attacks and their aftermaths as noted in one comment to the video the example at 7 15 of an officer being stabbed with a sword through the opening of a door recently occurred irl in boston https www cbsnews com boston news boston police northeastern university sword stabbing if you would like to read more in depth articles about self defense and personal protection please consider subscribing to my patreon page https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in awareness deadly force incident analysis tagged news writing situational awareness is sometimes of limited value by tacticalprofessor on june 7 2026 circumstances of a murder posted in uncategorized defense of a third party double trouble by tacticalprofessor on april 23 2026 1 comment what s the difference between truth and fiction fiction has to make sense variously attributed to mark twain tom clancy and other notable authors of fiction a recent incident was summarized in a news release by the georgia bureau of investigation because it involved a gbi agent s interaction with an armed citizen it is an example of why i don t bother making up worst possible cases i just follow the news i m not clever enough to dream up something as weird as this incident summary while driving with his daughter a man was blocked in by an unhinged driver the attacker exited his vehicle and approached the victim the victim put a revolver in his pocket and got out of his vehicle a fight ensued and the attacker got control of the victim s revolver the victim regained control of the revolver and shot the attacker a georgia bureau of investigation agent passing by saw the confrontation upon seeing the victim shoot the attacker the gbi agent opened fire on the victim fortunately no hits were scored the victim dropped his revolver and complied with the agent s commands the attacker drove off he went to an adjacent county and called for medical assistance after being treated he was arrested and charged with multiple felonies this incident contains at least three possibly all four elements of the avoid escape confront resist paradigm https thetacticalprofessor net 2016 07 24 the cost of killing the underlying causes of all this weirdness have not yet been revealed https gbi georgia gov press releases 2026 04 05 gbi investigates aggravated assault and officer involved shooting hull a few of the elements involved in the incident for consideration road rage perils of intervention don t go outside car carry entangled fight defense of 3d party mistaken identity shooting this incident is worthy of an entire series on my patreon page https www patreon com posts complicated of i 156362758 https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in deadly force decision making firearms incident analysis off body carry revolvers tagged news true crime competition alternate pov by tacticalprofessor on april 18 2026 greg ellifritz recently made a post about andy stanford s book gunfighter u https www activeresponsetraining net gunfighter u that a few of us were fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of at taccon 2026 andy and greg make some good points i ve been deficient in my reading so let me present an alternate point of view based solely on what greg posted greg s comment was after seeing more than a few shooters obsessively chasing performance at tac con with what col cooper described as preoccupation with inconsequential increments i wanted to share some of andy s advice from the book shoot at least twelve matches total not more than one a week no fewer than one a month if you wish shoot until you reach a b classification in uspsa or expert in idpa then throttle back to one or two matches a year at most at this point spend your spare time learning tactical medicine or applied combatives or conversing with your significant other or playing with your kids to get a grandmaster card or win a major match requires many esoteric skills that have nothing to do with gunfighting as with most things in life competition yields what you put into it this includes not only effort but philosophy after taking a 10 year mostly hiatus from competition i ve started competing regularly again but with a much different 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