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Max Michel and Greg Lapin discuss competition and self defense on Trigger Time TV

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When asked what balloongoesup.com is I respond… We are a store and on-line resource dedicated to providing the “Gear that Just Works!” and information on training and tactics for concealed carry, home defense, 72 hour preparedness and competition as training.

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It is amazing what you can learn from a 5rd COF and a video camera

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Friday I went to the range with the plan to work on a few skills for the upcoming Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals, but as they say… “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray” I

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Support your local IDPA Club, (Even when it’s cold)

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In 2009, I shot my very first IPDA match with Mecklenburg Wildlife Defensive Shooters. Since then, I’ve met a great number of folks from around the area to shoot with and learn (lots) from. I’ve also “graduated” to safety officer

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fxhummel1: “All Guns Should Be Glocks”

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“All Guns should be Glocks and All Glocks should be 9mm and Model 19!” I almost never repost content, but it is going to happen twice this week, because this was just too good not to post. Still I almost

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Movement, my match day nemesis

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I have talked about the benefits of shooting in competitions a bunch.  They included adding stress, forcing you to speed up, adding measurement and as ToddG mentioned yesterday they force you to solve someone else’s problem. This is a key and you

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No excuses!

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A long time ago there was a podcast called The Proarms Podcast.  It was a roundtable style podcast with people like Jon & Terri Strayer, Massad Ayoob, Steve Denney, Herman Gunter, Chris Christian and Gail Pepin, it was great! Yesterday they posted

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Using video to make the most of a range session

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I like to video as many range sessions as possible because it gives me the ability to see where my mistakes are, as opposed to just feeling where they are, and have a video record of my progress. Sometimes the

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Range video of strong and weak hand shooting

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One of the things I was testing during today’s range trip was the trigger reset after installing the Lone Wolf Distributors Ultimate Trigger Stop. I notice that I am shooting from reset much more on controlled shots where my focus

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