Category Archives: training

Nurture vs nature

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Having two talented and accomplished kids in one family adds to the data set to the argument about born ability and how it can be realized. I suspect that more kids than we know have abilities that can be brought … Continue reading →

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Cheyenne

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Oleg Volk

AP-Rhino 223 rifle, Vortex 1-6x scope, attitude and aptitude all her own. And the other side of her persona: she’s a home-schooled farm kid who readily helps out her parents. And she’s a teenager, a girl who likes pretty dresses. … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Point of Balance Back: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Competition Rifles: Bringing the Point of Balance Back

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Maddie gets her guns

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Maddie is Cheyenne’s younger sister. At 11, she’s already a competitive shooter.

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Two de-facto standards in competition rimfire shooting

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Volquartsen pistols and rifles and C-More sights. Competently handled by Cheyenne Dalton.  

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Acro Yoga

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Four very impressive people. Organized by Bryan Flanders. The location is Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. It’s the only state government building I have encountered so far that doesn’t project government hostility at the visitor, and it is … Continue reading →

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Just Looking

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Oleg Volk

A Lucky Gunner employee practicing sitting position in the best traditions of Appleseed.  

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Using Optics for Training New Shooters: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Going counter to conventional wisdom.

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Best cure is prevention, but…

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Oleg Volk

  …if avoiding psychos doesn’t work, then shooting them would have to do. Statistically, women are at greatest personal risk of murder or aggravated battery when they leave abusive relationships. So don’t compound bad judgment in picking mates by choosing … Continue reading →

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Modern and historic

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Keltec CMR30 with Primary Arms 4x prismatic scope. Springfield 1903 rinfire trainer.

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When she isn’t shooting…

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Oleg Volk

…Tatiana designs 3D interactive targets for defensive training. Midwest Industries lightweight MLock compatible AR Nighthawk 870 The targets look like this. A new design will be available in the near future as well. Replacement faces are available to extend the … Continue reading →

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Rapid fire with shotgun

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Cheyenne Dalton is 14. How fast can she ran the updated Auto 5 shotgun and still hit clays? Pretty fast, I think. Good thing Crazy Quail launcher kept up… …and we brought plenty of ammunition.  

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Maturity isn’t just a function of age.

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Sydney is a competitive shooter. I’d rather have her around than many chronologically adult people who haven’t a fraction of her maturity, education and ability. Of course, there are times when she acts like the 14 year old that she … Continue reading →

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Higher capacity magazines for M&P15-22: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Spend more of your range time shooting, less loading magazines.

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Can we compromise with anti-gun activists?

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Let’s look at one of the simplest, least powerful guns on the market, a Crickett Hunter. Manually cocked bolt action design dates back to 1820s, nearly two hundred years ago. Rimfire ammunition is uses postdates the action by only twenty … Continue reading →

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Usefulness of handheld automatic weapons.

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Oleg Volk

When I lived in the Soviet Union, I heard people say that they didn’t need or want capitalist excesses of choices or resources. The notion that being poor but proud conferred an intellectual superiority is held by a few in … Continue reading →

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Back from shooting clays at SHOT Show Media Day

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Pump shotguns  and collimator gun sights have been around since the 1890s. Sound suppressors, since the following decade.  Putting it all together on a skeet gun had to wait till the 21st Century. Not traditional enough for the purists? Forget … Continue reading →

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Ready Range Target System: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Oleg Volk

A day’s worth of targets in one hand.

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Teaching is more efficient than fighting

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Oleg Volk

If we ever have to take on the prohibitionists in combat, reducing their strength by two would require inflicting two casualties. Or, if the foes in question are support personnel, two civilian casualties. That’s not something our side would do … Continue reading →

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A very upgraded M&P15-22

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Oleg Volk

When training with a rimfire equivalent of your serious rifle, it makes sense to make it a similar as possible. In this case, Magpul furniture and sights, Geiselle trigger and Lucid HD7 sight were used. HD7 offers four reticles, from … Continue reading →

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