Triangle Tactical

Russ in Florida sends in today’s Q&A podcast question asking if it would be smart to start reloading on a Dillon 550. I think you can start on a Dillon 550, but… I’ve said in the past that I think the Lee 4-hole Turret Press is about the best way to get started reloading, and …

There are certain things that a shooter can do at a match that might not be against the rules, but are certain to make the range officer nervous. As it happens, there are a few things that bother me, that don’t seem to bother other RO’s and there are a couple things that other range …

Charles in Tejas sends in today’s Q&A podcast question asking about getting filmed at matches. Do you ever, or did you ever, feel additional stress knowing you are being filmed during a stage? Even if for your own purposes? I normally film my legitimate practice sessions and try to get my stages filmed; but, yesterday …

John in Kannapolis sends in today’s Q&A podcast question asking about how to prepare for ProAm matches. To be completely honest, I’ve never shot a ProAm match before, so I didn’t really know how to answer this question. Thankfully, I have some friends who are also good shooters, so Nick Helbert volunteered to come on …

Keith sends in today’s Q&A podcast question asking about whether or not he should buy a Glock 17 for competition. Hello, I am not new to shooting but I will be new to competitive shooting here in the coming weeks. Your podcast has peaked my interest in competitive shooting. I am a good not a …

Jeff in Holly Springs sends in today’s Q&A podcast voicemail asking about whether or not to sort pistol brass by headstamp to get more consistent ammo. Welp, I’ve never done it, but I don’t feel like it’s necessary. Shooting my Glock 34 off a rest at 20 yards using my non-sorted, mixed headstamp brass reloads, …

I recently asked my friends about where to send someone for training with a pistol and an AR-15. I received multiple messages saying that I should just bring whoever needs the training out to a match, and they’ll figure out what works and what doesn’t. I don’t think this is the right answer. We should …

Tom in Ferguson sends in today’s Q&A podcast voicemail asking about keeping the dryfire dojo clean. I assume most of you don’t have a dedicated space set aside just for dryfire. I wish I did, but I don’t. Currently, I dryfire in my garage, in the same space I use to reload ammo, the same …

Doghouse in DC sends in today’s Q&A podcast voicemail asking about USPSA classifiers. Are there any I don’t like? Are there any that are good for skill building in practice? There are a few that I’m not a huge fan of. They’re generally the classifiers that are close and super fast. I don’t generally have …

Jonathan in Cary sends in today’s Q&A show voicemail asking about brass etiquette at matches. Johnathan was the only guy shooting .45, and after the match someone came along and picked up ONLY the .45 brass on all of the bays. Johnathan confronted the guy and got all of his brass back. So, is it okay …

Sean from Up North sends in today’s Q&A podcast voicemail asking about why we shoot differently in matches than in practice. Sean points out that I recently talked on the podcast about shooting a USPSA classifier in practice, and consistently scoring about 90% on it that day in practice. Just a week or two later …

There are a few things that I’ve found that tend to confuse the crud out of new shooters when they’re getting started in the shooting sports. You can shoot matches at clubs that you aren’t a member at. This really seems to confuse people, because around here there really aren’t any outdoor ranges that are …

Tom in Ferguson sends in today’s Q&A podcast voicemail asking about what I leave in my car for trips to the range. As things currently are, I basically drive a clown car, so I don’t leave much stuff in my car at all. However, when I head to the range I tend to bring a …

Mike in Indiana sends in today’s Q&A podcast question asking about how to improve his split times. He’s struggling to get his split times with his Glock 34 any faster than .25. My suggestion to Mike was going to be trying to just practice rattling off some ammo into the berm without looking at a …

Mike in Minnesota sends in todays Q&A voicemail asking about changing divisions to work on different skills. I guess a Limited division shooter could switch to Production division or L10 (boo) to get more reloads in matches, or a Production shooter could go shoot Singlestack division to have more challenging reloads, but I don’t think …