Hey y’all it’s time for Technical Tuesday! This week Trevor talks backstraps. What is the Natural Point of Aim, how do you decide which backstrap is right for you, proper installation (don’t touch that Trigger Housing Pin!) and demonstrates a couple of drills to ensure you’re using the right backstrap on your Shadow Systems pistol.
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday – The Best Tool(s) for Dry Fire Training
No ammo for practice? Not a problem as this week’s Technical Tuesday stresses the benefits of dry fire practice. Trevor walks everyone through the best tool for dry fire and how you can be faster and smoother on your draw simply by practicing.
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday – “B” is for blem…
Today’s Technical Tuesday answers the question, “Hey Trevor, what’s this “B” gun that I saw at the dealer?” Trevor walks everyone through what constitutes a blem gun from Shadow Systems, what one could expect to find on a blem gun and while there is a blem or two on each pistol, we bet you’d be […]
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: The Second Most Reliable Thing in Your Range Bag
On today’s episode of Technical Tuesday, Trevor demonstrates the latest addition to our tool bag, the Shadow Systems Armorer’s Tool! Seat pins, compress springs, and get to all those hard-to-reach places in your slide with this wunderkind of a tool. The NEW Shadow Systems Armorer’s Tool will be available for order this coming Friday at […]
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: All About Primers and Light Strikes
Let’s go deep on primers. Here we spend some time on primer construction, identifying and addressing off-center and light firing pin strikes, and how to interpret marks left on the primer during firing. This gets aggressively nerdy, but we promise you will learn something. Enjoy!
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: What Happened Here?
On this week’s Technical Tuesday, Trevor teams up with Shadow Systems VP of Sales Chad Jewett to answer the question, “what happened here?” See if you can guess what happened before Chad does as Trevor shows him some special “returns.”
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: FMJ-ish projectiles and leading in your barrel
It turns out not all FMJ ammo is true FMJ. We’ve had some customers ask about leading on the muzzle of their barrel and/or lead “spiraling” on close range targets. Let’s talk about what causes that and what the differences are between true FMJ and plated bullets that are also sold as FMJ.
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: The marksmanship thing that no one talks about
There is one thing that stymies more new shooters than anything else. It might be what is limiting your accuracy, even if you are doing everything else correctly. Today, we discuss this problem in detail, how to diagnose it, and how to solve it.
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: Slide stuck during disassembly
Hey everyone! In this video, we cover two things: 1. The recommended Shadow Systems method to field strip the gun. 2. Occasionally, the guide rod can get wedged into a weird position in the frame and cause the slide to hang up during disassembly. It’s a very easy fix. We cover that here as well.
Continue readingTechnical Tuesday: When your skills don’t matter
How well does “criminal marksmanship” actually work? I was reminded recently of an experiment I did years ago to stress test all-instinct point shooting. You learn quickly that you had better respect your opponent at close range because that’s where your skills don’t matter. Let’s see how many hits we get at 3, 4, 7 […]
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