The 1911: A Pistol For Serious Shooters
The first pistol I bought when I got out of the Marines was a Remington 1911R1. I learned alot on that pistol and ran it through the ringer in the…
Southpaw Shooting given Serious Scrutiny (Part 2): Sinister Studies
In part 1, we addressed basic 2-handed manipulations of common semi-automatic handguns for left-hand dominant shooters. Now let’s talk about one-handed manipulations specific to the left hand. As a left…
Firearm Trigger Standards: Beneficial Or Problematic?
If you haven’t noticed it yet, it is very common for people to judge a firearm solely based on the characteristics of the specific firearm trigger. The judgement is primarily…
SpotterUp Shooting Team – Quantico Charity Match
The Spotter Up shooting team participated in the annual Toys for Tots charity match at Quantico this month, which is always a fun match for a good cause, as every…
Southpaw Shooting given Serious Scrutiny (Part 1): Sinister Studies
For the left-handed shooter, aligning the sights and pressing the trigger may look like a mirror-image activity of a right-handed shooter, and physically it may be, but psychologically… well, we’ll…
Defensive Pistol Shopping Process
DISCLAIMER: The opinions displayed here are the independent views and opinions of David Donchess, and are not a reflection of the shared opinions of the other writers of Spotter Up.…
SpotterUp Shooting Team – IDPA: Not Exactly Run and Gun
Myself and another member of the Spotter Up shooting team participated in an IDPA match in Thurmont MD recently. We placed 4th and 5th overall, and as usual took away…
Red Dot Odyssey – First USPSA Match / Lessons Learned
Last weekend I finally got to run my Glock 17MOS with Shield RMS in a local USPSA level 1 match and it was both a lot of fun and illuminating…
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The Unarmed Suspect MYTH
“One Mind Any Weapon” the Motto of the United States Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. This means using your mind to imagine that you can find weapons everywhere. MEDIA: Unarmed…
Glock E-Trainer Product Review
Dry firing, it’s something we all know we should do, but is oftentimes neglected. Even if it’s not completely neglected, who wants to spend money on dry fire items. Ammo,…