If you have participated in IDPA  you know that it is a great platform for you to be able to practice your shooting.  Please don’t confuse this with defensive training.  While they share some characteristics, they are not the same, but there is a lot of value that you can get from shooting in a club level matches. Every shooting sport you participate in will have some things about it that you are not particularly fond of because they...

With the weather being hot, it seems appropriate to mention a product that has been around for a while, but it might be new to some shooters because they have never thought that it could be used in a shooting application. Most of us at MCC are runners, and with the season getting ready to start in Nashville this fall we have already started training. A friend of ours named Tim put us onto the Camelback hydration system. We have tested them on a...

This is a great example of how to shoot swingers in competition. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Cay7UTL8nPk&hl=en]

The other day I was at an outdoors store with a friend when I noticed something that really deserves a tactical award. Many of you are familiar with the 5.11 line of tactical clothing. They make some really great stuff, including a vest that many IDPA competitors are wearing. Good for IDPA, bad for a day at the mall. What amazes me about these vests is how many people feel like they are great concealment garments for every day life. If you are...

Many of our customers compete in IDPA, which stands for International Defensive Pistol Association. IDPA was started as a response to the direction that other shooting sports were taking in regards to gamesmanship and equipment races. To compete in IDPA, all you is a serviceable weapon in 9mm or larger, a holster, a mag pouch and a concealment garment. IDPA is great because it teaches shooters things like the use of cover, reloading under...