Perfect Practice Makes Perfect (Part 1)
BY ABNER MIRANDA Editor’s Note: Action Target has republished this article in its entirety with the permission of the author. Ideas, comments, practices, recommendations, etc. are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Action Target. Last year I attended a shortened version of the world famous Rogers Range Course (RRC). It was […]
Raising Returns on the Range
A range is a business. Despite the fact that many people end up turning range operation into a humanitarian effort by working more than 90 hours a week, it must be remembered that most people chose to run a range for the purpose of financial gain. Similarly, the goal for most facilities is to be […]
Action Target Produces Portable Target Course Book
Firearms instructors and administrators have an obligation to officers and to the public they serve, to do everything possible to ensure their firearms training and qualification programs are all they can be. However, many programs around the country struggle to provide realistic and quality training for their officers and there is often a lack of […]
Removing Roadblocks with the Action Target Academy
In 650 B.C., Archilochus said, “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training.” Although this saying is thousands of years old, it still holds true today and it, in a way, governs Action Target in its training development. Action Target developed the Action Target Academy (ATA) to provide world-class firearms and range development training to agencies and individuals throughout the country who have not had the opportunity to train with Action Target Portable Targets.
Action Target and the NRA Continue Long-Lasting Relationship
The sport shooting and firearms training industries are always changing, but there is one thing that never has changed and never will – relationship building. Years ago, when Action Target was just getting started in the industry, a friendship was formed between Action Target and Ray Chapman at the Chapman Academy in Missouri. This relationship […]
Remington Wins 2012 Action Target Safety Award at SHOT Show
Now in its sixth year, the Media Day at the Range is the biggest media event in the world for the hunting and shooting industry and Action Target has been a supporter from the beginning. The Action Target Safety Award was created to acknowledge the Media Day exhibitor that fostered the highest level of firearms safety during the shooting event. Receiving the only perfect score among 70 fellow exhibitors, Remington Arms earned this year’s Action Target Top Safety Award.
New Addition to The Action Target Journal
To Our Action Target Journal Readers: We want to thank each of you for making 2011 a great year for Action Target. Over the last 26 years, Action Target has been proud to provide training equipment for the police, for the military, and for the sport shooting industry as a whole. We are thrilled by […]
Law and Order (Part Two)
Written by Keith Mehlin Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on September 2, 2010. Due to the popularity of the article and the number of new subscribers since it originally went out, Action Target has decided to republish this two part series. (Continued from last week…)A local firm was hired for the design of […]
Law and Order (Part One)
Written by Keith Mehlin Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on August 26, 2010. Due to the popularity of the article and the number of new subscribers since it originally went out, Action Target has decided to republish this two part series. The Council Bluffs Police Department had an outdoor 50 yard range for […]
The Head-Shot Cadence Drill
By Richard Mann Editor’s Note: The views in this article are the author’s own and don’t necessarily represent those of Action Target, Inc. Gunsite Instructor Il Ling New believes one of the best ways to train with a defensive handgun is to practice head shots at moderate to extended ranges; meaning as far out as […]