Category: Training

Revolver Fest 2025 After Action Review

This year I had the immense good fortune to attend Revolver Fest 2025! I got to spend some time with Mike for the first time in a long time, shoot some new and interesting wheelguns, and take some top-flight classes. Here is our Revolver Fest 2025 After Action Review! Continue reading “Revolver Fest 2025 After Action Review”

A Reappraisal of the Revolver Tactical Reload

SCENARIO: Walking to your car, late one cold, rainy evening after a business meeting, you see them.  Both of them are armed with knives.  You bellow your challenge, “STOP, DROP YOUR WEAPON!” as you slide between two cars, building distance as you draw your J Frame. Continue reading “A Reappraisal of the Revolver Tactical Reload”

Straight Talk About Reloading In Gunfights

I had an interesting conversation with a fellow student at last year’s Colt Python Experience, held at Range Ready in October 2024. The student was a highly-accomplished IDPA and IPSC shooter, rated as a Grand Master in Open and Revolver Divisions, and he’d received a lot of criticism from some fellow shooters in his club for looking down at his revolver during his reloads. Continue reading “Straight Talk About Reloading In Gunfights”

Getting More out of your Revolver Class

My team of instructors and I just completed teaching at the 2024 Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round Up (“PRMRR”), at the world famous Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Arizona.  On the long drive home, we solved lots of the world’s problems.  One topic of discussion was things our students could do that would enhance their training experience.  What follows are a compilation of thoughts that we developed from teaching numerous classes over the years. Continue reading “Getting More out of your Revolver Class”

2024 Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup Debrief

The Revolver Faithful convened again at Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Arizona, the weekend before Thanksgiving 2024, for the Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup. I was fortunate to be there again for this outstanding training and social experience, and would love to take you on a quick tour of how the “Roundup” unfolded from this man’s point of view. Continue reading “2024 Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup Debrief”

A Defense of the Revolver

We’re all fans of the revolver here (the RevolverGuy title kinda gives it away), so we haven’t found it necessary to spend much time discussing why we like them. All of our regular readers already “get it,” and there’s no sense preaching to the choir.

However, a recent experience left me feeling like a defense of the revolver might be overdue. Continue reading “A Defense of the Revolver”

Colt Python Experience Debrief

I was fortunate to spend the First and Second of October with a great bunch of RevolverGuys (and Gals!) at Range Ready Studios in Robert, Louisiana. We were all there to take part in the “Colt Python Experience,” a combination release party and training event, and I’d like to tell you more about it. Continue reading “Colt Python Experience Debrief”