The Cool Fire system has some pretty major positives for dry fire training. It also has a couple of negatives as well. The biggest positive is you use your gun, with your optic and your trigger press for dry fire training. You replace your barrel with the Cool Fire barrel which makes the gun incapable of firing. Their barrel is enclosed CO2 canister. With a fully charged Cool Fire barrel installed, you press your trigger, and the CO2 causes your slide to articulate in a similar manner to...

In shooting, lead primarily comes from the bullets and the primers. Led dust is released on a round is fired. Increased lead levels in your blood can occur by putting your hands in your eyes, nose, mouth, on food, or on water bottles. Use D lead wipes to clean your hands, steering wheel, gun, range bag, etc. On the range, do not eat exposed food with your hands. Keep your water bottles sealed. Early symptoms of lead poisoning are achy joints, and brain fog. Get your blood tested regularly....

A first aid kit should be as common in your range bag as eye protection, ear protection, and a speed loader. Statistically, the odds of getting hurt on the range are very low. However, when it comes to life, we don’t play around with odds. A human being can bleed to death in 1 to 2 minutes. Time is a luxury in a traumatic bleeding situations. At a minimum, your range first aid kit should include two quality tourniquets, lots of compressed gauze, two sets of chest seals, and quick clot. In...