Posts by Chad Winkler
Crime in our Capital City
Jackson, MS is in the midst of a crime wave not seen in a quarter of a century. In 2018 there were 84 homicides and 83 in 2019. That is the highest since 1993 and makes the per capita murder rate “one of the highest in the nation, worse than New Orleans, Memphis, and even…
Read More...Mid-Range Munitions
In our November 2019 newsletter, we highlighted the big 3 cartridge families including the 30-06, the .308 Win and the .375 H&H. This month we are going to focus on some mid-range munitions that either fell out of favor or never became popular, but are more than adequate for hunting and a whole lot easier…
Read More...Defensive Pistol LIVE!
For 2020 Boondocks FTA™ is launching a new course in our Defensive Pistol Series. Defensive Pistol (DP ) LIVE is a 10-12-hour course designed to help you increase your Speed and Accuracy with your Handgun. The course also includes multiple Force on Force Scenarios using UTM Training Guns to simulate LIVE defensive situations. Students will…
Read More...Smith & Wesson M&P Shield EZ 2.0 in 9mm
Recently Smith & Wesson released a 9mm version of their very popular 380ACP Shield EZ. Smith & Wesson describes the gun as “EZ is easy-to-rack, easy-to-shoot, easy-to-pack, easy-to-load, and easy-to-clean, and it was “built for personal and home protection.” Features of the new pistol include two 8+1 round capacity magazines with “a load-assist tab for…
Read More...Defensive Differences!
With the launching of our new Defensive Pistol LIVE class, we now have 6 different Defensive Handgun classes here at Boondocks FTA™. We are often asked what is the difference in each of the classes, so in this month’s Course Spotlight we thought we would highlight the differences so you can decide which class or…
Read More...Texas Church Shooting
On Sunday, December 29th, a man wearing a disguise got up in the middle of communion at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, TX and open fired. Two church security team members were shot before Jack Wilson was able to return fire and kill the shooter. This comes just over 2 years after…
Read More...Train With The Best!
That’s me, (under that little red arrow) at 16 years old in the 1988 ABA BMX Grand Nationals Cruiser Expert Main Event. The yellow arrow indicates my good friend and nationally ranked Factory Sponsored Free Agent rider “Power House”, Parnell Haley. Parnell and I met in first grade and we became instant friends. A few…
Read More...More Memories
On the day after Thanksgiving, Grizz (My Dad) would have been 76. Each year at this time I remember our post-turkey day trips afield with him and my Uncle. Both taught me a lot about shooting, firearms and the outdoors. Even though they had no formal firearms training, they were great marksmen. They tried to…
Read More...Train with Massad Ayoob!
Massad Ayoob has been the handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement editor of AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of more than a dozen books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the…
Read More...God, Guns & Training
Every November we hold our regularly scheduled Fall Defensive Pistol II class. It is 3 full days of training including a night shoot and a full day of room clearing and force-on-force training. For the last couple of years there has been a good percentage of the students who have been in Church Administration or…
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