A Dot and a Miss: Sig P365XL and Romeo 0 Review Podcast 321
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Release Date: 05/01/2021
MSP 346 Heroism Podcast
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For this podcast, I got with Rob Morse of the , , and We talked about some of the terrorist attacks in Israel and what you can do if those come to our shores.
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When to Change out Carry Ammo
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When should you change your carry ammo? Is it necessary? Will carry ammo go bad? What could make it go bad? Check out show notes at for anything you might have missed. P.S. I'm riding to raise money to fight Alzheimer's and would love if you could throw a couple bucks at it. Get some . Stay Safe, Ben
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Battlefield Leadership; Prepare Now
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Be the leader now so that you can learn to be better if you ever have to defend yourself or your family.
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De-Escalation Requires Practice
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Like every skill you have for self-defense, de-escalation should be practiced any time you can.
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MSP 342 Tactics over Skills
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I'm here to tell you that tactics are more important than the gear and the skill you have with the gear. Your understanding of what is going on and your move toward what you want to happen is your tactics. A definition of gear is obvious, it's the stuff you have. The definition of skill is how you can use that gear. Your tactics are the overall mindset and how to employ your skills towards a goal. It's just bigger thinking... See the rest at
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Welcome to the Party
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I spent 10 years in the Marine Corps including a combat tour and being part of an anti-terrorism force. I left the Marine Corps to return to Iraq as a private contractor for the U.S. Government fighting terrorism. I gave a large portion of my adult life to fighting terrorism and the horrors that most people don't want to deal with. To me, a terrorist is about the lowest scum on earth. Then in 2008, I was called a terrorist for the first time by then-President Obama. The term domestic terrorist had just started and I was on the list. Being a white male, military-aged, former military,...
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Wimps in Our World Podcast 340
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Going against the grain takes humility, guts, and the chance to lose. Courage, like most things, is a muscle that you have to exercise in life. If you don't practice courage, it will atrophy and die. How often do you practice courage? Moral and or physical? Do you do new things that you are going to look foolish at? Do you accept challenges when others ask you to do something that should be possible? Do you do things that are hard that others say are hard, shouldn't be done, or is impossible? Do you do different hard things on purpose because they are...
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Should You Give Medical Attention to a Bad Guy
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If you have to defend yourself should you give medical aid to the person that just tried to hurt you? No. Is the simple easy answer and should be the end of it. Three things to consider when making this decision: The Tactical Situation; will this act put you further in danger? Morally; is it the right thing to do? Legally; will this make your actions more or less defendable in court? See the entire discussion on
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Habits, Good, Bad, and Training Scars Podcast 337
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Habits are good and bad, but Training Scars will get you in trouble. Start with a good war story to show you had training scars creep into all of us. What training scars and bad habits do you have that will "get you killed in the street?" I know you have at least one, we all do. Check out the full notes at
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Be Prepared for anything Podcast 336
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Last weekend I participated in a church mass shooter training event. Most of the time I’m the instructor or coordinator, but this time I actually got to participate. My church got a bunch of volunteers to volunteer to be actors in the scenarios. Our head of church safety organized and ran the training. It was a lot of fun, and I got to mix it up with the bad guys more than once. Didn’t even die this time. Not bad…. but… Most of the scenarios were normal church shooter events; one domestic violence, one attack on the pastor, one run of the mill mass killer, but the last one was an...
info_outlineLast week I shot competition with a Sig P365XL and Romeo 0 Dot. I shoot this competition about every other week right now and love it.
What I've learned about the Sig P365 serious of guns:
The Good:
They are a great sized gun
Love the family of sizes
12 rounds in the XL makes a full grip even for my giant hands
Reloads go easy with the correct flare on the bottom the pistol
15 round mags that work with both grip sizes
Accuracy is amazing for such a little gun
Reliability on a clean gun has been 100% out of all the ones that have been through classes and the ones I've shot
The trigger is good
Aftermarket support is everywhere
The Cons:
When training with them they get really hot, right where you put your thumbs on a thumbs forward grip
The trigger is a long way from the frame and the shot breaks a long way from the frame (something it took my realizing before I could shoot the pistol well)
I would have liked a little longer barrel in the XL, 3.9-4" I think is the best there is, the Sig XL has a 3.7" which is just a hair short on the sight radius
It recoils up a little more than I would like it to. But that is mostly because of it's small size and weight
The Sig Romeo 0 Dot
The Good:
It sits as a dot sight should. Far enough down where they put a notch in the back that replaces the rear sight and you can still use the front sight. It puts the gun on the same plain when you draw it and helps with the learning curve and switching guns.
They seem to be holding up with everything I've seen. I haven't seen a broken one yet on the range or in a class
The Bad:
Seeing a reflection of the dot where it isn't sucks! I don't know if every dot does this, but I don't like it at all
The auto-brightness setting can screw you when shooting from a dark place to a bright place. A manual up/down would be great. I'd rather have a huge starburst from being too bright in low light than not being able to see it at all in the bright light.
It looks like it will break. I haven't seen one break yet, but it looks weak.
If you want one of these set ups, you should get one. It's a great gun and Dot. I'm always looking for perfect and still haven't found it. But I think this set up will be my next carry gun. Or I'm also looking at a Sig M17 with a Romeo 1 Pro on it. Hopefully I can shoot one of those too.
Stay Safe,
Ben
Thanks for Listening, don't forget to check out Shooter's Club and Lucky Gunner for ammo.
Stay Safe,
Ben
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