Student of the Gun University

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com When it comes to buying a gun for yourself, that choice is easy. You pick whatever has gotten you excited this week/month. But what about picking a gun for the non-shooter in your life? How can you best serve a person in your life who is going to learn to use a firearm, not out of passion, but out of a sense of duty? 

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com During this episode, we will address the 3 Things or topics that every person who owns a gun, any gun, needs to understand. This is fundamental or foundational knowledge that is critical to gun owners, regardless of what plan to do with a firearm.    Use the SOTG promo codes here: www.studentofthegun.com/culture

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Gun people are often asked to give advice about the choice of firearms and accessories.  How can we give the best advice possible? What is the definition of “good advice”?  Ask Questions, Listen, Remember for whom the advice was given. Be Honest. https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/how-to-give-good-advice-when-youre-asked-about-guns/  Use the SOTG promo co...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Poor choices in gear; ammo, holsters, belts, accessories, etc. can and will distract you and effectively handicap you during training. Paul has some advice to help you have a better training experience. Use the SOTG promo codes here: www.studentofthegun.com/culture

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Gun people are often asked to give advice about the choice of firearms and accessories.  How can we give the best advice possible? What is the definition of “good advice”?  Use the SOTG promo codes here: www.studentofthegun.com/culture

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com During the process of writing a new book, I had the opportunity to once more closely examine what it takes to achieve mastery with a firearm. Some people think that they need to master just one more high speed technique or add one more custom part to their pistol. Shooting well is 90% mental and 10% physical.  Upcoming training course: martial-application...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Having learned how to dry-fire decades ago and having used it successfully to fire “Expert” on the Marine Corps rifle range, I was surprised when an instructor of whom I had great respect disparaged the use of dry-fire. I set out to figure out why this was the case. Upcoming Training Course: martial-application-of-the-pistol-201 Use the SOTG promo codes h...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com The purpose of our collaboration with Spike’s Tactical was to create a practical, rugged and reliable rifle that had everything a fighting gun needs but nothing it does not.  K.I.S.S. Principle in action or application. https://www.spikestactical.com/collections/complete-rifles/student-of-the-gun-the-lexington-concord-an-instrument-of-liberty/ Use the SOT...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Keeping with our recent theme regarding long distance and precision shooting, we pose the question: how much scope is enough? We could also ask, how much scope is too much? Do you really need a 20x scope to hit a target at 1000 yards? We have an extensive amount of experience in this subject and have some suggestions to make. Use the SOTG promo codes here...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Lesson from long range shooting; if you want to experience real change and improvement, you need to be willing to make bold adjustments. This lesson applies not only to the elevation knob on your rifle scope, but to other aspects in your life. Use the SOTG promo codes here: www.studentofthegun.com/culture

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Believe it or not, sometimes you need to clean your guns. Firearms are simple machines and machines run the best when they are clean and properly lubricated. FrogLube is back as an official sponsor of Student of the Gun so this is a good time to discuss firearms maintenance and cleaning.  www.studentofthegun.com/froglube   Promo Code: SOTG

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Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com We just had a very successful PFT Training Camp. So successful, that we have scheduled another one for September of 2023. Follow the link: PFT camp . Do we go to the shooting range to learn how to function and perform on the range? Or, is our purpose to go to a training area to learn and practice how to function and perform in the real world? The two are...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com What is the flinch reaction and from where does it come? Just as importantly, what can we do to mitigate the flinch reflex? Professor Paul has been helping shooters to mitigate and eliminate the accuracy stealing flinch for over 30 years. Listen louder.

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com I recently read that a person who will devote or dedicate ten minutes a day to the practice of a certain endeavor; piano, guitar, dry fire, etc. will in one year have an ability greater than 95 percent of the people around them. Let’s consider the math for a moment: 10 x 7 = 70 and 70 x 52 = 3640 minutes or 60 hours. Is the path to mastery impossible? Or,...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com The American gun owner has fallen into a rut and firearms training has become dogmatic and predictable. Is individual training enough or should we expect more from ourselves and our trainers?  We will consider the PFT Training Camp and its potential value.

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Many folks will pontificate about so-called “combat accuracy”. What exactly does that mean? Is that term an excuse for poor performance? We will consider what we should expect from ourselves and from our equipment.

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com The idiots of Instagram are going to get good people killed. Not everyone who has some kind of social media channel is an “expert” or even qualified to teach anyone. We will consider a few dangerous trends that are popular on socialist media.

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Are you worshiping the convenience god? Regarding the road to mastery, in any subject not just firearms, where should convenience and easiness be on the priorities list? There are “influencers” out there who are “influencing” young people to believe that the best things in life are convenient and easy. As you might imagine, Professor Paul has some thought...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Congratulations to BioFire for traveling 10 thousand miles to completely miss the point of being an armed citizen. The curse of modern man: attempting to use technology to solve mindset problems.  Professor Paul considers the downfall of reliance upon high tech.

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Before you head to any training event or even the local range, you should prepare your wardrobe accordingly.  Professor Paul recently dealt with inclement weather during a training event and he will relate the clothing / gear that kept him warm and dry.

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com Habits, both good and bad, are developed on the training range. We need to be conscious of what we are doing during training to assure that it does not become a bad or dangerous habit off of the training range. 

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com People like to argue about which home defense gun is the best or should be preferred over others. However, what the vast majority of pundits and self-appointed experts completely skip over in their argument is a discussion of the primary purpose of said firearm. Lucky for you, Professor Paul has been doing this for quite a while. He will break it down, cu...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com We continue to address the “good enough” mentality or the “combat effective” lies.  Those who spread such garbage do not understand the stages of learning. There are several stages of learning: conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence. Unconscious Incompetence is the stage where we all begin, but little or no learning takes...

Support this show at https://www.sotgu.com  Professor Paul considers the lessons learned from the Newhall Shootout from 1970. What lessons should we have learned? What can we take away from this horrible situation?