Your safety is your responsibility. Whether you are armed or not. No one will be there to help you in the first crucial minutes of a violent and/or criminal incident. Can you react and affect whether or not lives are lost?... read more
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shotgun magic... Remember, the shotgun is a 20 yard tool with buck shot and a 50 yard tool with slugs.... read more
Proper practice prevents poor performance.
Students often ask, "What Should I be Doing at the Range?" and we here take a phased approach based on your skill level. For beginners to advanced, we highly recommend starting each session with...... read more
Can you fire your gun from your back?
It is important to hone your skills in all settings and positions. Practicing different positions and techniques is not only fun, but has tactical advantages for example ground engagement can offer...... read more
Be a boss, you are in charge of your gun.
Shooting a gun is not a natural human action. Even experienced shooters will often flinch trying a new gun or caliber. Recoil anticipation is the number one shooting error! To add insult to injury...... read more
Think Before You Speak. Ensure your body language matches your verbal language. If feigning submission keep your chin tucked in, your hands up at the level of the assailant’s gun...... read more
Grab a Partner... the take away needs to be understood about the opportunity to have a like minded individual become your self-defense partner. Being with a person that is trained increases your odds of survival immensely.... read more
Situational awareness personal safety means staying alert to your surroundings, recognizing pre-attack indicators, and avoiding distraction. Criminals often exploit politeness and kindness to lower a person’s guard before an attack occurs.... read more
Lead With Your Eyes (not your muzzle). The speed in which you look and scan should always far outdistance the speed that you move your gun. When a threat is identified, your gun will drive out to the target...... read more
Do you really wear all that cool guy gear every day? We encourage our intermediate and advanced students to come class with their real life carry gun and wear street clothes. Drawing from concealment and wearing jeans is much more realistic than sporting a drop leg, tight fitting shirt, and “shoot-me-first” pants.... read more
KNIFE VS GUN - Will you really be faster? Time is the most critical factor. You do not want to stand frozen in place toe-to-toe with the assailant. You must control time and space.... read more
Just when you think you’ve seen it all… you haven’t! One of the items that bugs the heck out of us is home built AR carbines and pistols, whether built by the owner, a buddy, or some one-off “shop” assembler...... read more
Get your reps in to help program your reaction time... As cliche as it may sound, smooth is fast. Smooth is how you change mags. Smooth is what can save your life...... read more
Most firearms training focuses on preventing injury.
And that's exactly what it should do.
But there is another question every armed citizen should consider:... read more
Beware of the YouTube Ninjas! The armed citizen has an obligation to prevent bad guys from victimizing them. Yes, there is a strong chance that a life or death encounter may occur at night. However, there is rarely an encounter that will happen in total pitch-black darkness.... read more
Get athletic with Cajun Arms. Think Linebacker. A solid stance promotes more accurate hits at a faster speed. It allows you to move if needed and minimizes felt recoil from your gun.... read more
Fight, assess, scan, top-off.... If you’ve taken our classes, even if just a level one class, we start to have you scan after running a drill. If your focus is just on the guy that’s coming with a knife, you will not see his buddy waiting in the shadows ready to launch.... read more
Learn how to use your sights with Cajun Arms. We know through training that our front sight needs to be in view for accurate shots. What tends to be forgotten is the rear sight must also appear, even if ever so briefly.... read more
Walk through any gun store or browse online long enough and you'll find hundreds of accessories marketed as "must-have" upgrades for your defensive shotgun.... read more
Charlottesville - lies and hypocrites. It seems fairly easy to have predicted something undesirable would happen in Charlottesville.... read more
Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger… Lately, we encountered a few more beginning students than usual that just cannot seem to get that rule down and actually practice it EVERY time.... read more
…and Re-holster. There is no reason to hurry your gun back in the holster. This goes for training and in real life.... read more
Firearm safety does not end with a lock or a safe. Training is a critical part of responsible firearm ownership. Adults in the household should be proficient not only in shooting, but in safe handling, storage, and decision-making under stress.... read more
Do you play the "what if game"? Target identification and discrimination is not just about identifying a threat, it is about identifying what vitals are available to you and ensuring items such as body armor are not in you way.... read more
Don't be lazy. When you pack up to go to the range do you have a plan? Or do you just go and punch holes in paper?... read more
