Featured Insight
The Second Person In Every Equation
A protective services instructor on why marksmanship was never the hard part
By Alan Earl
ZRIntel — Breaking News & Firearms Intelligence
The Target Is Evidence, Not the Diagnosis
A Ypsilanti firearms instructor on why the hole in the paper is the last place to start looking
By Paul Wisniewski
Safety First, Everything Else Follows
A Cairo instructor on why the fix for most shooting problems starts in the hands, not the trigger
By Aly Pebars
The Grip Breaks Before the Shot Does
A Missouri instructor's case for cutting the drawstroke into pieces before anyone talks about the trigger
Chris Shoffner
Put the Bullet Where It Belongs
A hunter of 52 years on judgment, restraint, and knowing when not to shoot
Wolfgang von Brauchitsch
zrintel explainer
ZRIntel Explainer — HK91
The HK91 is a semi-automatic battle rifle designed by the German company Heckler & Koch (H&K). It is chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO and was pri…
Situation Insight
The Gunsmith Paradox
Four hundred million firearms. A surging owner class. And a trade that cannot find enough hands to do the work. This is not a story about a dying craft. It is a story about a system that forgot how to route.
By ZRINTEL EDITORIAL
The Industry Built for the Wrong Shooter
The firearms industry is still built around a physically capable shooter not the one it actually serves today. As aging clients face real physical limitations, current practice fails them through guesswork, undocumented modifications, and binary thinking: perform or quit.
By Seth Cohen
A ZRIntel Publication
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