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Firearms Insight Magazine

Firearms Insight Magazine is the professional publication of ZRIntel. Field-earned knowledge, technical analysis, legal commentary, and contributor intelligence from the practitioners who define the industry.

ZRIntel Insight PanelMeet the contributors

InsightBy David Taller

August 19, 2026

Beyond Qualification

Why the Qualification Record Is Where Professional Development Should Begin

InsightBy Brian “Doc” Bowen

August 17, 2026

The Target Tells You What Happened. The Student Tells You Why.

Why better instruction starts before the trigger press

InsightBy Cristian Jiménez

August 14, 2026

The Shooter Isn't the Problem. I Am

What Seventeen Years Training Mexico's Special Forces Taught Me About Blame

InsightBy Adam Wiśniewski

August 12, 2026

The Record Changed Me, Not the Match

On building consistency in pieces, not in a single defining performance

InsightBy Ascher Maghinang

August 10, 2026

The Low Left Trap

Why the Usual Trigger Fix Can Miss the Actual Problem

InsightBy Doug Kevilus

August 07, 2026

The Shot That Wasn't a Flinch

What a low group actually tells an instructor, and what it doesn't

InsightBy Keagan Whitelaw

August 05, 2026

I BUILT SPEED FIRST. EVERYTHING ELSE CAME SECOND.

Three years of testing what standard advice assumes about grip, dry fire, and stage planning

InsightBy Axel Narvaez

August 03, 2026

The Fleet Doesn't Have a Shooting Problem. It Has a Coaching Problem.

A career Navy instructor argues the fleet's marksmanship problem was never about the shooters.

InsightBy Rick Sease

July 31, 2026

The Job Is Won Before the Shot

Why America’s Security Training System Is Preparing People for the Wrong Moment

InsightBy Markus Weber

July 29, 2026

Teach the Person, Not Just the Trigger

Twenty years behind the line taught Markus Weber one thing above all else: grip and stance mean nothing if the instructor never figured out who was standing there.

About Firearms Insight Magazine

Firearms Insight Magazine is an evolving repository of firearms intelligence designed to preserve technical judgment, practical field experience, and the craft knowledge often lost between training bays, shops, and passing news cycles. The archive covers firearms law, gunsmithing, marksmanship, tactical decision-making, and industry developments with an emphasis on context, mechanical clarity, and operational relevance.