Insight
The Target Tells You What Happened. The Student Tells You Why.
Why better instruction starts before the trigger press
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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.
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The Shooter Isn't the Problem. I Am
What Seventeen Years Training Mexico's Special Forces Taught Me About Blame
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The Record Changed Me, Not the Match
On building consistency in pieces, not in a single defining performance
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The Low Left Trap
Why the Usual Trigger Fix Can Miss the Actual Problem
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The Shot That Wasn't a Flinch
What a low group actually tells an instructor, and what it doesn't
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I BUILT SPEED FIRST. EVERYTHING ELSE CAME SECOND.
Three years of testing what standard advice assumes about grip, dry fire, and stage planning
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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.
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The Job Is Won Before the Shot
Why America’s Security Training System Is Preparing People for the Wrong Moment
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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.
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Faith Is Not a Security Plan
Houses of worship are open by design. That openness is also their exposure. Most security teams haven’t reckoned with what that means.
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.