I Survived 3 Days of a Navy SEAL’s Brutal Cold Weather Training
Feb 20, 2025 – Men’s Journal article:https://www.mensjournal.com/gear/navy-seal-snow-survival-school
Knowledge & Philosophy
Why We Dry Fire
I can’t stress enough to you the importance of dry firing. When we go to the range, all of us perform better after we have done a couple of drills and knocked the rust off. In our day-to-day lives, we […]
Backpack Loadout for a Long Day’s Hike
Transcript from the video Hey guys, Bill Rapier with Amtac Shooting. We just did a 20 mile hike through the snow, about 5,000 vertical in the Cabinets yesterday and I wanted to go through the gear. First off, I was […]
Interview with Gustavo Machado and Bill Rapier for the Amtac Shooting Jiu-Jitsu and Pistol Course
In this interview, we talked with Bill and Gustavo about how they met, their jiu-jitsu passion and how Bill’s biggest improvements and changes connect jiu-jitsu to real life situations. “Basically, if you don’t understand how to move your own body […]
AAR: The Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman
This AAR was graciously given by a student of the Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman Course held in May 2023. SUMMARY: The modern minuteman course was a two-day course held by Amtac Shooting which provided students with information and the opportunity […]
AAR: The Amtac Shooting Tribe-Centric CQB
This AAR and additional feedback was graciously given by students of the Amtac Shooting Tribe-Centric CQB Course held April 2023. BLUF:Amtac Shooting Instruction delivers outstanding instruction through the Tribe-Centric CQB course. Valuable technical skills are taught as well as mental/mindset […]
AAR: Compact Carbine Deployment on Civilian Gunfighter
12 June 2020 (Lewisberry, PA) “I have said many times here on the blog that I am sick of standing in lines with 10-20 other students and blazing away at targets like I’m standing in the ranks at Waterloo. So […]
Recommended Radio Gear
I am writing this article because of the overwhelming amount of questions that I receive on a regular basis about communications. We live in a time where we are more connected than people have ever been in history.