Chris Sajnog emphasizes the significance of incorporating dry fire practice.
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Dry Fire vs Live Fire: Uncover Why Dry Fire Practice Prevails

ByChris Sajnog

In the topic of what is better in dry fire vs live fire, I’ll admit it: convincing you that dry fire is more effective than going to the range is a tall order. How in the world could NOT firing a gun make you a better shooter? Well, I’m up to the challenge, and to…

Chris Sajnog instructs on the art of purposeful training.
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Training with Purpose: Becoming a True Warrior

ByChris Sajnog

Hey, what’s up everybody? In this post, I’m going to delve into the concept of Training with Purpose, discussing how it can help you achieve your goals and become a true warrior. I posed this question to one of the USCG Counter-Narcotics teams that I had been training for about four years at the time….

Chris Sajnog reveals the seventh characteristic of a skilled marksman.
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Follow Through Shooting: The 7th Habit of Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog

Follow through shooting is a term that most of us have heard from the first time anyone taught us about marksmanship fundamentals. But it is also one of the most neglected. Maybe because it’s last on every list, shooters assume it’s the least important. However, neglecting the follow-through can negate all the steps you previously…

Chris looking at the sight alignment of the gun
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Sight Alignment – The Third Habit of Highly Effective Shooting

ByChris Sajnog

S. alignment and proper sight picture are the basic tools in the shooter toolbox. Marksmanship is measured in many ways, but most agree, if you aren’t hitting your target, you are doing it wrong. If you aren’t interested in hitting your target, all right, it’s been nice knowing you.  For the rest of you, let’s…

Chris Sajnog and the Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters
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Breathing While Shooting: The Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog

Now before I get attacked by my long-range brethren over the breathing when shooting issue, there are times when this technique should be used and that is when taking long-range shots. What is long range? That’s a topic for a later discussion, but for now let’s define it as any range that is nearing the…

Chris doing the pistol shooting stance
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Pistol Shooting Stance – The First Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog

When introducing proper shooting stance, one of the things I teach my students is to have as many things pointing at the target as possible. This includes your toes, hips, shoulders and thumbs.  Proper shooting stance is a full body targeting maneuver. In a perfect world, on a flat range with no one shooting back…

Chris Sajnog instructs on incorporating a range book into your training regimen.
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The Firearms Training Notebook: Enhance Your Firearm Skills

ByChris Sajnog

Hey, what’s up, everybody! In this post, I’m going to be talking about the Firearms Training Notebook, a valuable tool for improving your firearm skills. Let’s go ahead and get started. Navy SEALS are required to be experts in a variety of disciplines — shooting, demolition, Close Quarters Combat, skydiving, and SCUBA diving, just to…

Chris aim a gun with both eyes open
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Learn To Shoot A Pistol With Both Eyes Open And Eye Dominance

ByChris Sajnog

What does that mean in English? Eye dominance and having a dominant eye, and using eye dominant shooting are normal. Most everyone is either right eye dominant or left eye dominant which just means your brain’s preferred eye for processing visual information is right or left. With both eyes open work together to bring you…

Chris Sajnog instructs on the fundamental principles of marksmanship.
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7 Fundamentals of Marksmanship: Virtuosity of Firearms Training

ByChris Sajnog

Hello, everyone! This post delves into the 7 fundamentals of marksmanship and the virtuosity of firearms training, demonstrating how these principles can elevate your shooting skills. As a Navy SEAL, I learned that there is no such thing as good enough, and as a SEAL Sniper, I learned close enough is enough to get someone…

Chris Sajnog aiming a pistol in a cardboard
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Dry Fire Drills Using A Pencil: Training And Practice [VIDEO]

ByChris Sajnog

I know it’s a hard sell to tell you that not shooting your gun is going to make you better at shooting, but I know dry fire training to be tried and true, and I’ll tell you why. Your greatest asset, either in a static setting like the shooting range or a dynamic setting of…