Podcast appearances and mentions of dawson precision

Today I am joined by Wild Health founders Dr. Mathew Dawson and Dr. Mike Mallin. Wild Health was founded in response to a broken medical system, one focused on sick care instead of healthcare. Through advanced machine learning, they combine DNA analysis, biometrics, microbiome testing, and phenotypic data to give a blueprint for truly optimized health and a maximized health span. ABOUT DR. MATTHEW DAWSON Dr. Matt Dawson has been obsessed with performance optimization as long as he can remember. He received scholarships to play two sports in college even with “minimal talent” because of his voracious reading and implementation of any fitness or nutritional techniques that would give him an edge. He continued that obsession in medical school and, as a physician, he has won numerous national awards for education, innovation, and leadership. He has lectured in over 20 countries and trained thousands of other physicians through live lecture, online education, two textbooks, and even an educational app. He combines his training in genomics and functional medicine to give personalized, precise medical guidance. His obsession with performance optimization has morphed from initially athletic to now mental performance, business performance, and longevity. Whether it's a professional athlete or a grandparent optimizing their mental clarity and mobility to keep up with their grandkids, Dr. Dawson is passionate about helping everyone perform at their absolute peak. ABOUT MIKE MALLIN Dr. Mike Mallin has been in medical practice for 10 years, but obsessed with health, physical performance, and longevity his entire life. He currently practices in Bend, Oregon where he lives with his wife and 2 children. Mike is board certified in emergency medicine and completed a fellowship in point-of-care ultrasound. During his fellowship, he specialized in cardiac ultrasound and passed the National Board of Echocardiography credentialing exam. Dr. Mallin has taught tens of thousands of physicians on the topics of point-of-care ultrasound, ultrasound-guided procedures and injections, and cardiac ultrasound. He is a co-creator of the Ultrasound Podcast, an ultrasound education tool for physicians, as well as the Ultrasound Leadership Academy, a non-profit ultrasound education company that has taught ultrasound all over the globe. Mike is an avid athlete who loves self-hacking and optimizing fitness, diet, sleep, and supplementation. He has participated in countless adventure races, ultra-marathons, cycling races, and even Crossfit competitions. Mike's current obsession is the science of longevity – helping people live as long as they can with the highest quality of life obtainable. WEBLINKS Website: https://www.wildhealth.com Promo code: FITFARM20 for 20% off Wild Health services --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefitfarmingfoodmom/support

On this week’s “Handgun Sight” episode we discuss the Storm Rider belt review update, Aimpoints new ACRO P-1, some XS F8 tritium night sights, and some Dawson Precision adjustable rear/fiber front sight sets. For all the show notes and back episodes, head over to firearmsradio.tv/gun-and-gear-review-podcast

On this week's “Handgun Sight” episode we discuss the Storm Rider belt review update, Aimpoints new ACRO P-1, some XS F8 tritium night sights, and some Dawson Precision adjustable rear/fiber front sight sets. For all the show notes and back episodes, head over to firearmsradio.tv/gun-and-gear-review-podcast

Special Episode Coming Up! I always like to do something different for the last episode of the year, and this year I'm going to do an AMA (ask me anything). Here's the thing: for the last podcast of 2017, I'll answer any questions you have, that ARE NOT related to shooting. Go to http://triangletactical.net/AMA Enter your question in that form. Please don't ask your questions in the comments of this post, or on Facebook or anywhere else, as I will not be able to answer them (I can't track down a bunch of different questions in a bunch of different places...) That's it. Should be a lot of fun! Things that Matter I talk a lot on the podcast about things that don't matter. It doesn't matter if you have the coolest newest thing, or if you have a fancy shooting blouse, or even if you wear brightly colored shoes or have a sponsor, but, of course there are a lot of things in competitive shooting that do matter, let's talk about that. Accurate gun I don’t think you need to be able to shoot single hole groups at 50y with your pistol (but it helps), but I do think having a gun that is accurate, maybe even slightly above average accuracy is a good thing. I think one of the reasons the Tango Stock2 has become such a thing in Production division is that on top of being heavy, and reliable, it’s also got a thick bull barrel that’s very accurate. Most guns on the market are quite accurate. When I used to do gun reviews as a part time job, I really only found a couple guns that were inherently inaccurate from the factory. The one in particular that comes to mind was the Ruger SR9E, which was the value version of the SR9. Everything else that I reviewed was very accurate. Traction You don’t need the bright colored fancy shooting shoes, but you do need shoes with good traction. I used to kind of think that you didn’t really need anything special on the shoe front for practical shooting, but the better shooter I’ve become, the more I find the traction thing necessary. If you’re someone who is pushing to get better at shooting, and you’re pushing yourself, get some shoes that have some gnarly knobs on them for practical shooting. Accurate, consistent, reliable ammo For a lot of us who reload, we tend to obsess over the price per round when loading our ammo. Getting things as cheap as possible is definitely a thing, and there are certainly ways that you can save money and not impact accuracy and reliability, but don’t take it too far. You want laser accurate ammo. If you’re switching to a bullet that’s cheaper than what you’ve been loading, don’t sacrifice accuracy. If you’re not reloading yet, and you have not shot your first match, ignore everything I’m saying about ammo right now. You want to shoot whatever ammo you have that is 100% reliable in your gun. If you’re clearing malfunctions all through your first match, you’re gonna have a bad time. Also, if you’re a more experienced shooter who’s not reloading your ammo… yet, you need to worry less about the cheapest thing, and more about the most accurate, most reliable stuff. If that happens to be the cheapest stuff, awesome, but if not, you should get better ammo. Sights that don't suck I see a fair number of guys who are experienced shooters who still show up to matches with the stock sights on their gun. They might have two or three guns that are all set up for competition, but their gun still has the stock garbage sights on it. I’ll tell you, I’ve got the Dawson Precision adjustable sights on my G34 for competition, and I think at this point, they’re a requirement for me. If a new gun were to come out that didn’t have Dawson adjustable sights available (cough M&P cough) I wouldn’t buy one. Q&A: John: What similarities and differences have you noticed between tactical and competition training? If I generalize both communities down do what my observations are both online and in real life, here’s what I see: The tactical community tends to focus more on doing things right, while the competitive community tends to focus more on doing things fast. For instance, if you go over to Instagram right now and look at the hashtag #tacticaltraining you’ll see a lot of stuff that’s staged just for Instagram, but if you sort through it and find the guy that probably aren’t competition shooters, who are actually training to get better, you’ll dudes who could be a lot faster in the way they manipulate their guns, draw, move, etc, because they’re trying to do things a certain way, because someone told them to do it that specific way. Now, there may be a good reason for doing things that way, so don’t take this as me saying that in a tactical or defensive scenario everything is about the speed, because it’s probably not. BUUUUT, this sort of focus on “doing things right” in the tactical community has allowed for some folks who are total goobers to rise to in that community because they don’t ever have to back up what they’re telling people to do, they can just explain it away as #becausetacticool. In competition shooting, it’s different. Our shooting is dictated by the timer. Was your run on a stage/drill/whatever faster and more accurate? Yes? Then it’s better. No? Then it’s dumb. The trouble with the tactical community, when comparing it with the competition community is that there aren’t any rules in the tactical world. People can define things however they want things to be, because realistically almost nobody is going to end up in a gunfight, and those that do, almost none of them get it on film, and there’s no way to replay it to try different things, etc, etc.

When is it time to replace gear, even if it isn’t an upgrade? I think everyones answer is going to be different to this question, but here’s my thoughts on it: I’ve got this old Glock 34 that I’ve been shooting forever. It has an unknown number of rounds through it, and I’ve replaced a bunch of parts in it over the years. At one point the gun started grouping really far to the left, and I could actually see wear on the locking block where it was starting to lock up off-center. No idea how or why that could happen, but it seemed like the lockup wearing the left side of the locking block was in-line with the gun suddenly grouping to the left. This wasn’t an issue of me not being able to pull ac Glock trigger and pulling the gun low and left, it was literally the gun wearing funny, and causing the barrel to lock up weirdly. So, I looked around a little on the internet, consulted with a listener who’s a Glock armorer guy at Glock, and then replaced the slide release (not the slide lock/slide stop) the slide release, as well as the locking block, and immediately the gun was shooting straight again. Then, I bought some Dawson Precision adjustable sights. A huge, fantastic upgrade, and I couldn’t zero the gun with them. Even maxing out the adjustment on them, I was still hitting something like 12” high at 20y. I called upo Dawson and they did the math, and sent me a front sight that’s as big as the sail on a pirate ship, but the gun is zeroed now. At that point in time, the gun was pretty easily shooting 2-3” groups at 20y, which was acceptable to me, and honestly about all I expect from a stock Glock shooting the cheapest mixed brass reloads I can possibly load. However, as time has went on, the gun is starting to lose that accuracy. I don’t know how many rounds it has through it now, a lot, but it’s to the point that I’m having a VERY hard time putting 10rds consecutively in the head box of a target at 20 yards. It used to be very easy, and now… it’s not. The thing is, I can’t see the difference. I like to think that I’m pretty good at noticing these things, and knowing when I’m pulling the trigger poorly, etc. I think it’s just the gun wearing, and losing some of it’s accuracy. So, I’m at (and have been at for a while) this crossroads of buying another new locking block and stuff and seeing if I can get the accuracy back, and then keeping shooting this gun, or buying a new gun. If I buy a new gun, do I just buy another Glock 34, toss a connector, grip plug, and set of Dawsons on it and have it be my match gun, and continue beating this one up in practice, or do I maybe see what the DA/SA thing is all about? David from the Humble Marksman YouTube channel keeps taunting me with his Shadow 2, and I’m kind of intrigued by a gun that is basically good to go right out of the box. But, at the same time, I REALLY like the idea of having two guns. Not really sure why I like that idea so much, considering I haven’t EVER needed a backup gun at a match, but I like the idea none the less. So, when do you buy new gear even if it isn’t an upgrade? When it’s time. I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but I think everyone has their own tolerance for this, and I don’t know if there’s a right or wrong. A lot of guys would have left the range when they realized their Glock wasn’t as accurate anymore and went straight to the gun store and ordered a new one. I’m not that guy. A lot of folks wouldn’t have bothered replacing the locking block and other parts trying to get the accuracy back either. Some folks would have went to a completely different type of gun at this point and never looked back. I don’t think any of those things are the wrong answer. For me, it comes down to confidence. I’ve found that when I’m completely confident in my gear, I shoot a LOT better because it’s completely off my mind. Years ago, when I was shooting M&P’s I put together a bastardized M&P with the lower from one gun, and the slide from another and headed out the door to a match. Turned out the trigger parts from the two different guns didn’t play super well together, and the trigger was just awful. Horrendous. I got through a couple stages, realized how awful it was, and it broke me. I felt defeated because I knew in that instance that I couldn’t perform to the level I should because of that terrible trigger. So, I think when you lose confidence it might be a good time to move on to something new.  

It seems like any time someone who's made a name for themselves on the internet opens their mouth and says that something is good, bad, or whatever, there's an army of fanboys who jump on board and claim whatever this person has said as gospel without even taking the time to verify what they were told. [powerpress] It happens with both technique, and gear related issues, and I don't think competitive shooters are any less susceptible to it and the tactical crowd. Here's the thing, we progress by standing on the shoulders of giants, building off of the things that those who came before us did. However, blinding following will make you fall in a hole. Stand on the shoulders of giants, but be skeptical. Test things, see what works for you. If something works, awesome. If it doesn't, and you can prove it doesn't then move on. The News A Sheriff was in the Cascades Mall when the mass shooting happened, but he was unarmed. Weird story. Some Michigan legislators think their constituents are idiots. They've introduced an "assault weapon" ban into the state just weeks before the election. VOTE THEM OUT! This bill is terrible, one of the worst pieces of legislation I've seen in a while, and y'all kinfolk back in Michigan need to defeat it. Gear that Doesn't Suck I really like my Streamlight ProTac 2L. I've had it about 2 years, and it's really been a good flashlight. I don't carry it all the time (work, because I destroy flashlights at work all the time) but if I'm not at work, it's a safe bet that it's within an arms length of me. Q&A John in Southern California: I'm a bullseye shooter, want to try IDPA. How should I setup my sights? This is something that I think a lot of people don't understand when it comes to pistols. It's easy to see on a rifle like an AR-15 because you can see that the sights are something like 2.5" above the bore line, so the concept that the bullet will intersect the line of sight at some point makes sense. However, it seels like a lot of people think that bullets exit the barrel of a pistol, and continue in a perfectly straight line until they hit something, which leads people to say things like "these sights hit point of aim/point of impact" which is a statement that doesn't really make sense unless you specify the distance that that happens. Here's what I do: I have a Glock 34, and Dawson Precision adjustable sights. I have them setup so that when I'm aiming at the upper A-zone of a USPSA target at 20 yards, the bullet hits right in the upper A-zone where I'm aiming. Shots closer than 20y will have the bullet hitting just a little lower than I'm aiming, and shots further than 20y will hit a little higher for a bit, then somewhere down range (I don't know where, because I don't shoot super long distance with my pistol much) the bullet will intersect the line of sight again, and then continue to fall until it hits the ground. I think the biggest thing is to know where your pistol hits at a certain distance so you can compensate for it at different distances. John is a bullseye shooter, which has shooters shooting at a fixed distance, so they setup their sights differently than "action" type shooters who may be shooting at a target anywhere from 1 to 50 yards. Contact If you'd like to send in a voicemail for the show, just call 781-7BULLET and leave a voicemail. If you've got anything for me, shoot me an email at luke@triangletactical.net

"Range Officers need to remember everybody is there to have fun." Is that a true statement? Maybe, but I think "fun" is defined very differently for different levels of shooters. Some folks get their fun by just showing up and shooting, and others have fun by playing the game within the rules (sometimes pushing them as far as they can) and others have fun by shooting to the best of their ability, and winning.  For me, it's changed over the years, and it's something that makes me appreciate a range officer who just enforces the rules, per the rulebook. I think some people are under the impression that some rules shouldn't be enforced/don't need to be enforced at a club match, and I don't agree with that at all.  Shirts! There's a new run of Triangle Tactical shirts going on right now at Teespring.com. I think this is the 4th time I've used Teespring, and I'm really excited about this newest run of shirts. They're available from today (7/4/2016) until 7/14/2016. If you want one, head over to Teespring.com to place your order. The News I've been reading a bunch of headlines saying something to the effect of "California bans most handguns!". Yes, a package of really bad bills were passed and signed into law by the Governor in California, but this rhetoric that "most handguns" were banned isn't exactly factual.  The bills in question are SB880 and AB1663. Here's what they both say: (4) A semiautomatic pistol that does not have a fixed magazine but has any one of the following: (A) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer. (B) A second handgrip. (C) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel that allows the bearer to fire the weapon without burning the bearer’s hand, except a slide that encloses the barrel. (D) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip. So, if the handgun is semi-auto, has a detachable magazine AND one of these other features, it will now be an "assault weapon" in California. I fell guilty with the headline thing too, it pays to actually read the bills when this stuff is happening.    Plug of the Week   I wanted to shout out to Dawson Precision for their awesome Perfect Impact Promise. I bought some adjustable sights back in February or March and I couldn't get them to hit just perfect. This week I called them up, told them what's going on, and within a few minutes I had a shipping confirmation on a new front sight that should get me right on target. If you need sights, I recommend Dawson Precision. They're not a sponsor of the podcast (although I'd love to have them) but they do good work. Highly recommended.