Alex Nieuwland - Suarez International Staff Instructor Repeated discussions about .223 / 5.56 mm sight-in distances, and the need to zero my FN FS2000, inspired me to crank up the ballistic calculator again. In a previous article, I looked at 9 mm trajectories for UZI carbines. In this article, I’ll... Continue reading

By Alex Nieuwland and JD Lester – Suarez International Staff Instructors As you can see, the UZI is basically a big pistol. Thanks to its stock, however, even moderately trained personnel can easily push its useful distance out beyond “normal” pistol range, and we therefore need to look at it... Continue reading

Alex Nieuwland - Suarez International Staff Instructor Life is pretty good, here in Columbia, SC, but during the summer the heat and humidity combine to form conditions that can be dangerous to the ill-prepared. When the summer sun starts beating down, and the humidity makes the air feel like you... Continue reading

By Alex Nieuwland – Suarez International Staff Instructor As my fellow Staff Instructor Chris Upchurch likes to say: “If I could make you a certified badass in 2 days, I’d charge you a LOT more money!” He is right, of course. There is only so much we can do, even... Continue reading

On Warrior Talk and on this blog, we typically only discuss good equipment. If we were to discuss all the junk that is out there, we would have little time left to do anything else. There is, however, a sub-category of revolver that everyone looking at used revolvers needs to... Continue reading

 By Alex Nieuwland, Suarez International Staff Instructor in South Carolina As many are making their spending plans for the new year, I’d like to reflect on the search for the “Good Deal”. To quote gunsmith Mark Graham: “What made you think you were getting a $1000 battle rifle for... Continue reading

 By Alex Nieuwland, Suarez International Staff Instructor Earlier this year, I had TSD install a Trijicon RMR sight on my primary Glock 19 carry gun. When I started practicing with it, everything was as expected when it came to sighted fire: I was keeping all of my shots in... Continue reading

By Alex Nieuwland, Suarez International Staff Instructor This October, Suarez International Tier 1 Staff Instructor Randy Harris traveled from Tennessee to South Carolina to teach a Force-on-Force Gunfighting class. This course is a good demonstration of what makes the whole Suarez International handgun curriculum so advanced: it is based on... Continue reading

 By Alex Nieuwland, Suarez International Staff Instructor In my area of operations, home invasion is gaining in popularity as a tactic used by criminals. Apparently, cold burglaries with very precise information are preferred, but if that won’t work home invasion is considered as a perfectly acceptable alternative. Recently, I... Continue reading

By Alex Nieuwland – Suarez International Staff Instructor in South Carolina I’ve heard all of these comments, some of them recently. “All of this realistic training to win gunfights is getting in the way of my IDPA.” “Practicing with my reloads that barely make power factor and barely cycle my... Continue reading

By Alex Nieuwland, SI Staff Instructor Almost exactly ten years ago, a friend of mine invited me to my first IDPA match. I still remember the first stage I ever shot. It was called “Officer Down.” For string 1, I started out laying flat on my back with my legs... Continue reading