Triangle Tactical

It’s late, I’ll get the full shownotes written tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime, enjoy the show!

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Welcome back to episode 73 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A show. Today’s question comes in from TJ in Charlotte. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

This episode is brought to you by Gear that Doesn’t Suck! Check out the sidebar –> Over there –> to see our handpicked list of gear that doesn’t suck. Including EDC knives and flashlights, pistol sights, books, and more, everything there is stuff that we use and know doesn’t suck.

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Welcome back to episode 72 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A show. Today’s question comes in from Joshua in Nevada. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, head to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

This episode was sponsored by The Blue Bullets. They just announced some new bulk discounts, and shipping deals that you should check out if you’re looking to buy some new bullets for competitive shooting. Don’t forget, you can save even more with the code “triangle” at checkout. They’re Glock friendly, Open gun friendly, and they’re made right here in NC (but offer free shipping on most orders) to anywhere in the US.

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Welcome back to episode 71 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A show. Today’s question comes in from Chris in Hillsborough. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

This episode is sponsored by the Law of Self Defense by Andrew Branca. Andrew has a phenomenal book titled the Law of Self Defense that aims to teach the concealed carrier the laws governing self defense. On top of the book, Andrew also does live seminars, and online webinars on the topic. We’ve reviewed the book, as well as taken the class the last time Andrew was in town, and can’t recommend them highly enough. If you carry, you need to read the book. Save 10% with the code “triangle” at checkout, get it at Law of Self Defense.

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Check out this post for details, I’ve still got a bunch of stamps left, and I’m not afraid to buy more of them if the voicemails keep coming.

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I did not have a good time, apparently.

I don’t remember why I had a bad time but I think the lesson here is that I still shoot IDPA, and I like it for what it is.

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Today’s voicemail comes in from Sean from the GunBlog VarietyCast. It’s not a question, but you should just listen to it anyways.

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Wow, 150 episodes. That’s freaking awesome! Anyways, this week we talk about live fire practice, and more specifically the stuff you can easily build to make all of the stuff you need for live fire practice at the range. The range I have access to is just a berm, so now that I’m getting some regular live fire practice in, I needed to build everything to take with me to the range.

Welcome back to episode 69 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show. Today’s email comes in from Chad in… somewhere. If you have a question for us, shoot an email to or go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to send us a voicemail.

Welcome back to episode 68 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show. Today’s email comes in from John in Alabama. If you have a question for us, shoot an email to or go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to send us a voicemail.

Welcome back to episode 67 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show. Today’s voicemail comes in from Tim in Charlotte. If you have a voicemail for us head to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

Welcome back to episode 66 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show. Today’s voicemail comes in from Steve in Alabama. If you want to send us a voicemail head to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

This episode was sponsored by The Blue Bullets. They just announced some new bulk discounts, and shipping deals that you should check out if you’re looking to buy some new bullets for competitive shooting. Don’t forget, you can save even more with the code “triangle” at checkout. They’re Glock friendly, Open gun friendly, and they’re made right here in NC (but offer free shipping on most orders) to anywhere in the US.

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This week on the podcast, Ben and I let loose about a few things that have been driving us nuts. Don’t get mad.

Welcome back to episode 65 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show! Today’s voicemail comes in from Mike in NC. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

Welcome back to episode 64 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show! Today’s voicemail comes in from Tom. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

This episode is brought to you by Gear that Doesn’t Suck! Check out the sidebar on the website at triangletactical.net to see our handpicked list of gear that doesn’t suck. Including EDC knives and flashlights, pistol sights, books, and more, everything there is stuff that we use and know doesn’t suck.

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Welcome back to episode 63 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show! Today’s voicemail comes in from Mike in NC. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

Welcome back to episode 62 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show! Today’s voicemail comes in from Davey in New Mexico. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.

Davey asks about how to practice malfunctions. He has some magazines that are’t the most reliable, and wants to know if he should use them in matches in order to get some more practice clearing malfunctions.

This episode was sponsored by The Blue Bullets. They just announced some new bulk discounts, and shipping deals that you should check out if you’re looking to buy some new bullets for competitive shooting. Don’t forget, you can save even more with the code “triangle” at checkout. They’re Glock friendly, Open gun friendly, and they’re made right here in NC (but offer free shipping on most orders) to anywhere in the US.

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This week Ben and I talk about the differences between the shooting sports, and how you should try and take them for what they are, and not make them something they aren’t.

Welcome back to episode 61 of the Triangle Tactical Q&A Show! Today’s voicemail comes in from Gerrit in Wake Forest. If you’d like to send us a voicemail, go to triangletactical.net/voicemail to find out how.