Shooting Wire Announcing The Tactical Wire

[Pathfinder]

Any idea when this will be happening?

End of this month or early July, do not recall precisely. Will let you know once I do.

[Pathfinder]

Timing is excellent - The following came in today's email.

Shepherd's url is http://www.shootingwire.com/

New Doesn't Necessarily Mean New
Tomorrow, we'll be premiering the first edition of The Tactical Wire.

Each of you reading this will be on our initial distribution list. So consider this a heads-up that there will be something new in your mailbox tomorrow (barring force majeur - no one can predict that). The new Tactical Wire will be from us.

The Tactical Wire marks the addition of two seasoned professionals from the world of writing and the tactical world to The Outdoor Wire family

Rich Grassi, the Tactical Wire's new editor, needs little introduction to anyone who reads about firearms and tactical gear. A veteran shooter, writer and evaluator of tactical equipment, Rich will be handling the day-to-day operations of this new service. Although he's too-modest to tell you himself, he's even authored a new book on police firearms instruction that will be out later this year.

On the expert instructional side, we're honored to have Tiger McKee and his Shootright Firearms Academy aboard. Tiger will be approaching tactical training from his experience as an instructor and lifelong student of tactical shooting as a martial art.

His expertise (beginning in our second edition) will challenge you to "keep your eyes up" and encourage a situational awareness that is frequently missed in firearms and shooting instruction. As the great shooters in any discipline will tell you, there's a lot more involved than mechanical abilities. Tiger can improve your shooting mechanics and your mental approach.

The Tactical Wire isn't our attempt to spread existing material under a fresh label, it is being "created from scratch" because you told us you really want more in the broad-area considered "tactical".

For that reason, we'll continue to solicit your suggestions and input.

After all, you are why we are here.

Candidly, there will be times that material will crossover between our wires. With the AR-15 rifle platform arguably the most popular one in the shooting world for anything from precision shooting to hunting, it's inevitable.

That inevitability, however, doesn't mean readers of The Shooting Wire can suddenly expect to be inundated with practical/tactical teaching material. Our area of concentration will still be shooting as a recreation and a sport. We love competition, from Cowboy Action to tactical three-gun, but we're not going to suddenly start dressing like a SWAT team.

The military and law enforcement areas will be served in The Tactical Wire - by experts in that very specialized area.

But it would be naïve not to recognize that high-speed tactical gear today will be mainstream shooting gear tomorrow. As evidence, consider the AR-itself, and the high-performance optics, lights, rangefinders and super-functional gear we all use.

[Jim Urban]

The first edition was released today... http://www.thetacticalwire.com/