Category: Personal Heroes

Austin PD Horse Patrol Sergeant Adam Johnson hit a rifle-armed rampage shooter with his iron-sighted pistol, at 104 yards, at night–while holding two frightened horses. This article was originally published as “Repeating the Feat: Hold Your Horses” in the October 2025 issue of Dillon’s eBlue Press. It was the second installment in a series where we set up range drills replicating actual historical shooting challenges, in honor of those who accomplished them.

Daniel K. Inouye was a 17-year-old high school student living on Oahu, Hawai’i, on December 7, 1941. When he heard on the radio that Pearl Harbor was under attack, and saw the smoke from the burning ships and the Japanese …

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This article I wrote about a heroic sky marshal was initially published as “Repeating the Feat: The Zurich Drill” in the April 2025 electronic edition of Dillon Precision’s Blue Press. This Heloderm.com version contains more photos than they have room for in Dillon’s “Stealth Catalog.”

This tale of two Melissas is really about two different types of courage, both admirable.

One of the most profound turning points in my education as a rifleman occurred with an Enfield Jungle Carbine, under the tutelage of a Marine I’ll call Ray. Ray is one of my oldest and closest friends. We’d been team …

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