Pistol as Your Primary Is Here

There is an old line that the pistol is the gun you use to fight your way back to your rifle. For the people who carry one as their primary, there is no rifle to get back to.

The plainclothes officer, the protective agent, the investigator, the off-duty professional, the civilian who carries every day. For all of them, the pistol is the gun actually on the body, concealed and at hand, and the gun that has to do the work. We wrote Pistol as Your Primary for the people who already work that way, and for the people building toward it. As of today, it is out.

This one has been a long time in the making. We have been building it for you for years, writing, shooting, testing, cutting, and rewriting until every chapter could hold up on the range. Getting it into your hands has been the goal the whole way, and we could not be more excited to finally share it.

What It Is

This is a complete manual on carrying and fighting with the pistol. It is brand-neutral and principle-driven, built to serve civilians, law enforcement, military, and professional security to the same standard. It teaches you how to think about the pistol so you can judge any technique or piece of equipment on your own. Every recommendation is grounded in function, every standard is measurable, and every claim can be tested on a timer and a target.

Inside, you will find:

• A complete skill progression, from marksmanship and the drawstroke to movement, cover, close-quarters, and low-light

• Dry-fire and live-fire drill libraries, every drill scored against standards at three levels

• A skills-audit system of cold qualifications you run, score, and log, so erosion shows up before it costs you

• Training programs you can run as written: 30-day, 90-day, and annual cycles, with self-assessment at one, three, and five years

• Equipment chosen on function, from holsters and carry methods to ammunition, lights, and sights

• Force-on-force, vehicle and home defense, and preparing the people around you

• A carry and maintenance routine that keeps the whole system reliable

Most pistol instruction stops at the fundamentals. This one carries you from the first draw through the long arc of keeping the skill alive over years. The standard is simple and unforgiving: you are only as capable as you can prove cold.

Signed Copies for Members

Fifty signed copies, signed by myself, Jake, and Aaron, will be available in the Patreon store in the coming weeks. Fifty is the full signed run. Once those are gone, regular copies remain available on Amazon. We will post here the moment the signed copies go live, so keep an eye on your notifications. If signed does not matter to you, skip the wait and grab a regular copy from Amazon today.

Get It Now

The book is available now at the link below. If you read it and it earns a spot on your shelf, a review goes a long way toward putting it in front of the people who need it.

Pistol as Your Primary on Amazon

This book exists because this community proved there was an audience for instruction held to a measurable standard. Thank you for backing the work. Now go run the quals.

-Gino, Jake, and Aaron