The Weaponcraft Journal - Volume 1 Issue 1 - Tapa blanda

Our vision for The Weaponcraft Journal is to create a reference where topics related to the relevant use of firearms as weapons are explored without considerations for competition or other sporting uses. We have no criticism of these activities but rather choose to focus on the serious use of weapons. We cover all varieties of weapons both present and historic, firearms, edged and improvised as well as unarmed combat. This issue’s guest authors include Tom Givens of Rangemaster, Steve Cooper of Paladin Training, Dr. Tom Griswold of Griswold Self Defense and Dalton Jantzen of Elizabethtown Community & Technical College. In addition you will find articles from AIM’s leadership and cadre including Jim Higginbotham, Eric Dean and Kip Brandel sharing his knowledge of all things reloading.

Jim Higginbotham has spent his entire adult life in the pursuit of a practical knowledge of firearms and their uses.  In that time he has been a Peace Officer, a civil servant, a contractor for the U.S. Army, Firearms Instructor (with multiple credentials), a practicing gunsmith, armorer, competitor, expert witness and hunter. He taught his first firearms class in 1969. Among several awards for his firearms-related work or performance, he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Kentucky National Guard, given a Senior Expert rating by Jeff Cooper of the American Pistol Institute (Gunsite), was the second person to pass the Masters Test at Rangemaster in Memphis, TN, and awarded “Most Accurate Shooter” at the 2000 IDPA National Championship. Jim has contributed to several books by other authors, including Survival Shooting, The Complete Guide to Concealed Carry and Fighting Smarter, all by Tom Givens as well as Defensive Handguns by Stephen A. Camp.  His training has been featured in the F.B.I. Training Bulletin September 2010. He has been the topic of a number of magazine articles in Combat Handguns and S.W.A.T. magazines, and is currently in the process of publishing The Weaponcraft Journal, a publication of the American Institute of Marksmanship.