S12E16: Is Competitive Shooting Bad for Defense?
Concealed Carry Podcast - Guns | Training | Defense | CCW
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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In this episode, we explore the multifaceted world of competitive shooting and its impact on defensive training. Jacob Paulsen and I share our personal experiences with competition, weighing its advantages against potential drawbacks. We discuss how competitive shooting can enhance pistol performance through subconscious skill development, efficient stress management, and skill progression via measured feedback.
The camaraderie and support within the shooting community are highlighted, stressing the importance of consistent practice for accelerated improvement. However, we also address the risks of developing habits that may not apply to real-world scenarios, urging listeners to maintain a balanced training approach that combines insights from both competitive and tactical shooting. Tune in for a comprehensive examination of how to integrate competition into effective self-defense training.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Concealed Carry podcast, season 12, episode 16. |
| 0:15.1 | And welcome to the Concealed Carry podcast, part of the Concealed Carry.com network, brought to you by HK. Today is Friday, December 5th, |
| 0:25.2 | 2025. And we are your hosts, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulson. Yes, here we are. And we are the guys who |
| 0:34.4 | this is our second attempt at this episode because the first attempt, |
| 0:38.3 | we didn't realize we were muted for the full six minutes we were talking to ourselves. |
| 0:42.8 | Take two, this is. |
| 0:44.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah, something didn't work right a moment ago. |
| 0:48.9 | But it looks like it worked this time. |
| 0:51.1 | At least as far as we can tell, the thing that indicates we are muted or not, |
| 0:55.4 | it shows we are talking. If you can't hear us, let us know. But anyway, here we are. We were |
| 1:02.8 | having a good time. We started off actually in take one talking about running. Yeah, it feels like |
| 1:08.4 | it's lost its excitement now. We already talked about it. We don't need to rehash that. It was pointless anyway. Yeah, it feels like it's lost its excitement now. We've already talked about it. We don't need to rehash that. |
| 1:12.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.7 | It was pointless anyway. |
| 1:14.7 | I don't know. |
| 1:15.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:16.3 | It would have given you bad visualization. |
| 1:18.9 | Yep. |
| 1:19.4 | But here we are. |
| 1:20.1 | Now we're going to talk about shooting guns and things. |
| 1:23.2 | Yep. |
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