Pistol As Your Primary: A Complete Training Manual for Carrying and Fighting With the Pistol

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. Pistol as Your Primary is written for the people who already work that way, and for the people building toward it. This is a complete manual on carrying and fighting with the pistol, for offense and defense alike. 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 the reader from the first draw through the long arc of keeping a skill alive over years. The standard is simple and unforgiving: you are only as capable as you can prove cold. Written by Gino Monica, with Jake Wetuski. Foreword by Aaron Moyer. Their combined experience spans intelligence operations, combat deployments, executive protection, disaster response, expeditionary operations, and firearms instruction across multiple continents. When it counts, the pistol and the skill behind it are all you bring. This is the book that makes sure both are ready.