https://greyhive.com/videos/watch/bb7b192a-d333-421b-983b-8bcffa9f8a05 You can shoot regularly, put together tight groups, and still discover that your confidence has outpaced your actual ability. In this episode of Making Shooters Better, Terry Vaughan sits down with Kyle Johnston, a former Marine, current Green Beret with the 19th Special Forces Group, filmmaker, and member of the Unit Solutions team. Kyle shares the unconventional path that took him from the Marine Corps into filmmaking and media, then back into military service and Special Forces. Along the way, he learned an important lesson: years of recreational shooting did not automatically translate into performance when speed, movement, pressure, and measurable standards were added. Kyle and Terry discuss: • The difference between going shooting and actually training • Why confidence can grow faster than competence • How timers, drills, movement, and measurable goals expose weaknesses • Why firearms skills are more perishable than many shooters realize • How consistency can matter more than occasional long range sessions • The value of dry-fire and at-home practice between live-fire sessions • Why finding what you're bad at is essential to improving • How good training should remain adaptable instead of becoming rigid doctrine • Why the shooting community can feel completely different online versus in person • The importance of experienced shooters welcoming and supporting newer shooters • How Kyle balances Special Forces service, family, training, and his work with Unit Solutions One of the biggest lessons from Kyle’s experience is simple: feeling capable and demonstrating capability are not always the same thing. Good training gives you a way to find that gap, measure it, and start closing it. Watch the full conversation, subscribe to Laser Ammo for more episodes of Making Shooters Better, and follow Kyle and the Unit Solutions team: Unit Solutions: https://unitsolutions.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unit.solutions/reels/ #MakingShootersBetter #LaserAmmo #FirearmsTraining #DryFireTraining #ShootingSkills #GreenBeret #UnitSolutions #ResponsibleTraining Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:17:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://greyhive.com https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/5746210d-885d-44b2-9be0-92bf1e4d34df.webp https://greyhive.com/videos/watch/bb7b192a-d333-421b-983b-8bcffa9f8a05 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://greyhive.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.