Featured Insight
The Job Isn't the Gunfight
What Seventeen Years in Diplomatic Security Taught Me About the Other Ninety-Nine Percent
By IRADA VALIYEVA
ZRIntel — Breaking News & Firearms Intelligence
Speed Is Not the Problem
An Austrian IPSC shooter on why fundamentals beat pace, and why calling the field “partners” fixed what speed drills never could
By Rainer Ulreich
I Blamed the Optic. It Was My Grip.
A four-month competitive shooter on the fixes that felt right and weren't
By Steven Gonzales
What the Range Doesn't Test
A Ceará tactical officer explains why dry-fire repetition and decision-making under pressure matter beyond the controlled range
Alisson Lopes
Before You Correct the Shooter, Check the Instruction
A student who cannot perform a skill may not have a shooting problem
John Bourne II
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ZRIntel Explainer — HK91
The HK91 is a semi-automatic battle rifle designed by the German company Heckler & Koch (H&K). It is chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO and was pri…
Situation Insight
The Gunsmith Paradox
Four hundred million firearms. A surging owner class. And a trade that cannot find enough hands to do the work. This is not a story about a dying craft. It is a story about a system that forgot how to route.
By ZRINTEL EDITORIAL
The Industry Built for the Wrong Shooter
The firearms industry is still built around a physically capable shooter not the one it actually serves today. As aging clients face real physical limitations, current practice fails them through guesswork, undocumented modifications, and binary thinking: perform or quit.
By Seth Cohen
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