dak0ta,
I missed this thread the first time through, I'm afraid, so I'm late getting to it.
We have a too-slow connection and a too slow computer here for the video to play smoothly, so I only managed a few minutes of watching the video. The pace of what I did see is not exactly blistering. I would have preferred more 'meat' early along in the video, but the reviewer certainly has some nice scenery to take advantage of.
All I can say is, always do your best get the most from any source of information you can manage, and expose yourself to as many useful sources of information as possible. Be a perpetual student, in other words. Always be looking for another opportunity to learn something, either great or small.
Most folks here know that I firmly believe the best way to steepen your individual learning curve is to place yourself in the hands of a professional trainer, as soon as you master the basics of safety. There is no better use of time, money or ammo IMHO than learning from a world class instructor. No training video, no written material, will do as much as fast to move you along toward mastering the things you need to know as a good trainer looking over your shoulder. Or under it, as the case might be
. (Yes, I am in fact picking on Louis Awerbuck again.)
I didn't get much of a chance to see or hear what the reviewer had to say about the various guns they were shooting. All three are established products of big name manufacturers and all are suitable for serious use IMHO, in the hands of properly trained and practiced shooters.
There were things I noticed about gunhandling and gear setup in the video that were different from the things I would do. I've gone into boring detail about some of those things here before and I will spare the readers of this thread a repetition at this point. The reviewer doesn't have to make me happy with his gear and gunhandling, and I don't have to make him happy with mine. It's a big world, and there is room for lots of various people to do things their own way. Different things work for different people, and within the bounds of safety and effectiveness, there is no right or wrong way to do anything.
Hope this helps,
lpl
