I recently attended the Georgia Gun Club Defensive Pistol class. This is an indoor range in Buford, Georgia, with two 25 yard ranges (rifle rated) and a 100 yard rifle only range. The class was taught on the smaller 25 yard bay which is, IIRC, 8 lanes wide. There were 6 shooters and 2 instructors.
We were able to start right at 8 o'clock. The first couple hours were spent in the classroom going over mindset, tactics,...etc" It was good stuff, the regulars around here would find it very familiar (FBI stats, quotes from Cooper and Clint, color codes, rule of 3's, Tueller, etc)
Shooters are expected to use their actual daily carry gear. I shot a G26 IWB concealed with spare mag(s) loose in my pocket(s). Guns were kept loaded pretty much at all times, we loaded all magazines to full capacity, everything (except weak hand only) was done from the holster/concealed, and it was our responsibility to keep our guns loaded/reloaded. Courses of fire were of the "put X rounds into here and Y rounds into there, make up shots when you assess" variety.
They used a F.A.S.T. protocol of Fight, Assess, Scan, Topoff. The scan, BTW, is an actual 360* in which you turn yourself around (that's what it's all a-bout!) 360* after assessing (that threat is out), still with your loaded gun, muzzle up. To timers or clocks were used, consistently doing the processes correctly was the focus.
When you draw, MOVE, when you reload, MOVE, when you clear a malfunction, MOVE. Not a lot of room to move on a line with others indoors so this basically meant take steps side to side.
Most skills were presented by an instructor, done pantomime, then slow with the loaded gun without firing or only firing one shot, then into full speed.
There was one 'that guy' present who seemed to need an inordinate amount of coaching and correction on "muzzle downrange", "finger OFF the trigger", "don't have your gun out behind the line with people in front of you", etc, etc on repeat. One instructor basically spent his day as that person's shadow.
Bottom line is I definitely recommend this course. It has prerequisites which you can read about on their site. It is very much meant to be applicable to the real world, and I find great value in using a 'sub compact' carry gun concealed IWB for a day on the range. I don't usually get to both draw and shoot "rapid fire" at the same time, let alone while moving (even just a step or two). The instructors are professional, knowledgeable, experienced, and when demonstrating live fire on occasion, are actually pretty darn good with their pistols.
I searched YouTube on a hunch and found a trailer for the course (it plays as part of a loop on some of the TV's in the store)
We were able to start right at 8 o'clock. The first couple hours were spent in the classroom going over mindset, tactics,...etc" It was good stuff, the regulars around here would find it very familiar (FBI stats, quotes from Cooper and Clint, color codes, rule of 3's, Tueller, etc)
Shooters are expected to use their actual daily carry gear. I shot a G26 IWB concealed with spare mag(s) loose in my pocket(s). Guns were kept loaded pretty much at all times, we loaded all magazines to full capacity, everything (except weak hand only) was done from the holster/concealed, and it was our responsibility to keep our guns loaded/reloaded. Courses of fire were of the "put X rounds into here and Y rounds into there, make up shots when you assess" variety.
They used a F.A.S.T. protocol of Fight, Assess, Scan, Topoff. The scan, BTW, is an actual 360* in which you turn yourself around (that's what it's all a-bout!) 360* after assessing (that threat is out), still with your loaded gun, muzzle up. To timers or clocks were used, consistently doing the processes correctly was the focus.
When you draw, MOVE, when you reload, MOVE, when you clear a malfunction, MOVE. Not a lot of room to move on a line with others indoors so this basically meant take steps side to side.
Most skills were presented by an instructor, done pantomime, then slow with the loaded gun without firing or only firing one shot, then into full speed.
There was one 'that guy' present who seemed to need an inordinate amount of coaching and correction on "muzzle downrange", "finger OFF the trigger", "don't have your gun out behind the line with people in front of you", etc, etc on repeat. One instructor basically spent his day as that person's shadow.
Bottom line is I definitely recommend this course. It has prerequisites which you can read about on their site. It is very much meant to be applicable to the real world, and I find great value in using a 'sub compact' carry gun concealed IWB for a day on the range. I don't usually get to both draw and shoot "rapid fire" at the same time, let alone while moving (even just a step or two). The instructors are professional, knowledgeable, experienced, and when demonstrating live fire on occasion, are actually pretty darn good with their pistols.
I searched YouTube on a hunch and found a trailer for the course (it plays as part of a loop on some of the TV's in the store)
