How much training have you had?

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In the use of firearms? Somebody brought this question up on another board, and I thought it would be a good fit here.
I'm going from memory here, so my numbers might be off a bit, but it's pretty close.

CA POST level three reserve officer training-64 hours
CA POST level two reserve officer training-40 hours
CA POST Modular Basic Academy-40 hours
HALO firearms training center-8 hours
CA armed guard qualification 4 hours

Not enough. Not nearly enough, in my opinion. And nothing since I've been in Oregon, which is coming up on 4 years. Gonna try to make it to Oregon Firearms Academy soon.
 
Formal training with a certificate at the end of the course? NONE. However, a neighbor of mine when I was growing up had been a member of the pistol team at every Marine base where he was stationed. Untold number of hours shooting 1911's and AR's with him. I've shot pistol competition for over twenty five years off and on. No training requirement in Alabama for CCW, so no govt. BS beyond the application.

Jay
 
In an emergency you default to your lowest level of training.

...Crud, I'm screwed.

NRA basic pistol
+Various informal "training" by civilian and Military shooters
 
This may sound odd, but it relates to the time period on when I learned most self-defense skills in the late 1960's.

The first time I ever shot a pistol I was coached/trained by a Madison police officer that was later decorated. One of the bikers I road with was a member of a dojo. The club enforcer of my MC placed fifth in try-outs for the 1964 Olympic wrestling team.

Kind of an each-one-teach-one manner of gathering skills.

In that regard, I have taught people how to cast bullets.

In a very strange turn of events, I taught a police officer how to field strip and clean her SIG. Bizarre as it sounds, she was issued the pistol, told to practice for two weeks, and then a trainig seminar would be held for maintenance. The pistol was so full of soot (most likely from very cheap reloads) that I could not see the end of the hook on the extractor.

If I had my way, there would be a diploma on my wall from Gunsite Raven. Clearly, I have no sheepskins. You have only my word, and my desire to improve. But I will still take an "education" when offered.
 
I have been to at least 4 days of training each year since 1989. Some I paid for some the Department paid for. Most years much more then that.
 
Hundreds of hours of formal instruction...I paid for it all. On top of that, add tons of range hours practicing the techniques shown in those classes.

The main thing is to take notes of the drills from each course and PRACTICE them at the range. Don't just go to the range and plink; create a 50 or 100 round program for each area you want to practice. Otherwise, all that training from those courses will fall out of your brain over time.
 
Not enough - Never enough!

The "Software" is MUCH more important than the "Hardware" - interestingly, most of the discussions on THR and other boards focus on the hardware only....

Gunsite Raven Basic Pistol Course
Gunsite Raven Special Pistol Course
Gunsite Raven Advanced Pistol Course
Gunsite Raven General Rifle Course
Gunsite Raven Special Rifle Course
Gunsite Raven Defensive Shotgun Course
Gunsite Raven Provost Instructors Course
Gunsite Raven Provost Instructor
American Shotgun Academy Defensive Shotgun Course at Gunsite
Canada Department of National Defense Range Safety Officer Course
CPI Instructors Course
K-9 Training Instruction Security Dogs
Business and Home Security Course
Instructors Training Seminar for Canadian Firearms Safety Course
NRA Personal Protection Course
NRA Basic Pistol Course
AZ CCW Course
AZ DPS Firearms Safety Instructor (CCW) Course
 
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More then my local LEA has given to its average officer, in the same time frame.( I'm talking about all training, not just weapons training)

makes me feel real safe.
 
Twenty years U.S Army and retired in '05. Took up varied, disciplined and purposeful shooting after that.
Trained to the point in the military to where It's the same old same old. Good training but got tired of hearing that word training.
 
Does carrying a BB gun 24/7 as kid count?

Seriously, today I completed the NRA Basic Pistol course. For civilian purposes, I'll take one or two more courses in firearms handling plus the Red Cross' first aid and call it a day.

This country, in lieu of the draft, really needs a mandatory civil defense program.
 
i wil agree with the above poster never enough for me to be satisfied, but i have trained at TDI ohio, Blackwater, and been trained by members of the AMU and the Ranger Regiment, and the army of course too but i personally don't think that that amounts to much.

in sept i will be going to tactical response in tenn for fighting pistol and advanced fighting pistol which i am very excited about and can't wait.

i have a long list of courses and people that i want to train with and i hope that i will be able to complete that list and many more.
 
I dont think all the training in the world would qualify as enough. What it comes down to is experience in those kind of situations untill it happens you dont know how you will act in a real situation. Ive seen very well trained men crumble in fear when it was time to act. Just some food for thought.
 
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