possum
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This is a truely advanced class, Fighting pistol is a great start, but wow this class is even more needed than the first class, this class has drills and techniques that you need and must have to survive a lethal encounter.
Today started off in the classroom, but it was short and sweet. Indroductions by the students and instructers were made, the standard saftey and incase of emergency plans were discussed and understood by all.
On to the range where we spent the rest of the day, and a great day that it was. If you hate shooting strong hand and weak hand only, then you are gonna hate this course!
No body really likes to do it, but it is a must, and i am glad that i was in the enviornment where i was forced to do it, even though i really don't want too. Everything you could need too with the strong hand or weak hand only was covered. drawing, shooting, reloading ( both speed and emergency reloads), clearing type 1(yes there was more inert rounds),2, and 3 malfunctions, weak hand and strong hand only. type three one handed was tough and i am glad that it was gone over, especially the weak hand only. All the postions were gone over again, and more added today, fetal postion etc, and the majority of them were done both weak hand and strong hand only. The tueller drill was covered, from the holster as well as the covert ready postion. We dimissed the tales of your finger having to be right "here" or this way or that to make you shoot accuartly. we got accurate hits on traget using unconventional means to pull the trigger, ie using an ink pen, your finger at the tip, at the first bend, at the 2nd pad, using your whole finger, as well as shooting the gun upside down. no matter what it goes back to basics, sight alignment, sight picture and a proper trigger press. That is all you need to achive hits no matter what. We also shot two guns at once, which was interesting, and something i hadn't done in the past and didn't ever plan on doing, but suprisingly i was able to get every round from each gun into the heart box of the target (my xd and a glock 23), and i was in a pretty rapid pace. We also partaked in the "disorientation" drill, enough of that and there is so much much more to this class even just the first day. But if you want to know more you just need to take the class, that is all there is too it.
Again today i ran the xd service model again, no gun, ammo, or magazine issues. It is hard to say how many rounds we went through. I did use my xdsc bug today but that was only when my service model ran dry on ammo and i would transition to it just to go through the motions, and start to integrate the bug into my shooting.
There were no issues on the range with guns going down or the like, everything ran good and stayed in the fight all day.
Tommorow is the last day and though i am looking to get the next day underway i am not looking for the training to be over though. i would love to stay for alumni weekend, but that is out of the question.
i highly reccomend this course even more so than fighting pistol but since fighting pistol is a prereq for this course and for good reason, you should take both of these courses and you should take them back to back.
Today started off in the classroom, but it was short and sweet. Indroductions by the students and instructers were made, the standard saftey and incase of emergency plans were discussed and understood by all.
On to the range where we spent the rest of the day, and a great day that it was. If you hate shooting strong hand and weak hand only, then you are gonna hate this course!
No body really likes to do it, but it is a must, and i am glad that i was in the enviornment where i was forced to do it, even though i really don't want too. Everything you could need too with the strong hand or weak hand only was covered. drawing, shooting, reloading ( both speed and emergency reloads), clearing type 1(yes there was more inert rounds),2, and 3 malfunctions, weak hand and strong hand only. type three one handed was tough and i am glad that it was gone over, especially the weak hand only. All the postions were gone over again, and more added today, fetal postion etc, and the majority of them were done both weak hand and strong hand only. The tueller drill was covered, from the holster as well as the covert ready postion. We dimissed the tales of your finger having to be right "here" or this way or that to make you shoot accuartly. we got accurate hits on traget using unconventional means to pull the trigger, ie using an ink pen, your finger at the tip, at the first bend, at the 2nd pad, using your whole finger, as well as shooting the gun upside down. no matter what it goes back to basics, sight alignment, sight picture and a proper trigger press. That is all you need to achive hits no matter what. We also shot two guns at once, which was interesting, and something i hadn't done in the past and didn't ever plan on doing, but suprisingly i was able to get every round from each gun into the heart box of the target (my xd and a glock 23), and i was in a pretty rapid pace. We also partaked in the "disorientation" drill, enough of that and there is so much much more to this class even just the first day. But if you want to know more you just need to take the class, that is all there is too it. Again today i ran the xd service model again, no gun, ammo, or magazine issues. It is hard to say how many rounds we went through. I did use my xdsc bug today but that was only when my service model ran dry on ammo and i would transition to it just to go through the motions, and start to integrate the bug into my shooting.
There were no issues on the range with guns going down or the like, everything ran good and stayed in the fight all day.
Tommorow is the last day and though i am looking to get the next day underway i am not looking for the training to be over though. i would love to stay for alumni weekend, but that is out of the question.
i highly reccomend this course even more so than fighting pistol but since fighting pistol is a prereq for this course and for good reason, you should take both of these courses and you should take them back to back.
