UC_Guy 1971
Custom
I golf for the alcohol. I mean sport of it.
Are You Part of the EDC 1%?
- Thread starter Mike H.
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Oldmountaiman
Custom
There's lots of wobbly on green
HayesGreener
Ronin
Fundamentally, there is no substitute for basic marksmanship. Everything else is built around that. All the tactical machinations are meaningless if you can't hit the target
KillerFord1977
Emissary
Yes, a lot of people only get the training needed to get there CCW permit, In the states where one is still needed. A lot of states are now constitutional carry (no permit needed, if you can legally purchase a gun at an FFL you can carry it) as I believe it should be. Could we all use more training, probably, but most have issues with lack of time (work, family, ectra.), money (training can be expensive, as can the ammo needed), or like me finding training geared to someone with disabilities. And for me the expense (i'm living on SS and a small retirement) and lack of local training. I've seen training courses that recommend you have at least 7 or 8 spare mags (at $40 or more apeace) and a minimum of 400 rounds. Add in travel and lodging and meals and its WAY over my budget as it is for many people. And my kids are now grown, couldn't imanage having to pay for child care for a week away for training. Not everyone has someone to watch their kids (like grandparents or close friends). And there's no way I could fire more than about 30 or 40 rounds in a day with my EDC gun, a S&W Shield in 40 cal. Is there an instructor out there that will work with me in my area (Louisville KY), if so I"m open to take more training. Oh, and also I'm partly disabled and walk (slowly) with a cane so mostly I shoot one handed.
The Night Rider
Hellcat
Even if you can't attend a training class you can still practice what you were trained on.
I've said this a bunch of times before I think all the actual professional training I got was from my church they paid a professional trainer to come in and train everybody that was on the security team.
What he really trained us on was basic gun handling. First and foremost, safe gun handling . How to draw and get the gun on target. How to reduce a malfunction. How to shoot from a compromised position. He had us do Shoot/ Don't shoot drills. How to shoot from behind a barrier. Every training session included a qualification. If you didn't pass the qualification you didn't carry a gun as a security team member. So there was instant feedback. You either passed the qualification or you didn't.
All the things that he trained us on, even the qualification, could be practiced on our own.
I'm fairly certain I've mentioned this before as well but the very first time that I went to a training class for the security team I bombed. I thought I was going to go in there with all my internet gun knowledge and Ace the course, yeah no. I did learn a good lesson in humility though.
And I'm going to say this last thing about why I think training is important. That very first class I used to carry my multi-tool and my extra magazine right next to one another in a similar magazine pouch. Every time I had to reload in that class I tried to shove my multi-tool into the magazine well of my gun.
I learned from that. It's one thing to go through the motions it's another thing to go through the motions when there's stress involved.
I've said this a bunch of times before I think all the actual professional training I got was from my church they paid a professional trainer to come in and train everybody that was on the security team.
What he really trained us on was basic gun handling. First and foremost, safe gun handling . How to draw and get the gun on target. How to reduce a malfunction. How to shoot from a compromised position. He had us do Shoot/ Don't shoot drills. How to shoot from behind a barrier. Every training session included a qualification. If you didn't pass the qualification you didn't carry a gun as a security team member. So there was instant feedback. You either passed the qualification or you didn't.
All the things that he trained us on, even the qualification, could be practiced on our own.
I'm fairly certain I've mentioned this before as well but the very first time that I went to a training class for the security team I bombed. I thought I was going to go in there with all my internet gun knowledge and Ace the course, yeah no. I did learn a good lesson in humility though.
And I'm going to say this last thing about why I think training is important. That very first class I used to carry my multi-tool and my extra magazine right next to one another in a similar magazine pouch. Every time I had to reload in that class I tried to shove my multi-tool into the magazine well of my gun.
I learned from that. It's one thing to go through the motions it's another thing to go through the motions when there's stress involved.