BassCliff
Hellcat
Hey folks!
The training has been hot and heavy this week. After Saturday's outdoor session I also had an indoor session on Monday evening. It was a warm drive to the range.
There were six students in this class. Most had attended Saturday's session too. We started with these "speed and accuracy" targets. The DSF105 clinic is a defensive course that stresses cognitive skills, shooting solutions, movement, and multiple targets. The instructors try to warp your brain to come up with the proper answer in the situation, which might not be having to take a shot.
Our "warm-up" was interesting. Six cards were shuffled and placed on the table in front of us. We would turn over the top card and shoot that number.
Then we'd turn over the next card, place it on top of the "discard" pile, and shoot the first card number and then the second card number.
This would continue until we had turn over all six cards and shot all the numbers in sequence, remembering to shoot the previous numbers in order. I managed to remember all six in order. Which is pretty unusual because bass players can only count to four.
But my target wasn't great.
Perhaps I should've mentioned that I'm working with my optic pistol tonight, the XD9 Mod.3 with the Holosun 507C, green circle dot. It got a little better as the session progressed. Here we had backed up to 10 yards for some pivoting exercises, 90 and 180 degrees, shooting the proper target on command.
My numbers accuracy got a little better. My high center chest got a little spread out because I was trying to push myself to shoot faster. It's just something I need to work on with this pistol.
The instructors did a little cleanup before our next round. We'll use the barrels and get new targets.
This next exercise made you think. It hurt my brain. The targets had shapes, letters, and numbers drawn. As we were strolling around the barrels the instructors would yell out a clue. At that point you might have to pivot, then identify the target, and put one shot on the head or 3-5 to the chest, depending on your solution to the clue given. If you didn't shoot what the instructor was expecting, you'd have to give an explanation.
For example, the instructor would yell "Four right angles!" At that point you'd face the targets, figure out which had something with four right angles (the rectangle), and then remember to put one shot in the head on that target. Shapes got one to the head, numbers and letters got 5 to the chest. At one point the instructor actually sang, "Here comes the..." and I thought "Sun!" So I put five shots on the chest in the target that had the sun drawn. Unfortunately, the sun is a shape. It should've been one to the head. Oops. Maybe I was tired. It's had been a long weekend.
Then we took a little break, got some water, the instructors cleared the floor again and put up new targets. We're going to do our "tactical stroll".
Our "stroll" was actually a run. Instructor would yell "Front line!" (5 yards), "Middle line!" (10 yards), or "Back line" (15 yards), and the whole class would run to that line. All the while we were waiting for a command to fire. It might be a number, head shot, high center chest, etc, depending on the command. We might have to pivot, we would have to check our line and our spacing before safely drawing and firing, either one shot or 5 to the chest. It was some real "running and gunning". It went on for a while, long enough for me to go through two and a half magazines. Students would drop out as they ran out of ammo. I was carrying three spare mags so one other student and I ended up doing the last couple of runs together. This old noob did pretty good up against someone thirty years younger.
This was my target.
It was a good workout. I'm still not proficient with the optic on this pistol. I just need to practice more with it. You guys know how much I love to practice.
So, we say good by to the range. It was hot and humid in there. We're going to the classroom to cool off and debrief before we leave.
It looks like I might get wet on the way home. I hope everyone stays safe with these thunderstorms rolling through.
I probably won't get a regular practice session in this week. I've been shooting a lot the last few days. Next month I'm going to try and take a shotgun or rifle course. We'll see what's available. The curriculum here is really good, they just can't offer everything all the time. I have to fit my needs into their schedule. Being retired, my schedule is fairly flexible.
Thanks for letting me plaster my shenanigans all over the forum. I enjoy hearing about your range trips too. Please share.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
The training has been hot and heavy this week. After Saturday's outdoor session I also had an indoor session on Monday evening. It was a warm drive to the range.
There were six students in this class. Most had attended Saturday's session too. We started with these "speed and accuracy" targets. The DSF105 clinic is a defensive course that stresses cognitive skills, shooting solutions, movement, and multiple targets. The instructors try to warp your brain to come up with the proper answer in the situation, which might not be having to take a shot.
Our "warm-up" was interesting. Six cards were shuffled and placed on the table in front of us. We would turn over the top card and shoot that number.
Then we'd turn over the next card, place it on top of the "discard" pile, and shoot the first card number and then the second card number.
This would continue until we had turn over all six cards and shot all the numbers in sequence, remembering to shoot the previous numbers in order. I managed to remember all six in order. Which is pretty unusual because bass players can only count to four.
But my target wasn't great.
Perhaps I should've mentioned that I'm working with my optic pistol tonight, the XD9 Mod.3 with the Holosun 507C, green circle dot. It got a little better as the session progressed. Here we had backed up to 10 yards for some pivoting exercises, 90 and 180 degrees, shooting the proper target on command.
My numbers accuracy got a little better. My high center chest got a little spread out because I was trying to push myself to shoot faster. It's just something I need to work on with this pistol.
The instructors did a little cleanup before our next round. We'll use the barrels and get new targets.
This next exercise made you think. It hurt my brain. The targets had shapes, letters, and numbers drawn. As we were strolling around the barrels the instructors would yell out a clue. At that point you might have to pivot, then identify the target, and put one shot on the head or 3-5 to the chest, depending on your solution to the clue given. If you didn't shoot what the instructor was expecting, you'd have to give an explanation.
For example, the instructor would yell "Four right angles!" At that point you'd face the targets, figure out which had something with four right angles (the rectangle), and then remember to put one shot in the head on that target. Shapes got one to the head, numbers and letters got 5 to the chest. At one point the instructor actually sang, "Here comes the..." and I thought "Sun!" So I put five shots on the chest in the target that had the sun drawn. Unfortunately, the sun is a shape. It should've been one to the head. Oops. Maybe I was tired. It's had been a long weekend.
Then we took a little break, got some water, the instructors cleared the floor again and put up new targets. We're going to do our "tactical stroll".
Our "stroll" was actually a run. Instructor would yell "Front line!" (5 yards), "Middle line!" (10 yards), or "Back line" (15 yards), and the whole class would run to that line. All the while we were waiting for a command to fire. It might be a number, head shot, high center chest, etc, depending on the command. We might have to pivot, we would have to check our line and our spacing before safely drawing and firing, either one shot or 5 to the chest. It was some real "running and gunning". It went on for a while, long enough for me to go through two and a half magazines. Students would drop out as they ran out of ammo. I was carrying three spare mags so one other student and I ended up doing the last couple of runs together. This old noob did pretty good up against someone thirty years younger.
This was my target.
It was a good workout. I'm still not proficient with the optic on this pistol. I just need to practice more with it. You guys know how much I love to practice.
So, we say good by to the range. It was hot and humid in there. We're going to the classroom to cool off and debrief before we leave.
It looks like I might get wet on the way home. I hope everyone stays safe with these thunderstorms rolling through.
I probably won't get a regular practice session in this week. I've been shooting a lot the last few days. Next month I'm going to try and take a shotgun or rifle course. We'll see what's available. The curriculum here is really good, they just can't offer everything all the time. I have to fit my needs into their schedule. Being retired, my schedule is fairly flexible.
Thanks for letting me plaster my shenanigans all over the forum. I enjoy hearing about your range trips too. Please share.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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