09-19-2014, 07:08 AM
Day one is in the books. First, this is a GREAT facility! easily the best kept shooting secret location I'd never heard of! Very well maintained, exceptional equipment and staging.
We started in Cowboy town about 10:30 AM after we were all checked in and safety lectures were completed with close contact pistol training, using retention and close quarters shooting drills, then developing into recovery drills after being knocked down, learning shooting from the ground techniques, including draws from concealment while flat on your back. In addition we worked on lateral and retreating techniques while maintaining sight picture and proper draw and shooting techniques. The focus was on using basic skills, but developing something that worked for you, without enforcement of a "one size fits all" mentality.
Cowboy lunch of barbecued ribs, dutch oven potatoes and dutch oven corn and vegetables followed by apple cobbler a la mode.
After lunch we worked on additional concealed pistol exercises, then switched ranges with the local PD and we switched to carbines.
Using running targets and flipper targets we worked on close and short range drills, then culminated with a shoot off, eliminating the slowest shooter on successive flipper shoots.
Darkness fell, pizza was ordered, and we went back to Cowboy town. After eating, we were recharged, and about 9:30 we began low light/night exercises. For all but a few, this was a brand new experience, and there was a big learning curve. Focus was on using a handheld light, while shooting single handed, something completely foreign to me and several others. This is a skill which will need a lot of refinement, but that is necessary and very useful. We focused on light on/off evolvements with lateral movement incorporated into the process. We finally quit about 11 PM, and scattered to get some rest.
There are pictures and video, and we'll get some up, but it will not be until after we are done and back home. Day 2 starts at 0830 and will be mostly mid range and designated marksman oriented. Ranges out to 1000 yards.
We started in Cowboy town about 10:30 AM after we were all checked in and safety lectures were completed with close contact pistol training, using retention and close quarters shooting drills, then developing into recovery drills after being knocked down, learning shooting from the ground techniques, including draws from concealment while flat on your back. In addition we worked on lateral and retreating techniques while maintaining sight picture and proper draw and shooting techniques. The focus was on using basic skills, but developing something that worked for you, without enforcement of a "one size fits all" mentality.
Cowboy lunch of barbecued ribs, dutch oven potatoes and dutch oven corn and vegetables followed by apple cobbler a la mode.
After lunch we worked on additional concealed pistol exercises, then switched ranges with the local PD and we switched to carbines.
Using running targets and flipper targets we worked on close and short range drills, then culminated with a shoot off, eliminating the slowest shooter on successive flipper shoots.
Darkness fell, pizza was ordered, and we went back to Cowboy town. After eating, we were recharged, and about 9:30 we began low light/night exercises. For all but a few, this was a brand new experience, and there was a big learning curve. Focus was on using a handheld light, while shooting single handed, something completely foreign to me and several others. This is a skill which will need a lot of refinement, but that is necessary and very useful. We focused on light on/off evolvements with lateral movement incorporated into the process. We finally quit about 11 PM, and scattered to get some rest.
There are pictures and video, and we'll get some up, but it will not be until after we are done and back home. Day 2 starts at 0830 and will be mostly mid range and designated marksman oriented. Ranges out to 1000 yards.
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt