Innovative Firearms Training

05/05/2022

Just attended some good training this past weekend. Big shout out to Scott Jedlinski from Modern Samurai Project. He is a master with a red dot pistol. I really appreciate his teaching style and his application of body mechanics to make people better shooters. If you're interested in becoming more proficient with a red dot or just any pistol, consider training with Scott. You won't regret it. I've been shooting for years, and really learned alot in the class. I will be incorporating what I learned into my training regiment, and also passing it along to my students.

Shout out to Russ Lyons (assistant instructor) also. Russ has some real-world practical experience and provided some very good correction and advice. 👍

01/07/2022

Yes another example. YOUR safety is YOUR responsibility

12/20/2021

Shoot double-action pistols to improve trigger control. For those of you that own DA/SA pistols, DAK, DAO, or double-action revolvers, get those bad boys out and use them to improve your shooting. The trigger control necessary to shoot double-action triggers well, will make you a better shooter. Its fun and easy to shoot a single-action 3lb trigger. But shooting a long, heavy, double-action trigger will definitely up your game. Give it a try!

12/19/2021

Sunday, gun day. Had a great session at the range today. I got to break in a new Heritage Rough Rider. Cool little pistol. Shot pretty accurate, but I had a ton of light primer strikes. Gonna do some pokin around on the Heritage forum to see if others have experienced the same.

On another note, I worked on some red dot and target acquisition skills with the P226. I was quite pleased with the results. The phrase "you have to go slow to go fast" rang quite true. I took my time to ensure I could track the sights before breaking each shot. By the end of the session I was shaved over 1.5 seconds off of my time. Need more work here, but I'm satisfied with the practice session and objectives achieved.

12/16/2021

Making the most of range time:

https://youtu.be/wqLKmVxb4WY

Good video from trex arms. Some additional pointers below:

* Become fully familiar with all range rules
* Ensure you're in an appropriate mindset - have a plan and objective, and ALWAYS make sure you are mindful of ALL safety rules!!!!!
* Wear appropriate gear! - This includes the required eye protection and hearing protection, but also includes dressing appropriately. Avoid low-cut blouses (hot brass burns bo***es and can make you jump around with a loaded gun in your hands), open-toe shoes, etc. While the statement is obviously more biased toward women than men...it applies to both. I don't mean that men shouldn't wear low-cut blouses and open-toe shoes.....that's more of a personal preference, but definitely dress appropriately for the range.
* Have a plan for what you want to work on - don't just show up and put holes in paper at the same distance, with the same gun, every time. The range should be for you to work on things that you have been practicing during dry-fire sessions. Pick 2-3 areas you want to test/improve on and work on those.
* Perfect practice makes perfect - practice is meant to be repetitive so that you build habits and muscle memory. If you are not practicing proper form, you will develop bad habits. There are a host of tools that can help with this. Namely, a way to film yourself (phone, video camera, tablet, etc), and a shot timer. I recently saw an Ernest Langdon video where he mentioned that a shot-timer has a built-in lie detector. Many people can shoot a bill drill in 1.5 seconds......without a shot timer.
* Reflection/Retrospective - immediately after your range session, do a self-debrief. Compile notes about how your practice felt, results achieved, areas of improvement, etc. These will serve as the basis for future dry-fire and range sessions.

Lucas Botkin goes over how to train in an indoor range with handguns. While indoor range training isn't necessarily exciting, there's still a lot you can wor...

12/09/2021

Excited to get the training operation started back up.