AAR Vickers Tactical Pistol I 6-7 Sept 08

[TOrrock]

I'll let others post their impressions, I'll just put some of the pics and vids that I took today up, then I'm crashing.

TD1:

[TOrrock]

[Leonidas]

Looks like a fun class as always, can't wait until my next one.

[VA_Dinger]

I thoroughly enjoyed the entire weekend. Even with the hurricane on Saturday I had a great time. Everybody was friendly, eager to learn, and motivated. That makes all the difference in the world.

Great class & great group of guys.

[30 cal slut]

i really enjoyed this class. thanks again to LAV and Dave Pennington and Paul.

was good to see the m4c "regulars" but there were plenty of new faces. was surprised to see New Jersey/ Pennsylvania well-represented (at least a half dozen guys).

i decided to take a break from obsessing about every little nuance of the class in terms of note taking and concentrated on just running the drills. of course, i had the luxury of taking prior LAV classes to do this. i found this fairly helpful in terms of the class flow (note taking requires interruption).

here's just a brief outline of the drills completed ... if i missed any (John Wayne probably has this syllabus down by memory so he'll have some nits) please let me know since i was kind of in a fog sat morn (got about 1.5 hours of sleep before the class). i'll have more comprehensive notes for class participants and will send via e-mail if i ever get my shit together. just use these as a reminder to jog your brain if you are writing up your notes.

theme: hit your effin target. proper trigger pull is the most important skill to develop, everything else is secondary.

Day 1
Start Time 10:00 a.m.

1. Dry fire trigger control with empty case or coin on front sight (requires partner)

2. Trigger reset drill (requires partner to rack slide)

3. Slow fire ball & dummy (partner drill)

4. Command ball & dummy (partner drill)

5. Timed ball & dummy (partner drill)

6. Wobble zone demonstration (using 3 fingers as front sight)

7. Concept of follow-through, scan & assess

8. "Don't call it a walkback" to ~100 yards

(break for lunch)

9. Draw from the holster

10. Emergency reload

11. Slow-fire "bullseye" drill at various ranges

12. Emergency reload drill on steel plates (competitive drill)

13. Static turns

Day 2
Start Time 9 a.m.

1. Slow fire ball and dummy (partner drill)

2. Command ball and dummy (partner drill)

3. Timed ball and dummy (partner drill)

4. Bullseye drill

5. "Don't call it a walkback" to 100 yards

(break for lunch)

6. Malfunction drill - tap, rack, bang.

7. Malfunction drill - TRP + "rip drill"

8. Shoooting on the move (forward and reverse)

9. Box drill

10. effing figure 8 drill - individual

11. frickin figure 8 drill - team relay

12. bullseye @ 25 yards.

[30 cal slut]

and there were more larry-isms to add to the colorful lexicon.

i'll start with this one:

If you think [insert grossly incorrect notion here], then you need a piss test.

[30 cal slut]

oh yeah, there is no such thing as a dedicated "walkback" gun.

using a gun that is different from what you've been shooting through the class is ... counterproductive.

[gmark340]

A good group of shooters and a great class! Larry's focus on some of the fundamental elements really helped my shooting.

[d90king]

Really a great class and a great group of guys. The class left you with some great drills to utilize during your regular training at home. God knows I REALLY need it. Larry should starts doing comedy on the side because he is a funny guy at everyones expense equally. I look forward to more classes in the future.

[USPcompact]

Absolutely a great class. This was my first LAV class, and this class exceeded whatever expectations I had going in. I can't say enough about how well executed and well run this class was. Everything being taught was done so for a very specific purpose, and every round sent downrange was done so with a very specific intent. The round count wasn't exceedingly high, but at the end of each day I was just mentally spent.