7-11 May 2012, 5-Day MIL/LE Pistol & Carbine Course @ TSTCC

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7-11 May 2012, 5-Day MIL/LE Pistol and Carbine Course @ TSTCC

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This course is designed to teach the weapons handling skills needed in a tactical environment. It emphasizes safety, awareness and surgical marksmanship with each weapon system. It gives the student the skills, training mindset and methodology necessary to train them self and others. The student will quickly gain experience, confidence and increase their skill level and effectiveness with both weapons.

The following topics will be taught in the course:

* Safety
* Loading and clearing
* Diagnostic evaluation with both weapons
* Sights, zeroing considerations and techniques, external ballistics, slings, and equipment placement
* Fundamentals of rifle and pistol marksmanship
* Reloading and malfunctions drills
* The draw
* Shooting positions
* Multiple target engagements
* Transitions
* The set-up and shooting on the move
* Firing from retention
* Proper use of covered positions and barricades
* Zeroing considerations and techniques for lasers
* Shooting positions and techniques
* Training mindset and methodology

Ammo requirements: 2000 rounds of pistol ammunition and 1750 rounds of rifle ammunition per person.

Prerequisite: Law Enforcement or Military Only

Training schedule: Show time is 7:45 am with instruction starting at 8:00 am and ending at 5 pm. Expect approximately 4 hours of night shooting on day 3 of the course.

Individual equipment:

* Pistol with 5 magazines/Carbine with 5 magazines
* Individually issued equipment (LBE, ballistic or protective vest with associated magazine pouches)
* Knee and elbow pads (optional)
* Weapon cleaning kit (with oil for guns)
* Rain or inclement weather gear
* Eye and ear protection (clear and shaded lens are recommended)
* Water/Snacks (1 hr lunch break)
* Hat/Gloves (rifles will get hot)
* Sun Screen (non-greasy or water resistant recommended)
* Optical sight for rifle (optional, but highly recommended)
* Flashlight
* IR aiming device

Course includes: 43 hours of instruction and a certificate of completion.

Cost: $950 tuition fee

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To read an AAR from a previous course: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=59712

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Brian Demo’ing a 25yd bull drill

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Brian Demo’ing a 100yd Rifle drill

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Gents,

Day 1 notes;

Pistol, know where you hit! I found out today that my sights were just a hair off at 25yards. I normally shoot this pistol for matches and thought it hit point of aim, point of impact. That was until I tried to hit the NRA bull at 25yards and all my shoots were just to the left. Puzzled I tried everything, adjusted my grip, my finger on the trigger, stance, etc. Brian walked up, asked to shoot my pistol and said, ‘yeah, its hitting left.’ Why had I never noticed that before?!?

Rifle, zero, zero, zero. Even if you can only confirm your zero with your choice of optic at 25yds, confirm it. I brought my brand new LW 16" build with an Aimpoint H-1, I thought it was at least zeroed at 25yds… It wasn’t. Always confirm your zero any chance you get.

More later, thanks!

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Gents,

Notes from Day 2, flexibility!

Going over kneeling and sitting positions I realized that I am not as flexible as I thought!

But, I did find a new position, feet on feet, that felt very stable (compared to how it looks).


(AAR: TigerSwan Carbine Class with Photos Castro Valley, CA) -SKULL1

Now for some pics from today:


How fast can you draw and fire 1 pistol round?


How fast can you fast can fire 1 rifle round?

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Day 3 notes.

Day 1 we were exposed to a series of skill tests to show us where were were with our abilities. At the time, the tests did not seem that hard, until we started adding up scores… Today, after shooting the kneeling, seated and prone rifle drills it all started to come together. I can not say that I shoot perfect, far from it, but I did start to see measurable improvements in my score.

Now, for a large pizza and a 12 hour nap!

But first, a couple of pics:


Dave showing us he can shoot it all one handed!


Transition drill: fast, slow, fast!

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Gents,

I have to admit, after 3 days of working on the fundamentals of marksmanship I wanted to try something different, and today was the day to do it.

During the morning iteration I dusted off my plate carrier and Safariland 6004 holster for my Glock and attempted to run a ‘tactical’ set-up. To say the least its been a couple months since I have been back from Iraq and putting on my plate carrier again made me remember some of the finer points, like what it feels like to have the plate cut into my rib cage while in the prone, ouch!

The afternoon part of training, I put away my plate carrier and took out my 3-Gun rifle. Similar to the AR I had been running all week with a mini-Aimpoint, my 3-Gun rifle has a 12" DD FSP rail and handles very similar. The big difference is that my 3-gun rifle has a Chip McCormick 1-stage trigger, a Surefire Comp and a Trijicon 1-4 scope. With all those enhancements the 100yd drills were easy. All week I had been agonizing over sloppy sight pictures with my Aimpoint, while with my Trijicon at 4x power made even a sloppy sight picture still hit the bull-eyes. Then we moved up close and started doing drills. Up close, even at 1x power and the fiber optic part of the scope ‘up’ I was still slower than the other students with red-dots as I attempted to keep up. I further hampered myself when we shot a 75yd up-drill and I thought I would use the trijicon at 4x power. Lesson learned, I should have left it at 1x power as I was sucked into the magnification as I tried to get on to the target.

And now, for some pics!


First we learn to walk…


Stepping into the blue…


Ready, go!

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Day 5, when it all came together.

I’ll leave this short as I work on a full AAR, but day 5 was a culmination day where everything we had been training on came together as we were tested with the 700 ‘Humbler’ pistol drill and the 400 rifle drill.

More later!


An aggressive fighting stance


Me, posing for the camera


AF doing a barrier drill


Me, getting tapped out of the barrier drill. I was not the last man standing…


One last pic of me in my lime green jacket doing a reverse shoulder drill. (16"LW barrel, DD M4FSP rail, with mini Aimpoint)

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Gents,

As you can see, I took this course last time it was offered. It is a blast! Sign up now and find out why!

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