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Jonathan covered the class in excellent detail, no need for redundancy from me, so I'll touch on a few points about the class in general and my experience in particular.
Jonathan brought the class to my attention in late january and I was able to secure the last two slots in the class for myself and a coworker/shooting buddy.
Until I attended this class, I had had no formal rifle instruction beyond,"the bullets come out this end, line up the sights and go to work." I have had some pistol instruction and I have been shooting for a number of years in various disciplines including ,"Tactical 3-gun".
My intentions going into the course were to gain a better understainding in the basic use of the rifle from essentially contact range to 2-300 yds.
Paul Howe, what needs to be said here that hasn't been? Upon hearing of the class, I spoke with several well respected members of this board and heard nothing but good things about the instructor and signed up as soon as I was able.
This particular course of instruction was somewhat basic, beginning with zeroing of the weapon using iron sights and optics (if equipped).
The standards Jonathan mentioned were addressed throughout the course and there requirements were discussed, as well as their relevance to real life.
Our instructors were mostly helpful and well spoken and included lots of Law Enforcement personalities (understatement of the year), and several foreign nationals.
At one point in the course, the standard IPSC type cardboard targets were obscured with T-shirts to illustrate that humans don't have scoring zones and an appropriate sight picture needs to be acheived that is not scoring zone dependant, and allows you to put effective rounds on target. I feel that this exercise was a good one and could be quite eye opening for anyone used to shooting clearly marked paper targets.
The Scrambler that Jonathan mentioned was a good course of fire that stressed improvised shooting positions that took the shooter out of their comfort zone with rifle and pistol. Ranges were from 25 yds with pistol to 300 yds with rifle including at least one 100yd pistol shot. Targets were full size steel IPSC man, approx. 9x12 "a zone plates, and a few 5 inch or so discs.
I am lucky in the regard that I have several private ranges available on which I can practice ridiculous handgun shooting, and 100 yd shots are not out of the ordinary, though they always demand focus and adherance to basic pistol marksmanship
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