MDFI "YSINTG" Oct 09 thoughts/pics

[TFin04]

"You suck, it's not the gun."

Thoughts

This class was developed by Steve and I after working together at a local indoor range. After seeing countless shooters, from all backgrounds and levels of experience, have issues with the very basics of shooting a pistol accurately, we decided to brainstorm ideas for an accuracy based class. I can't count how many times shooters would ask for tools to adjust their sights, or compensate because their gun "doesn't shoot right" or complain that XYZ gun wasn't as accurate as ABC gun. We would always ask to shoot the gun before making any adjustments, center punch their target, and return it to them with a "you suck, it's not the gun" response.

This class was about putting rounds exactly where you wanted them. We found very quickly the amount of hype and BS people had been trying to self teach themselves, or the techniques that people claim affect accuracy, but in reality have zero effect on where their bullets are going. This class incorporated real world techniques to fix these issues and every shooter improved over the day. Students shot from 3-20 yards and everywhere in between.

Experience and background in this class varied from every day civilians, to civvy's with a long list of training classes, to some very good local competitive shooters, to active police officers. Once again, we are seeing a disconnect in these classes for people who really need them. There is NO shortage of newbies with NO experience signing up for the cool guy defensive carbine and shotgun classes wanting to go fast and look awesome, but the guys who sign up for these diagnostic type classes are typically repeat students who understand the fundamentals need practicing. That is purely a mindset issue. The problem is people aren't getting their true value in training by pushing themselves too hard, then having to scale back trying to play catch up.

Pics

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Partner load drills.


This was the very first string of shots for the day:


And the last: