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1 posted on 05/16/2016 5:58:58 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Video at link.


2 posted on 05/16/2016 5:59:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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By far, the most important thing to learn is how to keep your finger off the bang switch until you really mean business. Everything else (though useful) is secondary.


3 posted on 05/16/2016 6:12:20 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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I noticed that the author is an instructor with Project Appleseed.

Although their focus is not handguns, they are an excellent resource for long gun training and for a historical perspective of the use of firearms to defend, going back to Lexington.

4 posted on 05/16/2016 6:12:43 PM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons)
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Formal training is good but being really familiar with firearms from a young age and having the right mental attitude is probably the most important.

I remember an article by Skeeter Skelton maybe 50 years ago. He was comparing modern shooters and old shootists from frontier times.

I agreed with what he said before he said it but basically his point was this. Today’s competitors would easily beat those old timers and today’s skilled shooters know more about shooting techniques.

On the other hand if you transported the champions of today back to Dodge City or Tombstone, they would pretty soon be dead.


5 posted on 05/16/2016 6:19:18 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Join IDPA, pass the Qualifier, and you will be proficient handling handguns.

It's educational and fun.

http://youtu.be/lcgsd9_cBm8

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Todd Jarrett class shooting steel:

http://youtu.be/ysa50-plo48

8 posted on 05/16/2016 6:27:23 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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BRASS


9 posted on 05/16/2016 6:28:12 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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I added banglist to keywords,
Appleseed Project kick my butt
Years ago and worth every cent!


11 posted on 05/16/2016 6:59:01 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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Eye - Muzzle - Target


12 posted on 05/16/2016 7:23:28 PM PDT by PJBankard
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About 20 boxes of ammo. Draw and shoot until you don’t anticipate the bang. Draw and shoot until all of your focus is on the front sight and you don’t notice the bang. Draw and shoot until you can continuously follow the front sight all the way through the shot and into the next.

My wife can go without shooting for a year and immediately punch one ragged hole group, but for mere mortals, shoot, shoot, shoot.


15 posted on 05/16/2016 8:01:28 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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you don’t train until you get it right.
you train until you don’t get it wrong.


16 posted on 05/16/2016 8:08:28 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight,)
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You need more than a concealed carry certification to be able to competently carry a defensive handgun.

Key word there.

Competence is not measured in how many you put in the ten ring.

Competence is not measured in how well your weapon is concealed or quoting muzzle velocities or arguing leather vs kydex or revolver vs semiauto or how much you spent for the weapon or how many rounds your magazine holds, etc, etc.

Competence with a defensive hand gun is measured in whether or not you walk away from the use of it alive and morally, mentally and legally intact.

That competence, unfortunately, is measured after the incident.

None of us know how competent we are until it happens.

And even then, either way, you will still wonder.......

17 posted on 05/16/2016 8:11:25 PM PDT by OldSmaj (I am a Bible reading, gun-toting, Constitution loving, America-first, islam-hating CONSERVATIVE!)
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I’ve been curious about something for the longest time ...

How is it that civilians who become cops by attending a Police Academy suddenly become the only people around who are fully trusted with the use of firearms? Yet that same civilian who attends a “civilian” firearm safety class is barely trusted with a gun and is held in suspicion when armed?

Is police training THAT much more intense and involved than what most gun owners are required to receive to obtain a permit? (In states that require such schooling, of course.) Obviously I haven’t attended a Police Academy, if that wasn’t obvious.

Or is it just that our political overlords simply don’t trust us, which is most likely the bottom-line cause?


18 posted on 05/16/2016 8:24:47 PM PDT by DNME (The ONLY remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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I like to think my 12 months in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam shooting the NVA taught me a lot about using a firearm. No training is as good as dealing with an enemy that is shooting back.


20 posted on 05/16/2016 9:17:02 PM PDT by Ace the Biker (I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could.)
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If you ever get a chance to take any class with Andy Stanford, do so.

I'm also a Tactical Response Alumnus, though I know a lot of people here don't like James Yeager. Most people who don't like him probably never took a class with him.

Also, ECQC 'Extreme Close Quarter Concepts' with Craig Douglas, aka 'SouthNarc', is a MUST.

23 posted on 05/17/2016 4:07:47 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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If you're interested in training, I can personally recommend Tactical Defense Institute, at West Union, Ohio. I've taken several of their courses (handgun, assault rifle, shotgun, precision rifle (sniper). Check them out on the internet.
25 posted on 05/17/2016 3:18:58 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (,)
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