Home Defense AAR

[C4IGrant]

Guys, just wanted to say that we had a good time and that it was nice to meet all of you.

Everyone did a good job and hopefully learned something out of it.




C4

[mkemmerl]

It was definitely a good time! The shoothouse brought out all of my bad habits in high speed. "Humbling" was a word I heard from more than one student. I am looking forward to spending more time in the house next year. And now I know what to work on between now and then too.

Big thanks to C4I and Sgt Watson for sharing their skills and insights with us.

Mark

[orionz06]

A lot of the stuff is pretty obvious when you make the mistakes (despite knowing better), but the video really shows what you did wrong.

Sifting through my pics now, I have some good ones (including a piece of perfection choked up). I will post them in a bit.

[Stonebridge]

Home Defense post-training impressions:

* If you insist on having a gunfight, have it outside.

* The words "horrible place to do a mag change" are forever stamped on my brain.

* If it's worth shooting once, it's worth shooting a few more times.

* It's way too easy to get drawn into the threat; once I saw the gun, the background in the photo-real targets disappeared.

* LEOs need to wear big flashing strobe-light hats or something. I managed to avoid shooting any cops or hostages but it was real close a couple times.

* Thrown shots have to land somewhere which tends to alter the well-being of innocent bystanders.

* My bathrobe needs mag pouches.

* If I strike it rich, I'm going to hire Grant to design my mansion to be the easiest-to-clear residence available; those cross-hallway rooms with doors ajar suuucked.

Had a phenomenal time and learned a ton. Grant and Ben did a fantastic job with a great mix of drills that kept the challenge level high but the round-count relatively low. Walking the catwalk afterward and seeing these videos was invaluable. Truly an awesome and eye-opening experience. Looking forward to taking more of these classes as they become available.

Thanks guys,

-Dan

[telecustom]

[QUOTE=Stonebridge;769360]

* My bathrobe needs mag pouches.

That is the quote of the week. Glad you guys had so much fun.

[UDT]

Nice AAR. Thanks, for sharing.

[MTechnik]

Wow, Grant, that is awesome. You could feel the tension. And that was on a one-way range.

I like how you changed where you took the 2nd video after the barrel-sweeping in the first.

[C4IGrant]

It was definitely a good time! The shoothouse brought out all of my bad habits in high speed. "Humbling" was a word I heard from more than one student. I am looking forward to spending more time in the house next year. And now I know what to work on between now and then too.

Big thanks to C4I and Sgt Watson for sharing their skills and insights with us.

Mark

This is why this type of training is so important. It shows you your weaknesses like no other training does.

To be good at room clearing, you have to be able to make correct decisions at full speed. Know when to slow down and when to speed up. Use cover properly, stay out of the hallways and doorways and positively ID your target.


C4

[AR-15Tom]

This is why this type of training is so important. It shows you your weaknesses like no other training does.

To be good at room clearing, you have to be able to make correct decisions at full speed. Know when to slow down and when to speed up. Use cover properly, stay out of the hallways and doorways and positively ID your target.


C4

My experience in the shoot house was eye opening to say the least. It was surprising to see how easy it is to record low-quality hits and even throw shots entirely from only a few feet away when the pressure was on.

One of my many lessons learned was not to take the fundamentals for granted. If you’re screwing up at the square range your mistakes will be multiplied substantially in the shoot house. Thanks to Sunday’s instruction I have a list of items I need to work on, and it’s longer than I would like to admit.

Thank you Grant and Sgt. Watson for sharing your insight and expertise with us. I look forward to improving as a shooter and learning more from each of you in the future.

[C4IGrant]

My experience in the shoot house was eye opening to say the least. It was surprising to see how easy it is to record low-quality hits and even throw shots entirely from only a few feet away when the pressure was on.

One of my many lessons learned was not to take the fundamentals for granted. If you’re screwing up at the square range your mistakes will be multiplied substantially in the shoot house. Thanks to Sunday’s instruction I have a list of items I need to work on, and it’s longer than I would like to admit.

Thank you Grant and Sgt. Watson for sharing your insight and expertise with us. I look forward to improving as a shooter and learning more from each of you in the future.

Good point about being fundamentally sound. Under stress we witnessed:

1. Poor malfunction clearing.
2. Poor Tactical Reloads.
3. Poor Emergency Reloads.
4. Poor Accuracy.
5. Poor decision making.

If one is NOT a good shooter (meaning fundamentally sound and can routinely put a round where they aim), then they will fall apart in a shoot house (as there is just too much for the brain to remember/do).


C4