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03-31-13, 15:59
On 23 March 2013, Defensive Concepts North Carolina taught its Basic/Vickers Shooting Method Carbine course in Carthage NC. In attendance were 17 students that came from varying backgrounds with a huge mixture of experience levels. To make the day even more interesting; there was a huge variety of weapons being used. Weapons being used included: AE-15s, Mini-14, several M1 Carbines, an AR10, a HK MR556A1, and a Ruger 10-22.
The class began with the usual introductions and medical briefing. Once this was completed, the students hit the range and began the process of zeroing their carbines. As usual, the zeroing process took approximately 1 hour to complete. While it is expected for people to show up to a level 1 course with a non-zero’ed gun, it pays to zero the gun prior to the class if it all possible.
Once zeroing was complete, the class began working on various topics such as shooting from the standing position, bringing the gun up from low ready, proper target areas on the body, and shooting from 3 different kneeling positions. This took the class to lunch and with that everyone took a much needed break and spent time decompressing from the morning’s material.
After lunch, we briefly went over the high points of the morning material then pushed into topics such as emergency reloads and malfunction clearing. Once 1700 rolled around, everyone was physically and mentally spent and the class concluded with countless satisfied students headed back to where they came from (some as far as Ohio).
The class began with the usual introductions and medical briefing. Once this was completed, the students hit the range and began the process of zeroing their carbines. As usual, the zeroing process took approximately 1 hour to complete. While it is expected for people to show up to a level 1 course with a non-zero’ed gun, it pays to zero the gun prior to the class if it all possible.
Once zeroing was complete, the class began working on various topics such as shooting from the standing position, bringing the gun up from low ready, proper target areas on the body, and shooting from 3 different kneeling positions. This took the class to lunch and with that everyone took a much needed break and spent time decompressing from the morning’s material.
After lunch, we briefly went over the high points of the morning material then pushed into topics such as emergency reloads and malfunction clearing. Once 1700 rolled around, everyone was physically and mentally spent and the class concluded with countless satisfied students headed back to where they came from (some as far as Ohio).