VTAC Carbine 1.5 1-3 May 09 @ Southern Exposure in Lakeland, Florida

**rob_s** · 05-04-09, 15:23

Originally Posted by rharris2163

Yeah, the guy on Kyle's left was a competition pistol shooter (IDPA I think) and was very fast on the timed drills. I noticed that most of the class knew each other very well. Very experienced guys.

Yeah, I know both of those guys. Ricardo and Aaron. They're both from down this way.

**Derek_Connor** · 05-04-09, 17:25

Originally Posted by rob_s

Yeah, I know both of those guys. Ricardo and Aaron. They're both from down this way.

Both great people. First time I Aaron, great shot and a hard competitor.

And Ricardo...ahh what can you do w/those Puerto Ricans...

(inside joke)

**Gentle Ben** · 05-05-09, 08:54

This was a great course, and I enjoyed meeting and shooting with all of you. I especially enjoyed sharing a room at the Royalty with "Grouper" Derek and his purty mouth.

I can't add much to the two great AARs, but I'll say that I was impressed with how Kyle paid close attention to what everyone was doing, which allowed him to give a lot of one-on-one instruction to each of us. I haven't trained with many instructors who gave me that much individual feedback and tweaking.

**Gentle Ben** · 05-05-09, 08:55

I thought Ricardo was Cuban.

**Boss Hogg** · 05-05-09, 09:59

Great class group photo. It's nice to see one without kit, scowls, and kufiyyat.

**rob_s** · 05-05-09, 10:05

That picture has to have been just about 5 minutes before everyone left the range. You can see the South Florida boys already have their damn flip flops on!

**rob_s** · 05-05-09, 10:08

Derek, curious to hear how your "battle belt" experiment is going. Looks like you just ran everything attached to your pants belt? Something like a Wilderness or other "instructor" belt?

**30 cal slut** · 05-05-09, 10:09

Originally Posted by Derek_Connor

-Kit/Nylon issues were somewhat apparent. No one made drastic changes. But it was evident that the slicker you can run the better.

i'll vouch for that.

**Derek_Connor** · 05-05-09, 10:54

Originally Posted by rob_s

Derek, curious to hear how your "battle belt" experiment is going. Looks like you just ran everything attached to your pants belt? Something like a Wilderness or other "instructor" belt?

Working well so far, I was going to wait until after this weekend's night fighter course in St Augustine to give a decent review.

Its a Jones Tactical Inner belt w/cobra buckle, eagle pad, and some custom dropped kydex mag pouches with rattle can on them. I finally found this holster, Ive LITERALLY been looking for this for the last 2 years. GCODE SOC rig that actually fits a 1911 dawson railed w/x300 on it. The holster, while technically a leg rig, attaches to the belt high enough that its no more dropped than a safariland UBL or bladetech DOH type system.