Just finished watching the entire set and thought I'd share some comments.
The class demographic was well thought out, by this I mean Travis and Chris put people in the class that represent a good cross section of those that carry a handgun. There were two Marines, two LEO's, Mr. Costa (a good representation of someone like my father), two sales reps (representing average Joe CCW, but with more trade experience), and a female. This mix added a lot to the DVD's as there were not all high speed operators, or all handgun beginners in the class. It gives most everyone watching something to relate to. You revolver shooters, you were given some love too with Mr. Costa shooting one the entire course.
The class does start from the building blocks of handgun fundamentals, and moves into more high speed shooting. The physics and mechanics are broken down. Through this you get the "why" answered through the "how". The fundamentals are given as a best case scnairo, and not the end all be all of shooting. This lends itself to the dynamic part of the shooting, and the fact that shit happens and you must deal with it. Recoil management was a huge part of the fundamentals phase.
There was a lot of demonstration time with Travis and Chris before the students were seen shooting. This is something I liked because you were able to see it done by one person, a few times before having to focus on one student during the drill. There was a reason given to all of the movements and drills. There was added stress to the fact that the draw, stance and body position may not be perfect in the "dynamic" world. I got the impression that Chris and Travis wanted you to know what they thought the perfect stance and shot looked like, but more importantly they wanted to show you how to adapt it into the environment.
The CCW disk was excellent; mindset was a huge plus. The burden of carrying and the responsibility were not taken lightly. From placement of the gun (hip, fanny pack, off body carry), to cover garments and weather they did a fine job. The equipment section was nice too. There was a lot of talk of why they ran Kydex vs. leather, and there was a lot of time with the M&P series of guns. Recoil of different sized platforms was also covered. The revolver was not left out, I thought this was huge, as a lot of LEO's (more senior, and back up guns) and CCW's still use one around here.
The DVD's give you a lot of drills to take with you. A BSA drill for handguns was great. Shooting movers, and shooting on the move was excellent too. The use of different positions and cover was stressed. If you think of Chris and Travis as carbine only guys that just mess with the secondary weapons system, you are wrong. They can run the handgun really well. However, I can't say this enough; you are taken into the breakdown of its done. Dynamic Handgun is not an afterthought DVD set; it stands up on its own really well.
Thanks for reading!
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Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand
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