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AAR - Vickers 2 day pistol course, Eagle Lake Texas - 6/13 & 6/14 2016
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Who Larry Vickers & Falcon Tactical
What 2 Day Level 1 Handgun Class
When May 13-14 2016
Where Eagle Lake, Texas
Why Improving shooting skills
How Discussion, Practical drills & Exercises
Instructor
Larry Vickers
Students
15
Background Novice shooters, experienced shooters, and 3 shooting instructors.
Students Equipment
Most students were running modern double stack service pistols primarily a mix of SIG and Glock. One 1911, one BHP, and one weirdo running an H&K long slide. (guilty as charged)
Topics Covered
Range Safety/familiarization brief from Falcon Tactical
Firearms safety brief from Larry Vickers
o Four rules of firearm safety, as applied in the real world.
o Guidelines for safe gun handling in the class
Heavy emphasis on mastering the fundamentals and accuracy because the only thing that will bring a gunfight to a successful conclusion is accurate hits on target.
Dry fire and live fire pistol drills that emphasized sight alignment and trigger control
A mix of deliberate and timed drills designed to gradually increase speed once good fundamentals and accuracy are established
Live fire drills to build confidence in correct fundamentals once established
Live fire drills to hone pistol presentation and draw
Slide lock reloads
Malfunction drills
Some drills were performed two or three times throughout the course to measure each students performance against the benchmark that they achieved on the first iteration of the drill.
Course Overview
The course was relaxed and informal throughout. Because Ive delivered a moderate amount of training throughout my professional life, Im generally very critical of instructors and I was deeply impressed by the casual and seemingly effortless way that Larry maintained control of the class throughout both discussions and practical exercises.
I enjoyed the course immensely, and because of the way that it was structured I was able to hold my own performance up to the same yardstick multiple times during the course. This allowed me to prove to myself that what we were doing was in fact improving my shooting performance in a meaningful and measurable way. As I mentioned I have trained at a few different places but my experience in this LAV pistol course was so good that I would happily pay full price to take the exact same course again.
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