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Range Report: BassCliff at Fletcher Arms Movement Clinic, 9/26/22

BassCliff

Professional
Greetings and salutations,

I apologize for being light on the pictures for this AAR. The instructors had us running drills almost non-stop. This was a USCCA clinic, DSF 104:Movement. Motions included pivoting toward the threat, getting off the "X" with a side step, walking and presenting properly, etc. To add stress, different commands meant to fire on different targets.

We had a little classroom instruction before our range time, just going over basic safety and then the drills we'd be performing.

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Then we went out beyond the shooting bays onto the range. It's kind of cool being on this side.

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We shot mostly from three yards, a variety of motion drills, always drawing our firearm only when faced downrange toward the target. After stepping through all the steps for each drill by command one at a time, students were then instructed to shoot one of the center mass targets with the "UP!" command, three to five shots. When the instructor called a single number we were to take a little more time and shoot the dot with the corresponding number. I didn't do too badly this evening.

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There were just a couple of brain farts on my part during the session. Early in the drills the instructor shouted "Three!" so I put three shots on center mass. Of course, I was supposed to put one shot on the 3 dot. Oops.

Then in between drills the instructor told us to walk up to the firing line and clear our firearms. We all walked up, I drew my gun, and as I was about to hit the mag release the instructor yelled, "Sir! Re-holster your weapon!" Um, OK. I thought, "That was odd, but I'm just going to do what I'm told." I wasn't about to argue. I'm here to follow instructions and learn, even though I thought I was following instructions. No biggie. No harm, no foul. I didn't even bring it up in our debrief because it wasn't really a thing.

I do need to practice these motions in my little basement laser range. It's been a while since I've done any scoot-n-shoot and I could tell I was a little rusty. Pivoting properly and coming out in a good stance needs to be more ingrained. The same with "getting off the X" and into a proper shooting stance, mine needs a little work. This is something I can do with my laser cartridge and maybe even add my timer for some stress. I used to run 40 yards up to the line and then shoot multiple targets and moving targets. Wow, talk about a perishable skill. Ladies and gentlemen, practice all the scenarios. You never know when you'll need a certain skillset.

I haven't decided what class or clinic I'll take next month. There's a home defense course and a shooting in the dark with WML (or flashlight) course I'd like to take. We'll see. Until then, I'll practice as much as I can with what I got. ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Hi,

Now you got me wondering what you did wrong. You better ask and post later!

I don't know that I did anything "wrong". I thought I was following instructions. I was practicing all muzzle and trigger safety precautions. Perhaps I got ahead of the class. Perhaps the instructor meant to say "prepare to clear your weapons" or I mis-heard him. I will certainly ask Austin (the instructor) the next time I see him in the store. He's one of their gunsmiths too so he's around a lot. Seems it wasn't a serious enough "violation" to be called out during the class debrief or individually in private. But I will ask the next time I see that instructor. Hopefully he'll remember this old noob and let me know why I got yelled at. ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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