BassCliff
Professional
Hi guys,
Yes, it's been a while since I've been to the range. Even though I haven't had time to practice every week, I've still been finding time to take a training class once a month. This past Monday was the DSF105 Cognitive Skills Clinic at my USCCA affiliated range. I even got a "course completed" certificate in my email this week. That and $2.49 might get you a cup of coffee.
I was a small class, only three students, so we really got to blaze through our drills and skills. I brought my brand new, never been fired, XD9 Mod 3 and a few hundred rounds of 124 grain Blazer. There were zero malfunctions tonight.
We started with the gray silhouettes for some warm-up drills at 3 to 10 yards.
On command we put holes in center mass, head, number, etc. I let a few get wide. This new sight picture will take just a little getting used to.
Then the instructors swapped out the targets for some number/shape/color drills including some pivoting. Each command had a specific shooting sequence that you had to keep straight in your head. Sometimes we got to use multiple targets.
My two targets could have been better but, hey, it's a brand new pistol.
In between drills we'd go back to our bay to top off our magazines. I found four brand new magazines that were still wrapped in plastic and used them for my new pistol, which came with only one magazine. But I'm not complaining. It's a fine $300 pistol with an optic cut, improved slide, trigger, and grip.
Then we really started having fun. We did a true run-n-gun on these targets. We had a "front line" at 3 yards and a "back line" at 15 yards. The instructor would yell "Front line!" or "Back line!" at any point and we'd take off running in that direction. At any time the "fire" command was given and we'd have to pivot (or not), check our line and spacing, and put hits on the proper target. It got our heart rate up and got this old man winded just a little.
Um, yes, this is the 15 yard line.
These are our instructors putting up fresh targets for our last set of drills.
We did some more pivoting at different distances on the left target and shot the Casino Drill on the right target.
Like I said, since the class was so small we blazed through the planned drills and still had over a half hour of class time left. The instructor let us work on whatever we wanted to. One student worked on his draw from a new holster. One student worked on zeroing his new optic. I worked on my new sight picture at 10 yards.
Since my last target still had room, I shot the 2, 4, 6, A box, and head shots at various speeds, some from concealment.
The #4 group is starting to tighten up. The front blade on these sights is quite narrow. Even though it has a fiber optic front sight, I'm not used to all that space between the front sight and the rear notch (equal height, equal light). But this is going to be my optic pistol anyway, as soon as I decide which one. Here's Matt getting some help from the instructors in zeroing his new optic.
I'm leaning toward one of the Holosun 507C optics. What's the difference between the HS and the HE models? I guess it's not unusual to spend as much for an optic as you did for the pistol. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for sharing my fun.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Yes, it's been a while since I've been to the range. Even though I haven't had time to practice every week, I've still been finding time to take a training class once a month. This past Monday was the DSF105 Cognitive Skills Clinic at my USCCA affiliated range. I even got a "course completed" certificate in my email this week. That and $2.49 might get you a cup of coffee.
I was a small class, only three students, so we really got to blaze through our drills and skills. I brought my brand new, never been fired, XD9 Mod 3 and a few hundred rounds of 124 grain Blazer. There were zero malfunctions tonight.
We started with the gray silhouettes for some warm-up drills at 3 to 10 yards.
On command we put holes in center mass, head, number, etc. I let a few get wide. This new sight picture will take just a little getting used to.
Then the instructors swapped out the targets for some number/shape/color drills including some pivoting. Each command had a specific shooting sequence that you had to keep straight in your head. Sometimes we got to use multiple targets.
My two targets could have been better but, hey, it's a brand new pistol.
In between drills we'd go back to our bay to top off our magazines. I found four brand new magazines that were still wrapped in plastic and used them for my new pistol, which came with only one magazine. But I'm not complaining. It's a fine $300 pistol with an optic cut, improved slide, trigger, and grip.
Then we really started having fun. We did a true run-n-gun on these targets. We had a "front line" at 3 yards and a "back line" at 15 yards. The instructor would yell "Front line!" or "Back line!" at any point and we'd take off running in that direction. At any time the "fire" command was given and we'd have to pivot (or not), check our line and spacing, and put hits on the proper target. It got our heart rate up and got this old man winded just a little.
Um, yes, this is the 15 yard line.
These are our instructors putting up fresh targets for our last set of drills.
We did some more pivoting at different distances on the left target and shot the Casino Drill on the right target.
Like I said, since the class was so small we blazed through the planned drills and still had over a half hour of class time left. The instructor let us work on whatever we wanted to. One student worked on his draw from a new holster. One student worked on zeroing his new optic. I worked on my new sight picture at 10 yards.
Since my last target still had room, I shot the 2, 4, 6, A box, and head shots at various speeds, some from concealment.
The #4 group is starting to tighten up. The front blade on these sights is quite narrow. Even though it has a fiber optic front sight, I'm not used to all that space between the front sight and the rear notch (equal height, equal light). But this is going to be my optic pistol anyway, as soon as I decide which one. Here's Matt getting some help from the instructors in zeroing his new optic.
I'm leaning toward one of the Holosun 507C optics. What's the difference between the HS and the HE models? I guess it's not unusual to spend as much for an optic as you did for the pistol. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for sharing my fun.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
