Archon Ready Group Modern Pistol 17-18 October 2020

JLL2013

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BLUF: This class had great instructors and a great POI, do not hesitate to join in.

Who:
Bill Delaporte and Dan Ibach, two instructors with over 20 years in Army Special Operations and extensive time overseas (their bios are available online). Smart, flexible, articulate. Absolutely great instructors but also had the "good dude factor" that makes the training that much better.
5 total student shooters. This is the smallest student/instructor ratio I've seen and neither Bill nor Dan sat back at any time. There were always two instructors on the line shooting and coaching/mentoring the students.

What:
Two days of pistol training. Day 1 began with introductions, a solid discussion of the fundamentals and what real safety is (surprise: it isn't the USPSA 180) and some bullseye work, with the 700pt aggregate minus the last few courses of fire...so the 500pt aggregate. We rapidly moved to steel, etc. and ended with a walk back drill. Day 2 began with zero confirmation and rapidly progressed into a variety of drills/stages with instruction covering shooting on the move, shooting swinger targets, efficient movement, stage strategy, etc. We exceeded the required round count due to the small class size but that was 100% voluntary; Bill and Dan were very aware and clear that the class was progressing quickly due to the small size and let everyone shoot as much or as little as they wanted (IE you could run stage 3 once or thrice depending on what you wanted). I always bring extra and was more than happy to shoot 1000rds vice 700.
Dan and Bill seamlessly tied the instruction to both tactical application and practical shooting competition and ensured all shooters had detailed feedback and were sufficiently challenged. If you've trained with Pat McNamara, Chuck Pressburg, Mike Pannone...you'll recognize much of the training methodology and that's awesome: it is a proven way of training shooters.

Where: Trigger Time, Carthage NC.
When: 17-18 October 2020
 
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