WayneF
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I went with Rob Tackett to drop off some steel to Chris Costa before his last Carbine Employment course last week. The course was held in Myakka City, FL at the Rocky Creek Ranch Shooting Resort.
First off, Rocky Creek outstanding. I have attended courses that have ran the gamut from a farmer's field to purpose built training facilities but this was a first for me. Rocky Creek was built from the beginning as a shooting resort. That means you not only have great accommodations and three catered meals a day (including lunch brought out to the range) but you also have a great environment to spend the evening with other students and the instructors for drinks or cigars around the bonfire outside. There is a ton of learning from the instructors and fellow students that happens at this time and it's value shouldn't be taken lightly.
This is my second time training with Chris. The first was a Magpul Dynamics Carbine 1 held in Portland back in 2008. Much of that class was shot at 15 yards or in and was heavily focused on speed. When the first day had students firing prone from 200 yards and incorporating shots from various kneeling and seated positions, I knew this course would be different.
I won't go into each and every drill but over the course of three days and approximately 1,800 rounds students had worked on engaging multiple targets, transitioning to secondaries, taken difficult hostage rescue shots and worked various positions while engaging quarter scale targets across a lake.
Below are some various pictures from the course.
Tacstrike Quarter Scale steel and BYSF cardboard targets delivered for the class.
The new BYSF target in use...
And the toys that come out at lunch time....
First off, Rocky Creek outstanding. I have attended courses that have ran the gamut from a farmer's field to purpose built training facilities but this was a first for me. Rocky Creek was built from the beginning as a shooting resort. That means you not only have great accommodations and three catered meals a day (including lunch brought out to the range) but you also have a great environment to spend the evening with other students and the instructors for drinks or cigars around the bonfire outside. There is a ton of learning from the instructors and fellow students that happens at this time and it's value shouldn't be taken lightly.
This is my second time training with Chris. The first was a Magpul Dynamics Carbine 1 held in Portland back in 2008. Much of that class was shot at 15 yards or in and was heavily focused on speed. When the first day had students firing prone from 200 yards and incorporating shots from various kneeling and seated positions, I knew this course would be different.
I won't go into each and every drill but over the course of three days and approximately 1,800 rounds students had worked on engaging multiple targets, transitioning to secondaries, taken difficult hostage rescue shots and worked various positions while engaging quarter scale targets across a lake.
Below are some various pictures from the course.
Tacstrike Quarter Scale steel and BYSF cardboard targets delivered for the class.
The new BYSF target in use...
And the toys that come out at lunch time....