Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Update
When: May 15-16, 2018
Where: Annandale, Minnesota
We conducted a 2-day (16-hour) Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Update course that was hosted at the Annandale Tactical Training Center. This course is 16-hours in length, and covers the handgun, shotgun, and patrol rifle.
The student base was all Law Enforcement Officers from Minnesota. All of these Instructors has been trained as instructors by our staff, and by myself, so it made things easier when people are on the same sheet of music.
Rifles represented in this course were SLR15, and one Sig Sauer piston.
Handguns represented were all Glock in either 9mm, or 40 S&W.
Shotguns were all Remington 870's.
Day-1 started with us going over range rules, and a procedure of what to do if someone gets injured. This class was all done on the outdoor range, which afforded us 200yds for distance shooting.
We started the morning with a quick qualification course of fire on the handgun, which gave us a base of where everyone's skill level is at. This included shooting hostage rescue targets, and a discussion as to what is a reasonable standard of what we expect our Officer to do. We spent the next several hours doing skills and drill to help improve shooters abilities. We went through simple and complex malfunction clearances, reloads, tac loads, two hand and single hand shooting and malfunction clearances.
By late morning we pulled out the patrol rifles. Everyone had them already lubed with Slip2000 "EWL", and they were ready to shoot, which made the rest of the class much easier. We quickly confirmed zeroes, and everyone was using a 50-yd zero, so we went back and looked at zeroing tables and when/why some zeroes work better for specific applications. We shot a quick course of fire to see where everyone's base skill level was at. From there we went back over simple and complex malfunction clearances, and correlated them into what we do that is similar to a handgun. From there we went back through shooting positions that started on the ground in numerous prones, kneeling, squatting, etc, and showed how to optimally use shooting positions for optimum use of cover and concealment, along with stability for precision shooting. We also want back through weapons transitions. We finished the day with shooting out to 220yds from numerous positions.
Day 2 started with a review of day-1. Once zeroes were confirmed, we shot a patrol rifle and handgun qualification course. We reviewed everything we covered on day-2.
Next we pulled out the shotguns, doing a quick review of shotgun fundamentals. We had everyone shoot a basic qualification course of fire, then followed up with some drills that showed everyone’s performance skills. From there we showed how to improve and become more competent in employing the shotgun, which everyone tried and saw first hand how to become more proficient. The last part of the morning was spent on diagnosing and remedial training of problematic shooters.
After a short lunch break, we shot distance with rifle, shotgun, and pistol. We pushed out to 100yds with pistol, and everyone got hits on the steel targets. After stretching out to 100yds on the pistol, we moved up to 50yds of which was not easier as everyone was getting hits on target. , and once we move back up to 25yds The last half of day-2 was spent on distance shooting,
We shotgun at varying distances between 5yds-100yds, allowing everyone to see how far traditional buckshot versus flight control was capable, and we had a discussion on liabilities. Everyone was getting solid hits with the shotgun with slugs, and buck shot.
With the rifle, we shot from 3yds, out to 220yds, and everyone was able to get some great hits on target upon demand. Everyone used shooting positions that ranged from multiple types of prone, kneeling, sitting, standing, and squatting, and was able to obtain hits.
The last part of the afternoon was spent on movement shooting (shooting on the move), and rapid deployment engagements. Everyone was taught our concepts for moving forward, rearward, laterals, and diagonal, and different ways to adapt and teach it.
The end of the day we did a review of what we had covered, ensuring that everyone questions had been answered.
Note: The only weapons malfunction that was had by anyone was due to ammunition. One agency sent their staff with Ultramax rifle ammunition that was reloads. In the middle of a course of fire, the shooter had a split case where the back of the casing was extracted and ejected, but the front half of the case was left in the chamber. This broken shell allowed us to show how to use a broken shell extractor, and the rifle was getting back in to working condition.
CY6
Greg Sullivan "Sully"
SLR15 Rifles
TheDefensiveEdge.com
(763) 712-0123
When: May 15-16, 2018
Where: Annandale, Minnesota
We conducted a 2-day (16-hour) Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Update course that was hosted at the Annandale Tactical Training Center. This course is 16-hours in length, and covers the handgun, shotgun, and patrol rifle.
The student base was all Law Enforcement Officers from Minnesota. All of these Instructors has been trained as instructors by our staff, and by myself, so it made things easier when people are on the same sheet of music.
Rifles represented in this course were SLR15, and one Sig Sauer piston.
Handguns represented were all Glock in either 9mm, or 40 S&W.
Shotguns were all Remington 870's.
Day-1 started with us going over range rules, and a procedure of what to do if someone gets injured. This class was all done on the outdoor range, which afforded us 200yds for distance shooting.
We started the morning with a quick qualification course of fire on the handgun, which gave us a base of where everyone's skill level is at. This included shooting hostage rescue targets, and a discussion as to what is a reasonable standard of what we expect our Officer to do. We spent the next several hours doing skills and drill to help improve shooters abilities. We went through simple and complex malfunction clearances, reloads, tac loads, two hand and single hand shooting and malfunction clearances.
By late morning we pulled out the patrol rifles. Everyone had them already lubed with Slip2000 "EWL", and they were ready to shoot, which made the rest of the class much easier. We quickly confirmed zeroes, and everyone was using a 50-yd zero, so we went back and looked at zeroing tables and when/why some zeroes work better for specific applications. We shot a quick course of fire to see where everyone's base skill level was at. From there we went back over simple and complex malfunction clearances, and correlated them into what we do that is similar to a handgun. From there we went back through shooting positions that started on the ground in numerous prones, kneeling, squatting, etc, and showed how to optimally use shooting positions for optimum use of cover and concealment, along with stability for precision shooting. We also want back through weapons transitions. We finished the day with shooting out to 220yds from numerous positions.
Day 2 started with a review of day-1. Once zeroes were confirmed, we shot a patrol rifle and handgun qualification course. We reviewed everything we covered on day-2.
Next we pulled out the shotguns, doing a quick review of shotgun fundamentals. We had everyone shoot a basic qualification course of fire, then followed up with some drills that showed everyone’s performance skills. From there we showed how to improve and become more competent in employing the shotgun, which everyone tried and saw first hand how to become more proficient. The last part of the morning was spent on diagnosing and remedial training of problematic shooters.
After a short lunch break, we shot distance with rifle, shotgun, and pistol. We pushed out to 100yds with pistol, and everyone got hits on the steel targets. After stretching out to 100yds on the pistol, we moved up to 50yds of which was not easier as everyone was getting hits on target. , and once we move back up to 25yds The last half of day-2 was spent on distance shooting,
We shotgun at varying distances between 5yds-100yds, allowing everyone to see how far traditional buckshot versus flight control was capable, and we had a discussion on liabilities. Everyone was getting solid hits with the shotgun with slugs, and buck shot.
With the rifle, we shot from 3yds, out to 220yds, and everyone was able to get some great hits on target upon demand. Everyone used shooting positions that ranged from multiple types of prone, kneeling, sitting, standing, and squatting, and was able to obtain hits.
The last part of the afternoon was spent on movement shooting (shooting on the move), and rapid deployment engagements. Everyone was taught our concepts for moving forward, rearward, laterals, and diagonal, and different ways to adapt and teach it.
The end of the day we did a review of what we had covered, ensuring that everyone questions had been answered.
Note: The only weapons malfunction that was had by anyone was due to ammunition. One agency sent their staff with Ultramax rifle ammunition that was reloads. In the middle of a course of fire, the shooter had a split case where the back of the casing was extracted and ejected, but the front half of the case was left in the chamber. This broken shell allowed us to show how to use a broken shell extractor, and the rifle was getting back in to working condition.
CY6
Greg Sullivan "Sully"
SLR15 Rifles
TheDefensiveEdge.com
(763) 712-0123