jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
Haven't seen an AAR started yet, so will get one going. My wife and I attended NRA Personal Protection in the Home today in Elizabethtown Indiana.
Details about the training can be found here:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...onal_protection_ppith_columbus_sept_29th.html
This was the first time my wife and I had trained together in over a year, and we were both glad we went. The instructors did a superb job in the classroom sessions, as well as in the range sessions.
My wife became much more comfortable with her Colt Defender 9mm 1911, which until today, she hadn't shot much at all. As evidence of this, near the end of the course, she loaded and made ready in a nice fluid motion, then had to stop and think...did she really load and make ready? The point being it had become fluid movements, and no longer took concentration on each manipulation to complete it. It was beginning to become repeatable.
A few key take aways:
Mindset: Never give up!
Safety: Remember the 3 NRA rules (as well as the more notable "4 rules") to ensure safety at all times.
Awareness: Be aware of your surroundings at all times, including during reloads. Don't forget to scan for threats prior to the reload or prior to re-holstering.
Plan: What are you going to do in the event that an intruder is in your home? What do you need to have handy? What do you say after the fact during the police investigation if you did fire your weapon in self defence? Who do you call?
On a lighter note, we also found out that despite what VERT says about carboard, it is in fact "CONCEALMENT" not "Cover!" I will fess up right away that I sent two rounds through the "Cover" during the shooting from cover drills. Both impacted exactly where I was aiming, after they passed through the very edge of the cardboard concealment.
The serious take away from that is what carbine shooters already know...don't forget about sight offset. While it is less than a rifle, such as the AR, there is still enough of an offset that you can have a good sight picture on your target, and still clip the edge of the object you are behind. In my case it made no difference. However, if it was a concrete wall, metal file cabinet, dresser, car, etc., I could have missed the target, and may have been injured from splatter from the impact so close to me.
All in all it was a GREAT training, and one that I highly recommend. Kudos again to the instructors, and a special thank-you to Mrs. Vert for the wonderful lunch she prepared for us!
Details about the training can be found here:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...onal_protection_ppith_columbus_sept_29th.html
This was the first time my wife and I had trained together in over a year, and we were both glad we went. The instructors did a superb job in the classroom sessions, as well as in the range sessions.
My wife became much more comfortable with her Colt Defender 9mm 1911, which until today, she hadn't shot much at all. As evidence of this, near the end of the course, she loaded and made ready in a nice fluid motion, then had to stop and think...did she really load and make ready? The point being it had become fluid movements, and no longer took concentration on each manipulation to complete it. It was beginning to become repeatable.
A few key take aways:
Mindset: Never give up!
Safety: Remember the 3 NRA rules (as well as the more notable "4 rules") to ensure safety at all times.
Awareness: Be aware of your surroundings at all times, including during reloads. Don't forget to scan for threats prior to the reload or prior to re-holstering.
Plan: What are you going to do in the event that an intruder is in your home? What do you need to have handy? What do you say after the fact during the police investigation if you did fire your weapon in self defence? Who do you call?
On a lighter note, we also found out that despite what VERT says about carboard, it is in fact "CONCEALMENT" not "Cover!" I will fess up right away that I sent two rounds through the "Cover" during the shooting from cover drills. Both impacted exactly where I was aiming, after they passed through the very edge of the cardboard concealment.
The serious take away from that is what carbine shooters already know...don't forget about sight offset. While it is less than a rifle, such as the AR, there is still enough of an offset that you can have a good sight picture on your target, and still clip the edge of the object you are behind. In my case it made no difference. However, if it was a concrete wall, metal file cabinet, dresser, car, etc., I could have missed the target, and may have been injured from splatter from the impact so close to me.
All in all it was a GREAT training, and one that I highly recommend. Kudos again to the instructors, and a special thank-you to Mrs. Vert for the wonderful lunch she prepared for us!
. I wouldn't be to hard on anybody though. I have a couple plastic 55 gallon barrels that have a couple small "scuffs" on them from my shooting around them.
