aarondhgraham
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Actually, I didn't attend it so much as I sat in on it.
Stillwater Armory offered this class,,,
I bought two seats for young lady friends of mine,,,
Since I was the one who forked over the cash Tom allowed me to sit in.
Interesting class on the very basics of hand-gunnery,,,
These are the topics he went over.
Classroom:
1) 4 rules of safety.
2) The Cartridge.
3) SA Revolvers
4) SA/DA Revolvers
5) SA Pistols
6) SA/DA Pistols
7) Loading cylinders and Magazines with dummy rounds.
Range:
8) Safety again
9) Shooting stances (Isosceles & Weaver)
10) Controlled fire (load one round)
11) Controlled fire (Load 5 rounds)
12) Open fire (Load full mags-cylinders/fire at will)
13) Recap of safety.
Everyone got to handle/load dummy rounds into all 4 types of pistols,,,
He had a Heritage SA revolver, Taurus 970 SA/DA revolver, Buckmark and 22A SA pistols, Sig mosquito SA/DA pistol.
Everyone got to shoot all four handguns,,,
Class time was about 2.5 hours,,,
Range time was about 2.5 hours with a full 2 hours devoted to live fire.
There were 9 people in the class,,,
Everyone got to shot at least 250 rounds of .22 LR ammo,,,
Some of them took to it like duck to water and shot a heck of a lot more ammo.
The two young ladies I sponsored are both servers at my favorite watering hole,,,
Both are students (well, one graduated last week) at my university,,,
Both are very interested in learning to shoot handguns,,,
Both were pleased with the knowledge they gained.
It was very interesting to me to sit in on his class,,,
Tom Smith is an NRA certified firearms instructor as well as CLEET certified.
I am an Occupational Education professional myself,,,
My job is to develop the curriculum for and to implement training sessions,,,
As such I am fairly critical of any classroom effort I attend but was happily surprised here.
Well thought out curriculum development,,,
Good visual aids as well as instructional materials.
It cost me $50.00 for each seat in the class,,,
One was a 21st birthday present,,,
The other a graduation gift.
Money well spent in my opinion,,,
I could have taught them the same things,,,
But I wanted their initial training to be from a professional,,,
Not from the old guy they bring tons of beers to at their workplace.
Now when I take them to the range and need to correct them,,,
I can say "Remember what Tom said about safety/stance/operation of the pistol."
All in all a very fun Saturday outing.
Aarond
Stillwater Armory offered this class,,,
I bought two seats for young lady friends of mine,,,
Since I was the one who forked over the cash Tom allowed me to sit in.
Interesting class on the very basics of hand-gunnery,,,
These are the topics he went over.
Classroom:
1) 4 rules of safety.
2) The Cartridge.
3) SA Revolvers
4) SA/DA Revolvers
5) SA Pistols
6) SA/DA Pistols
7) Loading cylinders and Magazines with dummy rounds.
Range:
8) Safety again
9) Shooting stances (Isosceles & Weaver)
10) Controlled fire (load one round)
11) Controlled fire (Load 5 rounds)
12) Open fire (Load full mags-cylinders/fire at will)
13) Recap of safety.
Everyone got to handle/load dummy rounds into all 4 types of pistols,,,
He had a Heritage SA revolver, Taurus 970 SA/DA revolver, Buckmark and 22A SA pistols, Sig mosquito SA/DA pistol.
Everyone got to shoot all four handguns,,,
Class time was about 2.5 hours,,,
Range time was about 2.5 hours with a full 2 hours devoted to live fire.
There were 9 people in the class,,,
Everyone got to shot at least 250 rounds of .22 LR ammo,,,
Some of them took to it like duck to water and shot a heck of a lot more ammo.
The two young ladies I sponsored are both servers at my favorite watering hole,,,
Both are students (well, one graduated last week) at my university,,,
Both are very interested in learning to shoot handguns,,,
Both were pleased with the knowledge they gained.
It was very interesting to me to sit in on his class,,,
Tom Smith is an NRA certified firearms instructor as well as CLEET certified.
I am an Occupational Education professional myself,,,
My job is to develop the curriculum for and to implement training sessions,,,
As such I am fairly critical of any classroom effort I attend but was happily surprised here.
Well thought out curriculum development,,,
Good visual aids as well as instructional materials.
It cost me $50.00 for each seat in the class,,,
One was a 21st birthday present,,,
The other a graduation gift.
Money well spent in my opinion,,,
I could have taught them the same things,,,
But I wanted their initial training to be from a professional,,,
Not from the old guy they bring tons of beers to at their workplace.
Now when I take them to the range and need to correct them,,,
I can say "Remember what Tom said about safety/stance/operation of the pistol."
All in all a very fun Saturday outing.
Aarond
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