Day 2
So, Rhino and Obijohn called in some favors and we had some pretty darn good weather all weekend. It wasn't cold and it wasn't hot, perfect for throwing some lead down range. DR 201 starts out on the range and this is where we spent the whole class.
The first thing we covered were transitions from the rifle to the pistol. I think I could've done 100 more repetitions and still reloaded my rifle when it went dry
Transitions aren't too difficult when going slow, but there are things that can get in the way such as the magazines sticking out. We were shown a few examples to keep this from happening so we could get to our pistol easier without having more stuff in our way.
Next we moved on to different shooting positions. The first being dropping to a knee. We covered some considerations to make before you go to a knee. For example, depending on which side is your strong side and how you wear your pistol will help you decide which knee to go down on. Drawing a pistol from one knee can be easy if you chose correctly or a pain in the butt if you chose poorly.
While running through some drills dropping a knee and transitioning to the opposite side of cover or concealment they also covered switching shoulders. Shooting left handed with a rifle is actually a lot more difficult as I thought it would be, however while moving its much easier to shoot from the opposite shoulder than twisting your body around into some really bad positions.
After this we were introduced to shooting from the ground and a few other positions that were touched on lightly, some were only demonstrated for various reasons. Most of the day focused on movement though and if you've taken any other ACT course some of the later drills that sort of put it all together were the same and yet very different with a rifle.
This is definitely a class worth taking if you're on the fence. ACT does an excellent job at covering a lot of topics while having fun and keeping it a safe range. I would highly recommend them for any class they offer. This one was a lot of fun even without the tactical barrel rolls.
And a side note.... Apparently when Rhino says "everyone up on the firing line and unload your guns" he doesn't mean empty them by using the trigger
Who knew
So, Rhino and Obijohn called in some favors and we had some pretty darn good weather all weekend. It wasn't cold and it wasn't hot, perfect for throwing some lead down range. DR 201 starts out on the range and this is where we spent the whole class.
The first thing we covered were transitions from the rifle to the pistol. I think I could've done 100 more repetitions and still reloaded my rifle when it went dry
Transitions aren't too difficult when going slow, but there are things that can get in the way such as the magazines sticking out. We were shown a few examples to keep this from happening so we could get to our pistol easier without having more stuff in our way.Next we moved on to different shooting positions. The first being dropping to a knee. We covered some considerations to make before you go to a knee. For example, depending on which side is your strong side and how you wear your pistol will help you decide which knee to go down on. Drawing a pistol from one knee can be easy if you chose correctly or a pain in the butt if you chose poorly.
While running through some drills dropping a knee and transitioning to the opposite side of cover or concealment they also covered switching shoulders. Shooting left handed with a rifle is actually a lot more difficult as I thought it would be, however while moving its much easier to shoot from the opposite shoulder than twisting your body around into some really bad positions.
After this we were introduced to shooting from the ground and a few other positions that were touched on lightly, some were only demonstrated for various reasons. Most of the day focused on movement though and if you've taken any other ACT course some of the later drills that sort of put it all together were the same and yet very different with a rifle.
This is definitely a class worth taking if you're on the fence. ACT does an excellent job at covering a lot of topics while having fun and keeping it a safe range. I would highly recommend them for any class they offer. This one was a lot of fun even without the tactical barrel rolls.
And a side note.... Apparently when Rhino says "everyone up on the firing line and unload your guns" he doesn't mean empty them by using the trigger
Who knew
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