Im not the wordsmith some of you are, but here are a few thoughts on the Carbine 1 class from this weekend...
I really enjoyed the class and learned a lot.
I like that Matt talks to the class and by that I mean it was more of a conversation format as opposed to reading to us. I hate being read to.
The information was basic and that is what I needed. Its carbine 1 after all. I have been shooting for years, and have attended many pistol classes but this was my first formal long gun class.
After a review of safety, and some good foundational discussion, we went to the range and confirmed our zeros.
An exercise to demonstrate how the lower you are to the ground the better your groups should be, worked backward for me. I shot my best group standing. Go figure, I have shot carbines standing the majority of the time. So I learned I need to work on the other positions.
We followed this with many other drills, movement, transitions to handgun, barricade etc. All highlighted what I need to work on and techniques to improve my shooting.
Side notes I learned that after a couple hundred rounds of wolfe (never had a problem with it before) cases started sticking in my chamber. A couple had the rim torn off! (I had heard of this but never experienced it first hand)
I finished the class with a borrowed carbine where I learned that picitini rails are SHARP! Then another borrowed carbine taught me that suppressed weapons get CRAZY HOT! OMG HOT, wish I had some bacon cuz I could cook it up on the forend HOT! mmmmm bacon.... where was I?
Oh yah ammo, wolfe has worked fine for me in the past, but lots of rounds without cleaning, hot weapon and hot weather, not a good combo. So back to brass for me!!!
I highly recommend the class and the instructors. I wish I could make Carbine 2 but its not going to work out.
I really enjoyed the class and learned a lot.
I like that Matt talks to the class and by that I mean it was more of a conversation format as opposed to reading to us. I hate being read to.
The information was basic and that is what I needed. Its carbine 1 after all. I have been shooting for years, and have attended many pistol classes but this was my first formal long gun class.
After a review of safety, and some good foundational discussion, we went to the range and confirmed our zeros.
An exercise to demonstrate how the lower you are to the ground the better your groups should be, worked backward for me. I shot my best group standing. Go figure, I have shot carbines standing the majority of the time. So I learned I need to work on the other positions.
We followed this with many other drills, movement, transitions to handgun, barricade etc. All highlighted what I need to work on and techniques to improve my shooting.
Side notes I learned that after a couple hundred rounds of wolfe (never had a problem with it before) cases started sticking in my chamber. A couple had the rim torn off! (I had heard of this but never experienced it first hand)
I finished the class with a borrowed carbine where I learned that picitini rails are SHARP! Then another borrowed carbine taught me that suppressed weapons get CRAZY HOT! OMG HOT, wish I had some bacon cuz I could cook it up on the forend HOT! mmmmm bacon.... where was I?
Oh yah ammo, wolfe has worked fine for me in the past, but lots of rounds without cleaning, hot weapon and hot weather, not a good combo. So back to brass for me!!!
I highly recommend the class and the instructors. I wish I could make Carbine 2 but its not going to work out.
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