Rangemaster Firearms Instructor Course, Nappanee, IN, Sept

[Coach]

Good luck at the match Coach, looking forward to seeing you at the class. It should be a good one.

Thanks I will take all the luck I can get.

 

[rhino]

Now I wish I was going too!

 

[Coach]

You were invited.

 

[rhino]

You were invited.

And I appreciate that greatly. I just can't do it anymore. I'd be laying on the ground unintentionally providing cover for everyone after about two hours.

 

[cedartop]

Now I wish I was going too!

Well come on with your bad self.

 

[rhino]

Well come on with your bad self.

Even if I could physically do it, I can't make the time to get away from work right now. Things are hopping! Well, I could if I quit . . .

 

[Coach]

Even if I could physically do it, I can't make the time to get away from work right now. Things are hopping! Well, I could if I quit . . .

You think a job limits your ability to do things try having a wife and kids on top of that! They seem to want you to live up to your responsibilities all the time.

 

[rhino]

You think a job limits your ability to do things try having a wife and kids on top of that! They seem to want you to live up to your responsibilities all the time.

You wanted me to cringe when I read that, didn't you.

I'll see your wife and kids and raise you a pair of octogenarian (soon to be nonagenarian) and a PrinCESS!

 

[Coach]

You wanted me to cringe when I read that, didn't you.

I'll see your wife and kids and raise you a pair of octogenarian (soon to be nonagenarian) and a PrinCESS!

The Princess apparently does not read INGO.

 

[rhino]

The Princess apparently does not read INGO.

If she did, I'd already be dead.

You can teach me everything you learn when you get back!

 

[GNRPowdeR]

Anyone who thought about this course and didn't sign up, you're missing out! Some solid classmates and the straight forward presentations of Tom Givens makes this an excellent opportunity...

 

[Coach]

It was a long three days. Finally made it home. I left with a certificate and not everyone who was there can say that. You have to meet some objective tests and not every course makes that happen. I came home a better shooter than when I left. I am going to be a better instructor for having taken the class. I received great confirmation about revolvers, and under powered calibers.

Tom is a great teacher. But more than that he has forty years of real world experience and research standing behind what he teaches. In addition his students have a stellar record in real street encounters. I have a few certificates hanging on the wall and the only ones that mean more are my college degree and my masters degree. It was a real solid class.

 

[GNRPowdeR]

It was a long three days. Finally made it home. I left with a certificate and not everyone who was there can say that. You have to meet some objective tests and not every course makes that happen. I came home a better shooter than when I left. I am going to be a better instructor for having taken the class. I received great confirmation about revolvers, and under powered calibers.

Tom is a great teacher. But more than that he has forty years of real world experience and research standing behind what he teaches. In addition his students have a stellar record in real street encounters. I have a few certificates hanging on the wall and the only ones that mean more are my college degree and my masters degree. It was a real solid class.

I couldn't agree with you more... Also, glad to have met you, Coach!

 

[Coach]

I couldn't agree with you more... Also, glad to have met you, Coach!

Now you can avoid me when you see me coming?

 

[GNRPowdeR]

Now you can avoid me when you see me coming?

I prefer to get a live interaction vs a keyboard interaction to help me learn more about a person... Visual input & all... LoL

 

[Tom Givens]

From the trainers' perspective this was a great class. We had 20 really serious, motivated students, a good facility and good weather. We worked hard and learned a lot. Of the 20, 16 successfully graduated and everyone improved.

My thanks to Mike Swisher (Cedartop) and Eve Kulscar who came in to help teach, as AI's and coaches. Great job by both. Thanks to Jeff Tinsley and Steve Clay for their work as hosts. Thanks to all the students for working hard and paying attention for three very busy days.

We only have one Instructor Development Course left in 2015. It will be Oct 30-Nov 1 in Wilmington, Ohio. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rangem...r-development-course-ohio-tickets-14141504621 for details.

 

[Gluemanz28]

Tom

What is the next step for the four that didn't pass the class? Will they have to repeat the class to get a cert?

 

[Tom Givens]

Glue...

We do not re-test on the written exam.

If someone failed one of the shooting tests, they can re-shoot within 30 days with one of our staff.

Otherwise, taking the class again would be needed for a certificate. Objective standards are meaningless if people are not held to them. Graduates are justifiably proud of their achievement, and we only certify those who make the grade.

 

[Coach]

Objective standards are meaningless if people are not held to them. [/QUOTE]

If only everyone would operate in such a fashion.

 

[Gluemanz28]

Glue...

We do not re-test on the written exam.

If someone failed one of the shooting tests, they can re-shoot within 30 days with one of our staff.

Otherwise, taking the class again would be needed for a certificate. Objective standards are meaningless if people are not held to them. Graduates are justifiably proud of their achievement, and we only certify those who make the grade.

I think that is more than fair. I missed the class last year at Nappanee and didn't see this one until yesterday

I will for sure be attending one of your classes in the future.