I struggled with this a lot at first. Throw that on top of moving while engaging and you have a real challenge.Additionally, clearing malfunctions while keeping your eyes on the target is another matter entirely.
This is an advanced skill module that if tried by less than average skill set on the street will more than likely result on the victim seeing himself kilt.
Training is always progressive and my thoughts tend towards when the individual has mastered gun handling safety, basic shooting concepts, and a degree of competency with shooting the pistol.
My question is, how do you define basic shooting training, intermediate shooting training, and advanced shooting training?
Once you have clearly defined those, the 'tap, rack, bang' concept will then fall into it's proper place in the training process.
One other concept, some fail to incorporate, is teaching individual skills separately, and then incorporating them together in to one active process.
Uh,
1. Safety / Weapons handling / How a weapon works
2. Basic Marksmanship Instruction
3. How to load the weapon safely
4. How to fire the weapon
5. How to reduce stoppage
6. How to clear the weapon safely
7. How to maintain weapon and disassembly and reassembly
8. Qualification
9. Re Qualification Intervals based on need 90 day, 180, annually?
IMO
Reduction of a stoppage both immediate and remedial has to be integrated into basic instruction in order to be effective?
TJ
That instruction template takes 14 days straight no weekends and such 12 hours a day!
For example zeroing takes two days one for grouping and one for actual zero
BTW
If they don’t quail you restart em back at the beginning been working pretty good since about 1945!
Yes, they qualify at least yearly, some Semi annually, and some quarterly.I stand corrected on this structure. I was referring to the normal commercial applications. Thank you for pointing that out and keep up the good work. Do they ever get followed up on let’s say a year later to test their retention of knowledge?
I'm not an instructor but I always find it interesting to see what information an instructor prioritizes and how they pick what to cover when.
I see dealing with malfunctions as part of basic gun handling. Load the gun, apply marksmanship fundamentals, reload the gun, fix the gun if it needs fixed. All basic parts of operating the gun. So I think it best to teach it earlier than later.
I'm not an instructor but I always find it interesting to see what information an instructor prioritizes and how they pick what to cover when.
I see dealing with malfunctions as part of basic gun handling. Load the gun, apply marksmanship fundamentals, reload the gun, fix the gun if it needs fixed. All basic parts of operating the gun. So I think it best to teach it earlier than later.
As far as priorities it can depend on your audience.
I'm an Agency Instructor and my observation is you have to gauge your audience. Like are they the type (civilian or advance LE that want to be there or simply forced to show up for a qualification (typical Agency employee or minimal training type with a LTCH)
When I have my agency instructor hat on I often have to dumb it down due to Severe institutional inbreeding that 1. Agency Attorneys just cant get away from. and 2. Those people that we become purely safety monitors for.
Now when I was doing advance classes at work and when I attended other "outside" classes with LE and civilians firearm enthusiasts. Everyone wanted to be there and generally took to new methods techniques etc and practiced with no complaints
My point is there's always those individuals that will be a challenge so you might have to alter your approach they are just not into guns or do it like some of us can.
Should it be your goal to find a way to get through to those who are least interested because they need it the most? Their fellow officers may need to rely on their skills. Maybe this isnt possible.
I'm not an instructor but I always find it interesting to see what information an instructor prioritizes and how they pick what to cover when.
I see dealing with malfunctions as part of basic gun handling. Load the gun, apply marksmanship fundamentals, reload the gun, fix the gun if it needs fixed. All basic parts of operating the gun. So I think it best to teach it earlier than later.