pangris
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This past weekend, my wife spent a full day with Tiger at his school in Huntsville, AL. We drove to Huntsville from New Orleans. This was Kelly’s first professional firearms training and I was worried about everything – weather, gear, being late, etc ad nauseum. Saturday morning, I said words I never thought I would –
“I’ll calm down when I hear gunfire!â€
Luckily, we showed up early, and so did Tiger. We met up and were in his classroom by 7:45 AM.
FWIW, I was a spectator, magazine loader, brass picker upper and Gatorade go-fer. The class was purely for her benefit and my peace of mind. If you take such a class, my wife suggests bringing a helpful spouse with a cheery disposition. She managed to squeeze off 550+ rounds in one day as a result!
The classroom section was a basic lecture about firearms safety, sight alignment, trigger control & reset, and recoil management. There was also an explanation of threats and some coverage of mindset, avoidance, etc etc. Tiger spent a little over an hour on this stuff. All good, all important, no fluff. To the range!
Tiger has a 100 yard range with the final 25 yards being raked gravel as seen in the pictures. He also has a live fire shoot house and a force on force shoot house.
Tiger started Kelly off with several dry drills. For the first couple hours I was impressed with the mix of dry vs. live as he covered the basics. There was a tremendous amount of progress made before lunch as far as basic accuracy, comprised of using the sights and trigger control. He also covered drawing and reloading by the numbers.
After lunch the real work started. Tiger first explained tactical movement, then ran dry drills forward, backward, sideways, and eventually to cover. He got Kelly to the point where she could shoot, move, reload, and clear malfunctions, and shoot 6â€-ish groups in the process. I was very impressed as I have known her for several years and never managed to keep her in the circular part of the paper! At the end of the day, she felt comfortable with the gun, her ability to shoot, move and make hits, and deal with an empty gun or a malfunctioning one. I couldn’t be happier.
Tiger’s teachings have a lot of parallels to those at Thunder Ranch. He got Kelly to the point she would have been on about the second day of a three day class. I have come to appreciate the benefits of one on one training. When she got something, he moved on right away. When she didn’t, he’d throw custom tailored drills at her until she did.
The most important thing was that Kelly had a GREAT time. She is ready and willing to train more.
I also came to realize the possibilities tutorials presented. Tiger is *very* reasonably priced at $250 for a full days tutorial, with up to three day blocks available. I need a lot of basic rifle work and would also like some advanced pistol training. I think Shootrite will provide me with an affordable means to do that without sacrificing any quality. I am sure I’ll go to classes in the future – but I believe tutorials will make up a large part of my training for the next couple years.
Anyone looking for a dedicated instructor who offers regular classes and one one one tutorials that are an exceptional value should consider Shootrite. www.shootrite.org has most answers, and Tiger is great about being in touch, especially via e-mail.
Finally, Tiger has a book about the use of the use of rifles and pistols as a martial art. I’m about halfway done and will post a full review once I’m done. I can already recommend it as well – it covers an amazing amount of ground. The format is also exceptionally unique, but more on that soon.
Talking about the basics...
Dry Work
This is how you move...
Holy Crap, he's coming right at me!
Tap, Rack, Bang! But not this time, as Tiger set up a double feed... she learned to clear that as well!
Behind cover, clearing malfunctions with the greatest of ease, and laying down quality hits. I'm a happy and lucky man!
“I’ll calm down when I hear gunfire!â€
Luckily, we showed up early, and so did Tiger. We met up and were in his classroom by 7:45 AM.
FWIW, I was a spectator, magazine loader, brass picker upper and Gatorade go-fer. The class was purely for her benefit and my peace of mind. If you take such a class, my wife suggests bringing a helpful spouse with a cheery disposition. She managed to squeeze off 550+ rounds in one day as a result!
The classroom section was a basic lecture about firearms safety, sight alignment, trigger control & reset, and recoil management. There was also an explanation of threats and some coverage of mindset, avoidance, etc etc. Tiger spent a little over an hour on this stuff. All good, all important, no fluff. To the range!
Tiger has a 100 yard range with the final 25 yards being raked gravel as seen in the pictures. He also has a live fire shoot house and a force on force shoot house.
Tiger started Kelly off with several dry drills. For the first couple hours I was impressed with the mix of dry vs. live as he covered the basics. There was a tremendous amount of progress made before lunch as far as basic accuracy, comprised of using the sights and trigger control. He also covered drawing and reloading by the numbers.
After lunch the real work started. Tiger first explained tactical movement, then ran dry drills forward, backward, sideways, and eventually to cover. He got Kelly to the point where she could shoot, move, reload, and clear malfunctions, and shoot 6â€-ish groups in the process. I was very impressed as I have known her for several years and never managed to keep her in the circular part of the paper! At the end of the day, she felt comfortable with the gun, her ability to shoot, move and make hits, and deal with an empty gun or a malfunctioning one. I couldn’t be happier.
Tiger’s teachings have a lot of parallels to those at Thunder Ranch. He got Kelly to the point she would have been on about the second day of a three day class. I have come to appreciate the benefits of one on one training. When she got something, he moved on right away. When she didn’t, he’d throw custom tailored drills at her until she did.
The most important thing was that Kelly had a GREAT time. She is ready and willing to train more.
I also came to realize the possibilities tutorials presented. Tiger is *very* reasonably priced at $250 for a full days tutorial, with up to three day blocks available. I need a lot of basic rifle work and would also like some advanced pistol training. I think Shootrite will provide me with an affordable means to do that without sacrificing any quality. I am sure I’ll go to classes in the future – but I believe tutorials will make up a large part of my training for the next couple years.
Anyone looking for a dedicated instructor who offers regular classes and one one one tutorials that are an exceptional value should consider Shootrite. www.shootrite.org has most answers, and Tiger is great about being in touch, especially via e-mail.
Finally, Tiger has a book about the use of the use of rifles and pistols as a martial art. I’m about halfway done and will post a full review once I’m done. I can already recommend it as well – it covers an amazing amount of ground. The format is also exceptionally unique, but more on that soon.
Talking about the basics...
Dry Work
This is how you move...
Holy Crap, he's coming right at me!
Tap, Rack, Bang! But not this time, as Tiger set up a double feed... she learned to clear that as well!
Behind cover, clearing malfunctions with the greatest of ease, and laying down quality hits. I'm a happy and lucky man!
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