leadslinger972
*Banned*
How much training have you received since you started carrying a firearm?
How much training have you received since you started carrying a firearm?
How much training have you received since you started carrying a firearm?
~50 hours formal training in the past two years. Goal is to do ~75 hours this year.
(Since I’ve started to CC a handgun)
If asking about paid training from instructors? I’ve taken 3 handgun classes.
If asking about training from people more experienced than me? I’d say hundreds of hours.
Formal training would be attending a class.
Informal training would be from more experienced people you may know personally.
While I have more informal training than formal, I'd like to bump up the number of classes I take per year. Currently I've taken five classes per year, which equates to about 45-50 hours per year.
That’s good stuff. Do you agree that formal training pays off in the long run? Was the 50hrs all handgun?
It was all pistol.
It is absolutely worth it.
This year my goal is to take two or three force on force classes, and more advanced pistol classes. I also am strongly considering starting combatives again (krav and BJJ likely) and doing three to five hours per week of that.
Cool. I’ve only taken pistol but wanna do some FoF stuff. At some point I wanna take some carbine classes but that’s not the priority right now.
3 classes of *advanced pistol* with Gordon Hutchinson for church carry certificate.
3 classes with Advantage Group - Pistol 1, Carbine 1 and Shotgun 1.
1 refresher clinic with Advantage Group at FRC on *Draw from concealment*.
Big thing is to practice drills that were presented as often as possible, if you don’t use it you loose it. Most ranges don’t allow the gun handling/techniques that are beneficial for self defense. Helps having acreage and a home range.
VATA
Intro, Pistol 1 &2, Intro Carbine & Carbine 1, Vehicle CQB. Hope to get in some med classes this year.
The correct answer to this is, *Never Enough*. Shooting is a degrading skill and has to be constantly practiced correctly.