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Elm Fork Wednesday Night Classes
On
March 11 Tiger Valley is bringing our moving target system to Elm Fork
for our "Moving Targets & Moving Shooter". Our system allows
for remote control of the target, varying both direction and speed.
This is a rare opportunity to learn the skills and put into
practice engaging a moving target.
The cost is $65, pre-registration is not required, and the event
begins at 6:30 PM at Elm Fork. Bring your pistol,
holster, 250 rounds of ammunition, and eye/ear protection.
"Glock Maintenance" will be offered on March 25th. A certified Glock armorer
will be instructing the course and provide the necessary knowledge to
diagnose problems, replace parts, and keep your Glock in excellent
running order. Like our medical courses, space is limited and
pre-registration is absolutely required. Register by mailing a check to our office address. Online payment will be available this weekend. The cost is $75 which
includes a Glock armorer's tool and a hardcopy of handy reference
materials. Bring your Glock and the class runs from 6:30 PM to 9 PM.
The second class on the 25th
is our first precision rifle offering at Elm Fork with "Precision Rifle
Sectorization". We will utilize our scaled-down urban environment
with simulated military targets (that means model buildings and green
army men for those not familiar). The course will provide an
opportunity to learn and practice precision rifle sectorization skills.
We encourage participants to read and understand T.J. Pilling's earlier article "Sectorization, the Common Language of Snipers".
The
class runs from 6:30 to 9 PM, bring 40 rounds of ammunition, rifle, and
safety gear. Pre-registration is not required, just show up and
shoot.
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Tactical Team Match
Registration
recently opened for our Tactical Team Match on June 27th and 28th.
Four man teams will compete across a variety of realistic and
challenging scenarios. Door breaching, hostage rescue, building
assaults and more are all going to be components of the match.
Details on the match
can be found here. The cost is $150 per shooter.
Space
is limited to 20 teams and we are already about half full.
Registration is on a first-come, first served basis and get
signed up by mailing a check into our office address or via our online store. Both of our
2008 team sniper matches filled up and had a waiting list, so don't get
left behind on this 4-man match.
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After Teaching a CHL Class...
by T.J. Pilling
I
just finished a CHL class. Boy are they a butt kicking.
Wayne did a women’s only class, Bruce handled a Level I carbine
class in Waco, and I ended up with the
CHL class. Not that I hate teaching CHL, but believe me they are
the entry level of all firearms topics to be taught. I was lucky
with this one, as I had a Tiger Valley regular sitting in the audience
that kept the pace moving with some interesting questions. The
bad part is that he left me at lunch after his renewal portion of the
class was done.
During the last CHL class that I taught,
two guys got up before lunch and left because they couldn’t smoke in
the classroom. Both were could hardly control themselves during
the firearms portion because they couldn’t have a cigarette hanging out
or their mouths. In this class one guy dropped out because he
thought there were too many rules to remember and since you didn’t need
a CHL to carry in your car he asked for his money back.
I would
estimate that a full 80% of those taking a CHL haven’t shot a gun in
years and don’t plan on shooting one afterwards. We see
all sorts of interesting things during these classes. Shooters
who load the weapon but don’t chamber a round, and continue to squeeze
the trigger when nothing happen. There's the cinema stance and
grip, which I love to guess which movie it came from. Weapons
that just don’t work for one reason or another. And last but
hardly the least is the assumption that shooting a respectable group
during a CHL class has anything whatsoever to do with real world
firearms use.
When we made it back to the classroom after
shooting I asked if everyone if they would let their children drive the
family car after one hour of training. I then told several of my
experience with my oldest son.
My wife had told me that
she had taken my son out driving and it was my turn in the box.
He had been taking drivers education for some time, although I had no
personal knowledge of what or how much he had absorbed. We jumped
into the family jeep sport, you know the one with the inline “6” that
runs like a scalded ape.
We backed out of the driveway and made
it to the end of the alley. My son proceeded to make a hard left
turn, which put him hugging the curb going the wrong way against
traffic. We were on a small residential street where traffic was
all but non-existent. I finally told him to stop and asked if I
could ask him a question, he said “yes”. Have they gotten to the
part in drivers education where they tell you which side of the road
you drive on yet? At this point, before I could say a word, he
rams the steering wheel to the right and floors it. The rear
wheels smoke and we head straight for my neighbor moving his lawn
across the street. Seeing what is happening he sprints with his
mower and I grab the wheel and straighten us out. When we got home
I inquired as to the level of his past driving experiences and I was
informed that it was driving in the school parking lot, a definite lack
of communication on my part.
So
here we are, back to the first
question, would you let your kid drive the family car with no
experience? Hell no, but we see people drive guns with little or
no knowledge or experience, with the false assumption that they are
prepared to survive a lethal confrontation.
Now those
who have called asking about Tiger Valley will know that I’m the worst
salesman around. When asked what we do different then other
quality training centers, I say nothing. If they are worth their
salt, they teach the most advance techniques available. Paul
Howe, Larry Vickers, all follow basic Mid-South fundamentals with
handguns, as do we. Do we have some secret super ninja
techniques, no we don’t, and we pass more students off because we don’t
tell them that we do. What I do tell student is to get some
training, from whom - it’s up to them.
Unfortunately, we know
that most shooters get their education in firearms related topics from
television, and for most it will be the only firearms training they
ever get.
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