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The instructor training mostly focuses on how to teach. The NRA course material that the instructors use to teach the student classes covers the mechanics. During the instructor courses, you take the Basic Instructor Training first. This is a 2 day course that's 100% how to teach. Once you have that out of the way, you can take any of the disciplines: pistol, rifle, shotgun, etc. In the individual instructor discipline courses, you go through the course material for that course. You will teach a portion of it in front of the rest of the group. This is also a how-to-teach course but it focuses on how to teach that course's material - so you are exposed to the material but that's not the purpose of the instructor training. If you want to really refine your shooting, teach shooting. In everything I've done, shooting or otherwise, I always learned more as an instructor/trainer than I did as a student.

Mmmm... I'm still not convinced this reflects on the economy. As others pointed out, I think these charts could just as easily reflect individuals' sloppy money management practices... which could just as easily be attributed to a cultural decline (e.g., principles like "personal responsibility" and "self-reliance" are not as revered as they once were). Who knows, maybe the good economy/low unemployment rate exaggerates people's bad financial tendencies, because they develop a false sense of security about the future? Regardless, I think personal financial management should be covered far more than it is in schools, quite frankly. It's a critical life skill that a lot of people simply don't have.

I just did the nra bit class the other Saturday and on sunday the basic pistol instructor class at union hill gun club. With roc training. Rocco Larocca. I did the nra rso class a few years back. Thank you Rosey for letting me know about the classes. If anyone out there wants to do any of these classes. Contact him at union hill. Great instructor

I don't know how much you've looked into it but there are two parts to becoming an NRA certified instructor. The first is required no matter which discipline you want to teach. It's called Basic Instructor Training (BIT). The purpose of this is to teach methods of instruction; i.e. how to teach. After that you take the discipline specific class; e.g. basic pistol, basic rifle, basic shotgun, etc. Your BIT class counts for all disciplines so you only have to do it once. This means that if you want to certify in pistol and rifle you would start with BIT, then do the two specific classes after that. As an incentive, becoming a certified instructor opens a little bit of NJ's draconian laws up. Without it you can only legally do a temporary transfer (hand you student a gun) at a range that has sent it's membership list to NJSP on an annual basis. As a certified instructor you are allowed to do a temporary transfer anywhere that is suitable for the training being offered. That could be a private range, or around your dining room table while you go over the mechanics of a firearm or how to clean and maintain one. This is the main reason I got my NRA Instructor cert. SCFGPA didn't used to submit the membership list - I think that changed a couple of years ago following a members' vote.

Nawlins:

There are actually two Trump/Pence sponsored race cars running this weekend. One tonight in the truck race, and one tomorrow in the Xfinity race. Check out these pictures: DAYTONA BEACH — Even before President Donald Trump arrives at the Daytona 500 on Sunday, race fans will see his name circling the track Friday night and Saturday. During Friday night’s NextEra Energy 250, Port Orange driver Tim Viens will be behind the wheel of a white, No. 3 Chevy Silverado with a Trump 2020 logo. Then veteran NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek will run the 47 car with the same pro-Trump message in the Xfinity Series race Saturday. Nemechek drives for Mike Harmon Racing. “I support the president. I support him and I’m gonna continue to support him,” Viens said, adding that the other benefit to landing the sponsorship is getting an opportunity to drive.

I just received my first Garand from the CMP this week and shot it yesterday. I have a new favorite gun.it is a RM1 Service. Receiver is Springfield apparently manufactured in 3/44. It is in great shape. It did come with new wood which is okay by me as I plan to shoot this a opposed to looking at it as collectible. What a joy to shoot.

Hopefully, his credit is shit and no one lends him more money... the problem is when institutions lend out money to these idiots at high rates

I'm sorry, but if you are making six figures living paycheck to paycheck, you are living beyond your means. I know a dope that keeps defaulting on student loans but drives a BMW.

Fly over with Air Force One:

Sooo what worked. 1 shooting a 22 in between. 2 shooting a full size striker gun in between 3 some dry fire. end of 1 hour range flinch drastically diminished.

I wonder if you could bore a hole in the tenderloin, then use a sausage stuffer to ‘inject’ the sausage meat into the cavity? After saying this outloud, it REALLY sounds like a porn movie!

@Mrs. Peel In addition to what's already been said, I'll also add that NRA B.I.T. is a great starting point on the pathway to becoming a certified RSO (Range Safety Officer). Old Bridge R&P holds NRA RSO certification classes from time-to-time, and we employ volunteer RSO's to "scan" the indoor & especially the outdoor ranges we own to make sure everyone is safe & following the club rules during "open shooting" by conducting unscheduled "spot-checks". Chief Range Safety Officers (the next level of RSO) like myself are empowered by the NRA to hold RSO certification classes, so being a NRA "TC" (Training Counselor) isn't required to run a RSO class to certify RSO's. TC certification requires earning NRA Instructor ratings in a vast majority (all?) of the NRA shooting classes offered, and is generally the pathway to starting your own training business. As far as discipline-specific training goes, I have friends like @Mr.Stu that are league discipline chairs (like myself---I'm OBR&PC's Police Practical Competition league Match Director) and assistants at their respective clubs that have earned IDPA & USPSA Instructor & Safety Officer ratings through national organizations that conduct discipline-specific matches at local, state-wide, regional and national match venues. These instructor ratings also teach "how to play the game" within the games' rules, and not just which way to grip, draw a loaded sidearm from a holster & point the firearms. Things like minimum safe distances to engage steel plates, heights on berms so no slugs escape entrapment, and "cone of fire" are reinforced. Teaching & mentoring at this point in my shooting career are what keep me going. As I type this my home club is running 2-3 different league matches simultaneously this morning! Mentoring others is a pure joy and I love it so! Mentors never finish learning, often loan equipment & ammo to friends & strangers alike, and promote good will at every range they visit. In my shooting career I've enjoyed being mentored by some famous (JJ Racaza of Top Shot & others) & not-so-famous shooters at league matches I've attended these past several decades. These Mentors of mine (including Stu) molded me into what I am today! ~R

True, great idea... let Left Wing, Jeff Bezos, vacuum up ALL your conversations in your house with Alexa, it will make it so easy for the Red Flag law to be applied. Tell Alexa we need guns, then a hour later, have a big argument with your wife about a different issue... Want to guess what comes next? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/25/614470096/amazon-echo-recorded-and-sent-couples-conversation-all-without-their-knowledge ...."But their Amazon Echo was listening and recording their discussion. The device then sent the recording to someone in their contacts — without the couple's knowledge. The wife, identified only as Danielle, told Seattle TV station KIRO 7 that they learned something was amiss when they received a phone call from the husband's employee who lived in Seattle, telling them what he had inadvertently received. He told them to unplug their Alexa devices right away.

Shoot/bbq is usually at Stafford Forge WMA. I usually bring a brisket or two, maybe ribs, or chili. @Zeke threatens to bring his crock pot ‘bbq ribs’, but hasn’t had the testicular fortitude to do a head to head with my ribs. He does bring that pineapple meatloaf abomination though....lol Uh...the assembly process for that stuffed tenderloin sounds like it belongs in a porn movie, not a recipe!!

Looks amazing! I've yet to make it to a shotgun shoot/bbq, but if the timing lines up with my schedule, and the venue isn't too far south, I'll do my best. Mostly I need to try and make it to one while you're still cooking locally. Together we'll banish the scourge of crockpot Boil-B-Que forever! Just a heads-up on the stuffed tenderloin. It's difficult to put together. Start with the knife slit through the tenderloin, enlarge as best you can, then use a turkey baster to enlarge further, then lube your kielbasa with a LOT of vegetable oil, and cram it in. There, that ought to get a facepalm emoji from Mrs.Peel.

When arguing about what goes on a breakfast sandwich, the correct answer is 'bacon'.

My wife and I, or at least me, celebrate the day differently. I left Vietnam on 02/14/1970.

They were too busy talking about kitchen appliances.

Stop being difficult!

I tried to wise yous guys up four years ago, when PSA (and some others) started demanding FID for shotgun and rifle ammo because NJ put pressure on them. Back then, they caved to NJ, and ya'll said "stop being a troublemaker, just send your FID. Then I explained there was no handgun ammo in my orders, and ya'll repeated, "stop being difficult, it don't matter, it's no big deal, what's the problem". Well... Guess what, it matters now, don't it? I tried to warn yous guys about the dem's incremental squeezing.

I think this thread needs to be resurrected. Academy Sports sucks! They have caved in to the PRNJ and will no longer ship handgun ammo to us! Screw them! I will not spend another penny for anything on their site! Same goes for any retailer that caves in to the Gopher's illegal pressure!

When I read the original post in this thread, I shook my head sadly and thought: well, at least it started out so awful it can't get any worse. Apparently, I was wrong. So very wrong.

@CageFighter stated that his friend went back in and got the extra mags. If they were OEM, then the issue was resolved. I can see how they were pulled out originally. They probably ran out of individual mags for sale, and pulled them until restocked. They just forgot to put them back in.

It will only be one rose at dinner out, but that's the plan! Tomorrow is Day 30.