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I agree Alex. There are a lot of big name trainers out there, that are of known quality, with known and applicable backgrounds, that charge much less for what you get and GFH.

Gabe Suarez is a convicted felon and an ego maniac. Be careful taking any advice from him regarding firearms.

I’ve shot the KAK blade. I liked it better than the Sig type braces (like the SB). The Tailhook Mod two was the best of the few I shot down in a Florida a few weeks ago. https://www.gearheadworks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=25&zenid=dg68bf4gbr4f0ij9n9dtq8pvn4 The Tailhook worked best as a brace and if you needed to shoulder it. The KAK Blade was next, then the Sig type.

Groton?

Just so we are clear - you are referring to Dicks Sporting Goods and not DSG Arms, correct?

By your command!

Curious....

From Joe: ”Just a quick note, the Concealed Carry class originally scheduled for April 21st will now be held on October 6th. If you have any questions or would like to reserve a slot please contact me.” I am interested in that class myself, but again, that is the day before my anniversary.

Ah, I think you are right. I wanted to go to that AK class, but that was my 10 year anniversary. That may have been @oldguysrule649 in that handgun class. Me too my friend!

Outstanding. All around great instruction. Well thought out class, no wasted time, excellent lesson plan, and credible instructors. I can’t say enough good things about them. If you take a class you need to be able to unflinchingly accept criticism and be prepared to work. If you suck they will tell you. They will also teach you how to not suck, but there will be work involved. To get the most out of it get there early, stay late, and pack a lunch.

Yeah, that was a work class. Northern Red has a training contract with the state via UASI through Fed DHS. I have no idea what that class would have cost, but I bet it was a lot. Hell, the class was all sims and they provided the ammo. I went through close to 500 rounds of Sims myself and there was ~30 guys in the class. $$$ In my experience, the best instructors and the best practitioners are also prolific students.

I was in that S&T class with you. I think @Alex V was there too.

Joe Riedy at Sights and Triggers. I can’t reccomend him enough.

I want to get to Lowlight, Carbine 2, and at least one handgun course this year with Joe. I have already taken S&T Carbine fundamentals (yes it is a basic class. I take at least one basic class every year. Makes me a better shooter - there is no advanced gunfighting - and a better instructor), EAG COC 2 day in St Augustine FL, and Northern Red’s 5 day Critical Incident Response class up in Totowa, NJ this year.

Shit yes. I spend so much time teaching, I never get to lear anything if I didn’t pay to go to class. You going to the Lights Sights and Lasers workshop on 4/18? Hosted by Khyber Tactical. It’s free, but it’s pretty far for you.

Tons of formal instruction: Handgun Shotgun Carbine Tactics @shooter28 Joe and S&T is excellent. I’ve already gone to one of his classes this year (probably my 10th class with Joe). I learn something every time.

You dirty bastard. You have been holding out on us!

Lol! That you did. It was great to meet you brother! You O/U was great to shoot as well. Thanks for letting me put some rounds through it and your pump gun.

It’s all the switchology. The lights needs to be in the best place for me to use thebswitch effectively. On rifles I prefer the light as close to 12:00 as possible. Usually they end up at 10:00-11:00 for lights with clicky tailcaps and 1:00-2:00 for lights with tape switches (I prefer clicky tailcaps, but sometimes a tapenswitch is necessary on rifles with lasers) for two reasons: 1) I like to use my thumb to activate the lights. I prefer clicks switches with only an on and an off. I hold a rifle with my support hand thumb over the top of the rail at 12:00. Putting the light as near as possible to my thumb makes using the lights easier. 2) Because my light is less likely to be obscured by cover/concealment - The closer to 12:00 the better because then when my sights are clear, my light is likely clear as well. Now the shotgun is different. I can’t hold ait the same way I do a carbine. I can’t wrap my thumb over the top - Shotgun barrels get HOT! So my thumb sits on the handguard at 9:00. I would prefer the light there, but it’s a no go with the sling - if it was a semi-auto shotgun and I didn’t need to work the action, it would be fine. But working the action, the light and the sling get in each other’s way. So 6:00 is the next best thing. I can activate the light with the knuckle or the pad on my index finger. Not the perfect solution, but it is the best solution I have found other than one of the crazy expensive dedicated Surefire lights.

Sling is in the way at 9.

Yup. On off only. No strobe. No momentary. Situation will dictate the technique.

She has it in a bellyband holster (according to her Twitter feed). It is a S&W Bodyguard .380 in FDE.

I’ve posted it before: Started as a Remington 870 Express Magnum. I stripped it down to a receiver and mag tube and filled it back up with internal parts from an old Wingmaster: Trigger group and lifter, bolt and slide w/action bars. Installed Magpul furniture Mesa railed side saddle Insight MRDS Vang Comp barrel Vang Comp follower Vang Comp Dome Safety Scattergun Tech +2 follower (6+1 total) Insight WMLX light (500 lumens) and it has a Magpul MS1 sling on it The action is as slick as snot. The Vang Comp barrel patterns my 8 pellet Federal Flight Control or Hornady TAP Low Recoil 00B very well. I can cover all 8 pellets with my fist at 10 yards and with an open hand at 20. Using 00B withoutva flight control was the group opens up a bit, but it’s still amazingly tight. Tube stays loaded with Winchester Segmenting Slugs and buckshot in the side saddle. It’s gonna get ghost ring sights soon. Probably Scattergun Tech so I can cowitness through the optic. I’m also planning on getting a Berett 1301 ASAFP.