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What training should I take at this point?

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So I've never had any formal instruction or classroom training for firearms. Mostly self taught/read with some spurts of informal instruction from friends.

 

I've had a 9mm handgun and shotgun for a year, recently added a 9mm carbine to the mix as well.

 

I'm comfortable with operating all of them in a range/static target environment, and comfortable servicing them including full detail strips and cleaning.

 

I'm not as accurate with the handgun as I would like. I'd like to be better at drawing and getting on target fast with it and being confident that I can stay on target for fast fire through a whole mag without any fliers.

 

Likewise with the shotty and carbine, I'd like to get comfortable using them while moving, handling reloads and malfunctions with them on the fly and getting on target faster with them.

 

Any recommendations for training/instruction I should be considering?

take a defensive handgun course or two, you will learn a lot. Once you take them, you can move on to perhaps a defensive 3 gun course. They teach rifle and shotgun basics, with transitions to handgun from rifle, shotgun, etc.

 

Its amazing what I discovered I didnt know after taking my first formalized training course. Its a whole new world.

Some basic courses would definitely be beneficial. If you've got the time and money, take a week long shooting package offered by one of the many security firms out there. SCG International Risk runs an outstanding course, High Threat Protective Operations (HTPO). They teach advanced shooting (rifle, smg, pistol), offensive driving, PSD, surveillance, etc. You might not need all of that, but the shooting portion is a lot of fun and highly informative. Corrected some of my bad habits and learned how to use bad habits to m advantage, i.e. one handed gangster shooting. :D

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