I went to a basic handgun training class last night (2/27) that was conducted by NGG and held at the Morris County Police & Fire Academy. They have a nice indoor range there.

 

NGG has a facebook page but I cannot access FB from work. I think this is the link for the FB page but I will have to check later.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/NO-GAMES-GEAR/322075978573

 

The instructors are current or former LEOs, also NRA certified. I believe the lead instructor, Bill, does firearms training for NJSP. Both instructors were very good. There were only four of us in the class, so we got a lot of their time.

 

The class was very worthwhile for me. It was oriented towards home/personal defense. Despite their vocation, the instructors were very candid about what to do in protecting your home, with a lot of common sense. Because it was a basic class, we started in the classroom with the basic concepts of being a responsible firearms owner, and basic rules for handling a firearm.

 

We moved to the range and covered some basics on having an athletic stance, having gun ready, and the importance of moving. We did a lot of dry firing before we touched the ammo.

 

When we started using live ammo, we were mostly shooting at a distance of 5 yards, which is appropriate given their focus on home defense. We also practiced getting quicker and smoother with double taps and combat reloading. Finally, we worked on identifying threats by shooting at the targets if they moved toward us after confronting them.

 

It was great training for this novice, and I am now more confident in my abilities to defend my family with a weapon.

Also, I forgot to mention that Matt adjusted the rear sight on my Walther PPQ 9 mm. It was actually shooting a little bit left -- it wasn't just me.

Interesting.................Hmmmm......has this training just started or have they been around for a while ?

What is NGG?

I have no affiliation with NGG. My understanding is that the main guy, Bill, invented a ballistic undergear garment product for LEOs and others that need it. It protects the femoral artery.

 

http://nogamesgear.com/pro-shop/index.php

 

Then he branched out into training.