- Q: When was the last time you have been to the range?
A: Yesterday 01/23/2025
- Q: When was the last time you took a class?
A: 5.11 / USCCA 01/21/2025 Control The Bleed / Trauma Response
- Q: How often do you train?
A: Daily, Dry Fire â From the holster â Home Defense / Reading
4.(a) Q: How long do you spend at the range?
A: About 2.5 to 3 hours, once a week, sometime twice if my schedule allows it.
4.(b) Q: How many rounds?
A: Glock 22 .40 S&W: 100 Rounds
Beretta 9000S, .40 S&W: 50 Rounds
Glock 19, 9mm: 100 Rounds
Springfield Hell Cat Pro 9mm / Viridian âGreenâ Dot: 50 Rounds
Llama 22 LR ½ Size 1911: Donât count I have a bucket of .22.
- Q: Do you have drills that you do?
A: Glock 22 & 19, From the holster: Federal Course of Fire. Includes Standing Kneeling, Barricade RT/LT, Strong Hand / Weak Hand, Failure Drill (2 Center Mass / 1 Head or Top), Administrative Reload & Combat Reload.
Beretta & Springfield: Number Torture from the holster and from the bench to simulate acquiring from a lock-box or nightstand.
Llama 1911, 20 inch splatter target using brackets at varying distances from 7 yards to 20 yards.
At Home: I use the Mantis system number drills and home defense drills. The principal home defense weapon is an older Winchester 12 Ga Pump and the pistol is a back-up. I have not broken down and acquired a Positive Recoil (Green Gas / Co2 powered) SIRT Pistol. They are close to $500.00. That is a lot of frangible ammunition, as I get 500 rounds of 40 S&W for $130 and 500 rounds of 9mm for $100. It shoots well, and I have not got any miss-feeds, dead primers / hang-fires, Squib rounds or stove pipes. When I am feeling saucy, I will run through 50 rounds of Hornadayâs home defense or Federal Hydra-Shok, 9mm and 40 S&W using the course of fire.
I go slow and concentrate on the fundamentals and accuracy. Speed comes with experience and practice. Yes, I can go fast when I am timing each evolution of the course of fire, yet sometimes it is nice and useful to slow down and concentrate on simply being concisely accurate, and not so slow to the point of being counterproductive. I enjoy number torture as it helps with target acquisition, which can easily translate in a life threatening incident. Be safe, everyone!