Training Review

Back in May my "twin brother" Lyle and I attended a carbine class in Pueblo West, CO. The course was a three day clinic on gunfighting with the automatic carbine, put on by EAG Tactical with the legendary Patrick A. Rodgers instructing. Covered in the curriculum where the subjects of gear selection, weapon maintenance, reloads both tactical and speed, and of course shooting the carbine. Shooting the carbine standing, shooting the carbine kneeling, shooting the carbine prone, shooting the carbine while moving, shooting the carbine fast, shooting the carbine accurately shooting the carbine at one target, shooting the carbine at multiple targets. Did I mention we did some shooting?! Pat has a whole library of drills he likes to use and we got to practice a few for instance turning to engage;

Turning:Engaging:

Also a multiple position drill which consisted of five rounds standing, reload, five rounds kneeling, reload, five rounds prone. Take all the time you need but get it done in under 25 seconds and DO NOT MISS!

We practiced The Hammer; one sight picture two trigger presses, Roadhouse Rules; everybody gets one before anybody gets seconds, Failure Drill; two center of mass followed by one to the cranial ocular cavity, NSR (non standard response); multiple rounds delivered as fast as the trigger can be controlled to the rear (an NSR for our class was a minimum of 7rds), and the Box Drill which combines Roadhouse rules and Failure drill on multiple targets.

We also learned to deal with primary weapon failures by either fixing the primary or at close range transitioning to our sidearms which looked like this:

Training with Pat is a thoroughly enjoyable experience that I intend to repeat. For anybody who has an interest in learning to run an AR carbine like the pros Pat's class is a great choice.

PS For a look at the static turn in action check out the video at the bottom of my blog