longwatch
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http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/gunfight_060606/index.html
Interesting article on preparation for using a firearm defensively. It lays out five levels to rate yourself and your training level.
Level 1: Shooters who don't shoot.
Level 2: Shooters who practice on standard ranges.
Level 3: Shooters who attend training classes.
Level 4: Match Shooters.
Level 5: Shooters who have been in gunfights.
There is more detail involved of course but it caused me to reevaluate myself and motivated me to get more training and perhaps start participating in IDPA. I have taken a few classes some NRA and Blackwater and have had a fair amount of training from my days in the Marines. I think that puts me at about 3. However personally I want to be at 4 now.
http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/gunfight_060606/index.html
Interesting article on preparation for using a firearm defensively. It lays out five levels to rate yourself and your training level.
Level 1: Shooters who don't shoot.
Level 2: Shooters who practice on standard ranges.
Level 3: Shooters who attend training classes.
Level 4: Match Shooters.
Level 5: Shooters who have been in gunfights.
There is more detail involved of course but it caused me to reevaluate myself and motivated me to get more training and perhaps start participating in IDPA. I have taken a few classes some NRA and Blackwater and have had a fair amount of training from my days in the Marines. I think that puts me at about 3. However personally I want to be at 4 now.