Yep, good time had by all...except for the poor target stand...it had a rather rough day<g>
Learned a ton of useful, easy to retain, information. Class portion was unique to my experience...was more of a round table experience; talk about one issue - ask questions about that topic, when everyone's questions were answered move on to the next topic...very easy to remember new information when you can actually discuss it while it's fresh in the brain. As Phred said, even our breaks were still fairly on topic, continuing the conversation we had started before we took our break.
A *lot* of new drills that work well individually, but, can be combined to make something truly unexpected for the "Why the hell won't this guy stand still so I can shoot him?" crowd, in quite a few different situations. A lot of new skills to hone (thank heavens I can just walk out into my back yard to practice this stuff!).
As a person who comes from a predominantly hunting background, it was a real eye opener and required a serious mental shift (Dammit! I forgot to cover the target after I was done engaging! <sigh> Say it with me...).
8+ hours of class/range time (more range than class), 130 (or so) rounds of pistol ammo used. I didn't come out a master marksman, I came out of this with more confidence in my abilities, a better understanding of what *I* need to work on, when/how to use my firearm in a SD situation, and probably most importantly: what will happen after the fact.
Excellent experience with some great people (and food...can't forget the food, gets better every time I go there...Ma said "Thank you" for the cobbler).
Off to shower/bed before I pass out at the keyboard.
