Colorado Classes from Tactical Response

May 17 - 18, 2008
Fighting Pistol

May 19 - 20, 2008
The Fight - Force on Force Scenarios

Jun 9 - 10, 2008
Fighting Rifle

Jun 11 - 12, 2008
Advanced Fighting Rifle

Jul 26 - 27, 2008
Fighting Shotgun

Jul 28 - 29, 2008
Wilderness Survival

Aug 23 - 24, 2008
Fighting Pistol

Aug 25 - 26, 2008
Precision Rifle


The Fighting Pistol and FoF classes are already filling up fast. Anyone who has never attended at Tactical Response class can call me prior to registration to get info on how to get 25% off the cost of the class.

All classes will be held at our new shooting range north of Greeley, or in our 55,000 square foot indoor facility.

For additional info please visit www.tacticalresponse.com

Anthony
Colorado Shooting Sports L.L.C
AK Lightning Bolt
970-381-8188

Just curious why "Sorry but we do not allow the Blackhawk “Serpa” Holster in our classes."

As a medic we were issued Blackhawk "serpa" drop legs for are M9 Berretta pistols. And was acctually a common pistol holster that i saw in Iraq.

im not sure why they dont, but i just took a drawing from a holster class and one guy had a serpa. it gave him a lot of trouble when he was tring to draw. im sure it was all user error but i would say 1 out of 5 draws it didnt come out of the holster. maybe thats why they say dont bring one. watching him struggle with his convinced me that i dont want one. i dont want to be hung up if i ever need to draw fast.

Hmm, I could understand that, when I bought mine for my XD, I pratice for 2 days strait drawing from the holster. Didn't want too look like an idiot when I'm in the box for IPSC or IDPA event. And for the first hour or so, I did miss draw 1 out of 6 tries. But alot of it was cause of mis position of my hand on the holster when attempting to draw. But now Its second nature.

I use one of these holsters at work with no problems. If you cant use a holster, don't play with guns.

http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/i.../t-164512.html

http://getoffthex.com/groupee/forums...81/m/946107726

*****UPDATE******

The May 17-20th Classes are being rescheduled. There was a conflict with another set of classes and we are working hard to get it rescheduled soon.

*** The Wilderness survival class is almost full. IF you are looking at attending this class I would sign up soon as we are almost at capacity.

We are also very, very happy to announce that the Suarez classes have also grown:


Sep 4-5
NEW!! Civilian Warfighter - Trauma Care Under Fire
$350.00 Enroll Online Greely, CO Karl Johnson

Sep 6-7
NEW!! Kalashnikov Rifle Gunfighting
$375.00
Enroll Online
Greely, CO
Dan Agakian

Sep 4-7
VALUE!! Both Classes in Greely
$600.00
Enroll Online Greely, CO Agakian/Johnson



We are very excited about having Dan and Karl teach these courses. They both have the experience and real world knowledge that I think our students will appreciate.

Anthony
Colorado Shooting Sports L.L.C
AK Lightning Bolt (tm)
970-381-8188

here's my review that covers both Fighting Rifle and Advanced Fighting Rifle, my third and forth respective class from Tactical Response.

First thanks to Jay and Allen for coming out to teach the class. A big thanks to Anthony for getting them out here and providing a good spot to train at. If it weren't for him bringing these classes out here I would only be able to attend half or less as many. Kevin who made a hell of a drive to the class and Greg (i think, i'm horrible with names) keeping my faith in Denver PD.

I enjoyed and learned so much in Fighting pistol and Advanced fighting pistol i knew i would regret missing these classes. Before i started learning from Tactical Response, i was that guy that had more guns than experience with them. Nothing but a collector with occasional plinking thrown in. I think that I've successfully made the transition to student at this point. Thirst for knowledge has me contemplating what unused piece of gear i own that could be sold to afford the next class. Eating ramen will get me to the next class.

We only had 4 students in fighting rifle, and 3 in advanced most likely because of the mid week timing of the class.

As far as gun, i was using a 5.45 ak that had some double feed problems that were most likely mag related and one interesting jam on the end of day 4. I some how managed to lodge a live round between the left side of the front trunnion and the bolt, bullet forward. I discovered why the rifle was not working in the midst of a Rack-Rack-Rack Replace when the gun was in front of my face and i could see a round trying to push it's way under the dust cover. I removed the dust cover and reloaded the rifle. Everyone had an optic except for me, i notice how much slower i was in being able to acquire a quick shot. XS big dots should bring the edge closer to my favor, they are on the top of the 'to get' list.

The Glock worked as long as it had ammo, even after being literally plowed through the dirt while i was being carried during a man down drill. The cheap paddle holster did not fare as well and limped through the last day with a zip tie repair. Waiting on a new chest rig to figure out where the pistol is going to go.

I was wearing a Blackhawk plate carrier with level 3 stand alone ceramics, while heavy i wanted to train with it. I found the buckles awkward to say the least as both of the waist clips attach to the back and were hard to get clipped in. They also did not retain their tension when i cinched it down. My new chest rig is on the way.

This was the first time I'd worn a dump pouch, it was great. Since i was only carrying 4 extra rifle mags retaining my partials was a potential life saver. The Rolley Polley stowed nicely along my left side when not in use, and was not in the way even open.

I have several permenant injuries that cause some limitations with anything extremely physical, in these classes along with the first two the instructors were excellent in dealing with them. Jay remembered my neck injury from the pistol class and made sure to inquire weather i needed an alternate way of doing something. I managed to shoot from prone more in this class than the last, I've been working up to it with hopes of going through High Risk Civilian Contracting sometime in 2009. On day one i dislocated my right knee trying to get up from a prone position, among my injuries i have a genetic joint problem that's been causing my knees to temporarily dislocate since i was 13. I found that i was concentrating on the rifle and not getting up without hurting myself. I should have been wearing a brace, but neglected it.

What i retained from day one; illustration of sight parallax on a rifle. I've read about it, but never had hands on knowledge of close range rifle shooting. Hydrate! MOVE!

Day two; Kind of a blur, i got one of those really bad phone calls at lunch. I fucking hate those phone calls. Present your body armor, not your gaps in it. Stacking in, once you've done it a few times and as explained by Jay and Allen it becomes fairly easy. Keep the parallax in mind will you're shooting around cover. AR's don't like wolf. Hydrate! I can shoot supine and a decent prone if I'm careful.

Day three; The meltdown drill is a workout in itself. Stacking to get the most guns on target in a confined space was new and cool. Peeling in a 3 man stack, another workout. Hydrate! AR's still don't like wolf. When shooting left handed keep your thumb from flagging into the path of the bolt handle. Called short due to funnel clouds... wise decision.

Day four; Jay stepped in to give us an extra shooter, thanks. Thanks to Jon for loaning the gear. Man down drills, another workout. As Kevin observed anything less than 4 people and you risk being stuck if someone gets wounded. Bounding drills and peels were great but need plenty of practice to understand and do properly. Need to work on those. Hydrate! AR's like brass cased ammo.

Several times i messed up the reload while stressing in a drill, i had to stop and take a breath before starting again.

AK reload as explained in Fighting Rifle:

Grab the new mag at least half way down while bringing the rifle up into your line of vision. (rifle to your face, not face to the rifle). Mags bullets down in the pouch eases proper grip.

Stick the but under your strong side armpit and twist the gun inward so you can see the beginning of the mag well.

Bring the new mag up and kick out the old mag. You can run the new mags feed lips along the bottom of the trigger guard to be sure of hitting the mag release.

Put the feed lips in the mag well and touch your knuckles to the forearm of the gun.

Rock it in till it stops and clicks, then tug back towards the forearm.

Reach under a rack the bolt, unless you have a Lightning bolt which DOES speed up the reloads for right handed shooters.


On going over the top to rack; i racked out a live shell when topping off, only to have it eject straight upwards and land back in the chamber as the bolt was closing.

On using the new mag to kick out the old one; it's fast and it works. Anthony had a good point, when doing mag retention for top offs you have to change mags entirely different. With the mag in your support hand reach up and remove the mag in the gun and drop it if empty, or retain it while putting the new mag in.

Kind of wordy late and scatterbrained, but there you are.

Sign up now for the fighting Pistol and Precision Rifle classes to be held on August 23-26th. Dont wait till the last minute as they determine if the class will be held based on how many are signed up 3 weeks out.

If you are new to Tactical Response. Call me and I can get you a 25% discount on your classes.

Anthony
Colorado Shooting Sports
AK Lightning Bolt
www.coloradoshootingsports.com
970-381-8188