Pics from a recent Pat Rogers 3 day Carbine Operators Course

[USMC03]

[The Extractor]

Well here is my AAR after getting blasted with the firehose of gunfighting knowledge that is an EAG class.....

First a HUGE thank you to Pat,Mike,Donna,Jeff C and all the rest who helped me,either get to be there or learn there.
Also another Big Thank You to the companies who donated gear to the class.

A little about me. Im a machinist for a carbon fiber R&D shop here in CO. This was my first real class of any kind.

My gear: A supposed 1k round count used BCM 16" mid length with a new LMT BCG, BCM medium gunfighter CH, no rail, no optic,no light, mounted to a stag lower with a 6 pos stock.
No failures from either the upper or the lower.
The only problems I had were, the CH hit the top of the stock, easy file fix, and the sharp edges around the outside of the stock,again easy file fix, finally the stock is slippery and doesn't stick in place. NON of this accounts for my terrible shooting. Big Grin

I used a padded Vtac tac sling. Worked great.

Pat lent me an Aimpoint T1, awesome. My first real use of an RDS. I will be buying one as soon as funds allow. Ordered ! woohoo!

For mags I almost exclusively used Tangodown ARC mags. Flawless. That is what I could get ahold of before the class I had less than a weeks notice I was GTG for it. I also used a couple new Pmags as well, also flawless.

I used an Eagle Ind universal chest rig, worked fine, the only problem I had was the outermost pouches are for a radio
or some similar item and I had to secure them up with zip ties so as to not be in the way of my pistol.

Pat lent me a CSM ? dump pouch,worked great.

I carried my Sig GSR 1911 commander in a fobus paddle holster because that is what I could get my hands on for the class.
No problems with either. Winchester white box ball ammo no problems.

Carbine ammo was 1k 55gr BVAC from surplusammmo.com, zero problems. 200rds ?gr prvi no problems. 200rds 55gr federal from Walmart.

[The Extractor]

Overall this was an awesome experience. Pat said "You were this far in over your head,but you handled it."
In light of this I would reccomend to any other first timers to take a basic carbine course to start with then work up to this and so forth.

Learn the basics, I hadn't yest learned and perfected them and it caused me some struggles. Trigger control, figure out the right length that works on the stock for you,work on keeping the carbine up and eyes on target when mag changing, breathing, stance,be in your own bubble,this isn't a competition to see who can miss the fastest.

I am very glad the class size was as small as it was as I got more one on one help than I would have otherwise.

If you think you need training, DO IT! If you Dont think you need training DO IT anyway.

[Roger]

Great pictures.

[cowboykjohnson]

looks like fun!

[Hoosier]

Nice FN SCAR-L there.

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[BigBear]

Nice FN SCAR-L there.

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I haven't seen a lot of those... did they turn out to be all they were hyped up to be?

Still a price point problem I guess?

[rondog]

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[Elhuero]

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[Irving]

I think those little telephone cord lanyards are just silly.

That is to prevent you from being embarrassed when your gun goes flying across the court when you do a sick dunk from the 3 point line.