Magpul Dynamics

[WinterBoarder]

Class is a little over 2 weeks and we have only 2 spots open. Ping me if anyone has any questions. We're gonna have some fun in the sand and sun!

[WinterBoarder]

Is it odd to feel strange about taking a class from an instructor that was in the same class as you the first time they took that class?

Here are my thoughts on this, which generally aren't worth crap.

As an instructor new to a new school/company, I would think as part of the on-boarding process, it would make sense for the new instructor to attend as a student to audit the course, understand the curriculum, etc.

As an existing instructor, continuous training and improvement should be something that is pursued, and I value instructors that do this. There's always something to learn. In one of the past Magpul courses I took, there was an instructor from another school attending.

[WinterBoarder]

About a month until the class and registration is almost full, just a few spots open, register soon.

[pepito]

Love to, but working :/

[TheBelly]

Want to, but deployed.

[WinterBoarder]

For those registered and attending:

• Class starts at 8 a.m. Please be on time and allow enough time to get to the range. When you drive into the range on Friday, meet at the clubhouse.
• Directions to the range can be found here: http://www.riversedgeoutdoors.us/ind...id=11&Itemid=5
• The $60 range fee will be due on the first day of class; please bring cash.
• Lunch will be available at the range for $6/day cash.
• Bring plenty of fluids to stay hydrated at the range; the range we are at is a few hundred yards from the club house.
• Please bring sunscreen and appropriate clothing; it will be hot and dry and there is little to no shade out on the range.
• We are planning a class dinner on Saturday night; more details on the first day of class.
• Please bring staple guns, staples and masking tape to the range; this will give us more range time.
• If you have a small sledge hammer, please bring it to assist in setting up the target stands.
• If you have any questions, please PM me.

[WinterBoarder]

A quick note about directions, DO NOT use GPS, as this will get you lost.

[snakedoctor]

So, how did the class go? Any pics or reviews...

[gos]

This was what I posted on ar15.com:

Just wanted to follow up (I took the class last month) and give a quick summary.

Background: I am not LE/Mil, background is about 1 year of shooting, I have taken 1 other 3-day handgun class.

This year apparently Magpul and Steve have revised the curriculum to focus more on fundamentals and less on more advanced techniques. Compared to my previous class, the focus of this class was much more on pure accuracy, and not "acceptable accuracy" or "combat accuracy". For every single drill, the only acceptable hits were to the 8" circles on the targets or to the brain triangle between the tip of the nose and the eyebrows. You shoot until you get your hits.

Every day (even the first) started & ended with 10 shots to an 8" bullseye at 25m with no time limit. Everyone in the class was a LOT better on day 3 than on day 1.

There was no rolling around in the dirt, urban prone, etc. On day 3 we did do some shooting and moving, but it was all standing up, and intended to be more informational on how your accuracy is hurt by movement.

We did hundreds of rounds worth of malfunction clearance drills which works the hands pretty hard, but is a great skill to practice. The technique taught for this was different than my previous class, much simpler. The drill setup is a lot less artificial, with every one of us having to clear real, hard malfunctions under simulated pressure.

The day 2 walk-back competition was fun, with three of us hitting the steel plate at 125m, and one of us hit the plate at 150m. They did a good job mixing in a few speed & accuracy competition drills throughout the class for a little friendly competition, with magpul gear as the prizes. An ACS stock was awarded for one of them, a hat for another.

2 instructors for the class, and most of the time we were divided into two relays so that it was 10 shooters on the line with 2 instructors. This gave a lot of individual attention for people with questions or who needed help with a technique or a drill.

Round count (for me) was about 1200, but it would vary based on the loadout you bring to the line. Most of the time I was loaded with 4 spare mags. For people who had fewer mags on them for each drill, their round count was probably closer to 1000.

All in all, highly recommended for a level-1 handgun class. Wasn't what you see in the DVDs from a few years ago, but it definitely improved my shooting quite a bit. I will definitely attend another one.

––gos

[lowbeyond]

This year apparently Magpul and Steve have revised the curriculum to focus more on fundamentals and less on more advanced techniques. Compared to my previous class, the focus of this class was much more on pure accuracy, and not "acceptable accuracy" or "combat accuracy". For every single drill, the only acceptable hits were to the 8" circles on the targets or to the brain triangle between the tip of the nose and the eyebrows. You shoot until you get your hits.

good review, i actually like this structure better.

There was no rolling around in the dirt, urban prone, etc.

While fun, i always did find this stuff as not that useful, maybe its just me.. That being said, it was fun to shoot thru, under, and around travis' truck

to bad bruce gray doesn't have a class in CO, id take his class again...