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0:00[Music]
0:17Heat. Heat.
0:52Probably one of the most important
0:53things is firearm safety. So, let me ask
0:57you guys, what are the five firearm
1:00safety rules? Starting with rule number
1:01one.
1:04Rule number two,
1:06neverend.
1:09Rule number three,
1:10keep your fingers until you're ready to
1:13fire.
1:13Rule number four,
1:15weapon safe until you intend to fire.
1:17And rule number five,
1:19target.
1:21Remember these firearm safety rules.
1:22This is flat range. But out in the real
1:25world, when you're having to shoot and
1:27move around other people, when you're a
1:29law enforcement officer going into an
1:31active shooter situation, those rules
1:33are following you. They're right with
1:35you. And if you decide to shortcut those
1:36rules, that's when Murphy's going to
1:38bite you right in the ass. Every time
1:40you come out to the range, especially
1:41when you're with a group of shooters or
1:42an operators or or team environment,
1:45it's always good to go over your medical
1:46brief and ensure that if something does
1:48happen, you don't have a bunch of people
1:50running around like chickens with their
1:51heads cut off. Okay, here we have a
1:52great medical facility. So, if something
1:54happens, first responders will be here
1:55probably within seconds. However, you
1:57need to take in consideration that if
1:59you're out on your own, you are at your
2:01own home range, you're maybe going out
2:03in the woods with a by yourself or with
2:05a buddy or you're hunting, um you need
2:07to know your surroundings. That's a part
2:08of the mindset. You need to know where
2:09the nearest hospital is. Um you need to
2:11make sure you always have communication.
2:13Make sure you tell somebody where you
2:14went in case you do shoot yourself um
2:17and you're stranded out there with a uh
2:19uh bleeding wound or something and you
2:22need support. You should always have
2:24some type of of shooter kit. Okay,
2:26there's a lot of different first aid
2:28kits out there. There's all these
2:29different military kits and all the
2:30stuff that you carry. That's great, but
2:32does it really work for you? Is it what
2:34you need in that time frame? Whether
2:36it's out hunting or out shooting by
2:38yourself or you're in a critical stress
2:39engagement, maybe an active shooter or
2:41home defense and you one of your your
2:43family members are bleeding and it takes
2:45four or five minutes for for EMS or
2:47maybe even longer in some cases or
2:48locations to get to your house or to
2:50your location. Maybe you are down police
2:52officer, an active shooter situation and
2:54you can't get support for an hour. Do
2:56you have what it takes with you to stop
2:58that bleed and keep you alive for that
3:00amount of time? Just be aware of your
3:02surroundings. know your medical
3:03facilities and uh know the number for
3:06911.
3:08What is it, Chris?
3:09911. Okay.
3:12A lot of our mindset is based around
3:14what you do under dynamic stress.
3:16Whether you're Marine Corps, whether
3:17you're a SWAT operator, or whether
3:19you're just a person, you know, in a
3:21home defense role, when that gun comes
3:23out of that holster, it's business time.
3:27When things go wrong, they go wrong
3:28extremely fast. And at that point, you
3:30better understand what you need to do to
3:33survive because it is literally your ass
3:35at that point.
3:36And like Chris said, you're going to see
3:37the fundamentals build. You're going to
3:38see more advanced skills, which are
3:41basically just fundamentals being honed.
3:43Okay? There's there's no such thing as
3:44really advanced and basic in our minds.
3:46Um, what there is is a honing of
3:48fundamentals because there's so many
3:50different levels. That's why we don't
3:51like to use the terminology basic and
3:53advanced. But what we really, really,
3:55really care about is the why. Why are we
3:58doing what we do? Why are we choosing
4:01the techniques that we what that we're
4:02using out here? And we're going to
4:04justify those not only verbally to you
4:06guys, but we want you guys to justify
4:08him in your own mind. To break that
4:09mechanic down and really think about it
4:11visually and understand the why of what
4:14you're doing. That's where you're going
4:15to excel to become a better shooter
4:16right now, right off the bat, is in your
4:19mind. You will not find Chris and I come
4:21out here and tell you this is what you
4:22will do because this is what we saw in
4:23our career. We're going to let you guys
4:26excel and progress at your own skill
4:28levels, and we're going to come by and
4:30try to fine-tune and hone the
4:31efficiencies, the excessive waste
4:33movements, uh make your effectiveness
4:35down range go up through the roof
4:37hopefully. And uh and that's that's what
4:39we're looking for here. I think we got
4:40some competitive shooters here as well.
4:42And you'll see that if you can shoot
4:44under stress, that little buzzer in a
4:47competitive uh situation, for example,
4:49is going to help you excel, okay?
4:51because you understand how your body can
4:54manipulate a weapon system under stress
4:56and it's just that much smoother. All
4:58right, most of you guys know our core
5:00principles which is reality,
5:02consistency, and efficiency. Um to
5:04reiterate a little bit on those
5:06obviously what you're here to do like we
5:08just talked about the why of shooting
5:10that's the reality. So we're going to
5:11incorporate that reality into our
5:13shooting. The consistency. Consistency
5:16is obviously we've we've said this many
5:18times is is is extremely important
5:20because if you have a thousand different
5:22variations or repetitions, what is that?
5:24It's 1,000 wasted repetitions. Okay? So,
5:28keep that in mind. All right. And then
5:30there's our last core principle, which
5:32is efficiency. We're going to really
5:34work out the bugs and the kinks in the
5:36beginning here. Some of you guys are
5:37probably going to be rusty. Some of you
5:38are newer shooters. Um, but we're going
5:40to find your efficiency level not just
5:42in excessive waist movements and feet
5:44work and hand work and all that stuff,
5:46but also the effect that you have
5:48downrange. How efficient is that?
5:50Amateurs train until they get it right.
5:51Professionals train until they get it
5:53wrong. That's the most important factor
5:54there is willing to take yourself to a
5:57point where you might actually get
5:58something wrong and try to excel past
6:00that.
6:00Chris and I will never come out here and
6:02run a BSA tempo clean ever because the
6:04day we do means we just got comfortable.
6:06And when we feel comfortable, that
6:08should be an alarm that goes off in your
6:09head and says, "Hey, grab for that next
6:11wrong in the ladder of excellence."
6:12All right, now let's go do some
6:13shooting.
6:16All right, guys. The first thing we're
6:17going to cover is the grip of the
6:18handgun. We see the most inconsistencies
6:20with the grip um and inefficiencies as
6:23well. So, we really want to concentrate
6:25on getting a consistent grip every
6:26single time. And we're going to talk
6:27about the proper grip right now and the
6:29mechanics behind it.
6:32My grip starts in the draw, which we're
6:34going to cover here in a little while.
6:35But what I want to find first is a hight
6:37tang grip. Okay? I want to get this this
6:39beaver tail like on this Smith and
6:40Wesson M&P here is really really uh
6:43drastic. So your hand can get high up in
6:45there and higher up on the on the height
6:47over bore ratio, higher on the barrel.
6:49If we could put our hand right here on
6:50the back of the slide and shoot it, we
6:52would. That would be ultimate recoil
6:54control, but we can't. So that's what I
6:56like to choose when I'm looking for a
6:57gun is a high grip just like this. But
7:00you'll notice I have this gap in here.
7:01Now, you're going to see lots of
7:03different types of grips. You'll see
7:04thumbs down grips. That's a revolver
7:06grip. We don't need a revolver grip here
7:08because this has a tang. Revolvers don't
7:10have back straps or tangs like this.
7:12Okay? So, we need to fill this entire
7:14void. That's my priority. This is not
7:17filling the void. This is filling the
7:20void. This is actually a huge contact
7:22portion. This this part of your hand.
7:24And this has got to really be pressing
7:26on that gun. You'll notice that a lot of
7:28people will shoot a thumbs up grip or a
7:30thumbs out grip. You're minimizing the
7:32contact on the gun. So basically what
7:35you're doing is you're you're you're
7:37providing path of least resistance,
7:38which is what we won't we don't want.
7:40And I'm going to cover that here in a
7:41second. So we want to fill that entire
7:43void with a thumbs forward grip. So if
7:45you put my finger straight out, you're
7:46going to see they're kind of at a 45
7:48degree angle down. So that's a good
7:49reference tool right there is to rotate
7:51your hand down. Your thumb will be
7:52straight and in line with the bore. And
7:54then you can curl those fingers
7:55underneath. I put a little reference
7:57notch in my trigger guard. So when that
7:58index trigger finger comes up
8:00underneath, it wedges in there. And then
8:03you'll see over here that these fingers
8:05will rest in these grooves. And that is
8:07about 100% grip that I can get. Does
8:09anybody know the 60/40 grip? Matt, what
8:12do you use under stress? Do you use 60%
8:14on the strong or the weapon hand and 40%
8:17on the reaction hand? What do you use?
8:19Is it 42% 42 and a2?
8:21Not sure how to how to judge the
8:23percentage on either side.
8:24Exactly. You don't know. You don't know
8:26what you use under stress, but I know
8:28that 100% 100% works for me. So, that's
8:31what I'm going to stick with. So, that's
8:32the mechanics right there. Okay. What
8:34I'm going to show you guys now is the
8:35mechanics of the handgun and how it
8:37recoils. I'm going to start off with a
8:39weapon hand only grip. Now, what I want
8:41you guys to do, and you can come into
8:43where you can see me a little better if
8:44you need to, but watch how the gun
8:46recoils. Okay.
8:50Which way did the gun just recoil?
8:53Up and left.
8:53Up and left. Because I have resistance
8:55on this side and no resistance on this
8:57side. Correct. All right. Now, let's try
9:00with the other side.
9:02Which way to the gun recoil?
9:04Right.
9:04Up and to the right. Resistance. No
9:07resistance. Now, let's let's let's get
9:10100% grip, but I'm not going to get a
9:12high tang grip.
9:15Which way did the recoil?
9:17Straight up. Because I have equal
9:18tension, equal resistance on each side,
9:21but I didn't have that high tang grip.
9:23Now I'm going to get a 100% highten grip
9:25and watch what the gun does.
9:31Which way did the gun recoil?
9:33Straight back.
9:37So guys, right there are the mechanics
9:38of a handgun. That's how the recoil
9:40works. And that's why you've got to have
9:42100% maximum contact on the gun. Thumbs
9:45down, thumbs up, teacups, wrist grabs,
9:48Hawaii50, whatever you want to call it,
9:50whatever you want to use, that's fine.
9:52But think about the mechanics and see if
9:54they just justify themselves in your own
9:56minds by just watching that
9:57demonstration right there.
10:02What we're going to do now is admin
10:03reload. This is an admin administrative
10:06reload. That means you can take all the
10:08time in the world to make sure that gun
10:09is in battery. So when you do have to
10:11use it on your nightstand, pull it out
10:13of the locker, you're putting in your
10:14duty gear, you're going out on patrol or
10:17you're going out in derk durka stand
10:18somewhere, then that gun comes out under
10:21dynamic stress, it will work. Cuz I've
10:23seen so many people set themselves up
10:26for failure because they're not
10:27consistent with the way they load,
10:28whether it's riding the slide or they're
10:30not seating the magazine all the way,
10:31and they're just like, "Yeah, whatever."
10:32And they put it away and next thing you
10:34know that people are dying. Okay, so it
10:36starts right here. Basic fundamentals,
10:37AB and reload. So I'll work through with
10:39you guys. First thing you're going to do
10:40is you're going to get into your stance.
10:42All right. A lot of guys will just come
10:44up and they'll start grabbing their guns
10:45and they're like this and they start
10:47loading it and they put it right back
10:48away. But what I like to do is take it
10:49the extra step. I like to come out, look
10:53at what I'm about to shoot, visualize a
10:55real person. Maybe it's a light switch
10:56on the wall. He's really tiny. And what
10:59you're going to do is you're going to
11:00draw like you normally would. So what
11:01I'm doing here
11:04is getting one more repetition on the
11:06draw in my life. and also sight
11:08alignment, sight pitcher. And that is
11:10again one more repetition. So I'm being
11:12consistent to what I'm about to possibly
11:14go out and do on the streets or in my
11:16house cuz hey, maybe 5 minutes from now
11:18somebody breaks in. Maybe 5 minutes from
11:20now I get an active shooter call. So
11:22consistency get line of sight picture.
11:26Once I'm comfortable with that, I'll
11:28bring the gun into my workspace. Notice
11:30where my workspace is. This is not my
11:32workspace. Okay? You guys see that? This
11:36is not my workspace. This is a
11:38workspace. Can I see my gun here? I can
11:41see you guys, though. Can I see my gun
11:43and you guys now? Sure I can. So, if I
11:45need to problem solve, I'm problem
11:47solving and keeping my head up. Okay. We
11:50see a lot of guys doing this, looking
11:52down at the gun. That is what's going to
11:53get people killed. Had a guy write a uh
11:55an email to us the other day. He was a
11:57Marine in Iraq and uh he shot a guy 15
12:00yards away with his carbine. watched him
12:02fall, ran across the street, did a speed
12:04reload down here. When he looked up,
12:06that guy he just shot was in his face
12:07and shot him. And now he's a
12:08parapollegic because his workspace was
12:11not here. He was not aware of his
12:12surroundings. So that's why we want to
12:13be consistent from right now from the
12:15start. All right. Once this gun is in a
12:17workspace, I'm going to go ahead and
12:18take a magazine out. I'm going to index
12:20the magazine properly with my index
12:22finger up along the uh the tip of the
12:25rounds here. A lot of people will say
12:26touch the round so you can feel it.
12:28That's okay. But you don't really need
12:30to do that. The round's going to go in.
12:32Insert one time. Don't sit there and tap
12:36it a couple times. It's one insert.
12:39Okay. Then my hand is going to
12:40immediately roll from here right over to
12:43the top of the slide and power stroking.
12:46Notice where my hands are right now.
12:47They're not still up on the gun riding
12:49the slide. I hit myself on the shoulder
12:51to over overemphasize this, but that's
12:54typically what I'll do anyways is I will
12:55make sure that inertia is in full motion
12:57going home and putting that round in the
12:59chamber. Once I am here, I will then
13:00rotate the gun down. And I prefer this
13:02time of press check here.
13:05I like to have control of the gun so I
13:07can actually open the slide and
13:08visualize brass in there. Okay? Or if
13:11it's at night time, I can take and put
13:13my finger in there. Now, I will sling it
13:16home. I will not ride it home. Sling it
13:18home. And then for value added, I will
13:20hit the rear of the slide to make sure
13:21the gun is completely in battery. Okay.
13:24At that point, I will then holster the
13:27gun. All right. So, let's see that one
13:29more time.
13:42And that's it. Okay. You notice the
13:44steps are very deliberate. I stop and
13:46make sure that next action I'm about to
13:48do is precise and done correctly. And
13:50that's where the consistency will start.
13:52And if you maintain that consistency,
13:54that will turn into long-term
13:55potentiation and learning. And then your
13:58subconscious mind will eventually take
14:00control and I don't even have to think
14:01about what I'm doing. And that's where
14:02we want to get because under stress, I
14:04don't want to have to worry about these
14:06fine things when I've got bigger things
14:08to worry about.
14:12First thing that we'll look at is
14:13stance. Stance is extremely important.
14:15We we can look at it from starting from
14:17the feet working all the way up back to
14:19the gun. First thing that we want to do
14:21is generally start with our feet
14:22shoulderwidth apart. Uh we can take our
14:24reaction leg and put it out slightly.
14:26Remember that the the legs in a lower
14:29body though it is important in a perfect
14:32world if we can get into this stance
14:34then that's what we need to do. Also the
14:36upper body our chest is generally
14:38forward. Our arms are generally in a
14:40forward position because that's what we
14:42will do under a body alarm response or
14:44reaction to a dynamic stress situation.
14:47So what you'll find is most people under
14:49stress come out and drive their gun
14:51because they're panicking. So what we
14:52try to do is we try to incorporate
14:54techniques that allow you to do and
14:57practice what you are going to do under
14:59stress. Now we get our feet
15:01shoulderwidth apart, left foot slightly
15:02forward, not aggressively forward to
15:04where you cannot take that shot there
15:06where you'll actually be hyperextended
15:08on your hips or your hips won't allow
15:10you to rotate. You'll actually have to
15:11come up, replant your foot. That's
15:13wasted movement. So what we want to be
15:15able to do is I can take him, I can
15:17look, I can drive, fire here, move,
15:20engage here, here, here. It does not
15:22matter. My lower body is stationary. My
15:25upper body is what's more in control at
15:28that point. What you're going to find is
15:30that what your upper body does is
15:32slightly more important than what your
15:34lower body does because your upper body
15:36needs to control and manage recoil. When
15:38we drive that gun out, when Travis talks
15:40about that thumb forward position, when
15:42we talk about the grips and the
15:43mechanics of the gun to mitigate recoil,
15:45what we're also looking at is our elbow
15:48position because a lot of times people
15:49will shoot handgun like this and
15:51generally the bend in the elbow creates
15:53the path of least resistance. Now, you
15:56can shoot accurately like this. Okay,
15:58you can you can be a bullseye shooter
16:00and come out and fire and hit the X-ring
16:03at 50 yards, but this is a dynamic
16:05handgun. This is preparing us for a
16:08possible engagement where we actually
16:09got to get on this gun and run this gun.
16:12Each and every one of those shots are
16:14where they need to be. But if I drop
16:16that elbow, that gun is going to go to
16:18the path of least resistance whether I
16:19have a good dominant grip on the gun or
16:21not. So upper body is extremely
16:23important. Again, driving straight out.
16:25A lot of people try to wonder, well,
16:27what how aggressive do I drive my elbows
16:30out? So, as a good rule, you can just
16:32say hyperextend to where it causes you
16:33pain, back them off to where it doesn't.
16:35And then that's generally your happy
16:37medium. Everybody's built slightly
16:38different. So, those mechanics are going
16:40to be slightly different between each
16:42individual. Sight alignment is what what
16:44are we generally thinking when we're
16:45having to align our sights. How do we do
16:47that?
16:48Front post centered and leveling and
16:50rear notch.
16:51Okay. Outstanding. So it's leveled and
16:53it also has equal daylight on both
16:55sides. Correct. Now what do we mean by
16:57sight picture
16:58relationship between the shooter's eye,
17:01the sights and the target
17:02outstanding. So we are trying to line
17:04all that up and of course under stress
17:06that could be a moving person. That
17:07person could be moving from point A to
17:08point B. That person is probably and
17:10likely shooting at you which is why you
17:12employed your weapon system in the first
17:13place. So now I'm trying to line my
17:15sights up. Sight alignment sight pitcher
17:19at the same time. What's the next one?
17:20Trigger control.
17:21Trigger control. If you cannot
17:23manipulate that trigger, well, generally
17:26most of the missed shots are
17:27contributed. Just accuracy alone. Not
17:29worrying about mitigating recoil right
17:31now, but just accuracy is extremely
17:33important. And we know that most missed
17:35shots are generally trigger related. So
17:37usually, if you could look at all those
17:39fundamentals, trigger is usually 80% of
17:41that, if not even more. What else do we
17:44have beyond trigger control?
17:45Breathing.
17:46Breathing. Okay, breathing is going to
17:48be extremely important, but if you have
17:50to make a critical shot, we try to break
17:52our shot on what we refer to as our
17:54natural respiratory pause. So, as I
17:56breathe in,
17:58I breathe out and exhale,
18:01boom, break that shot. There's about
18:03that 3 seconds of if you don't get that
18:06shot off, what's probably going to start
18:07happening? Because you're talking about
18:09holding your breath, possibly
18:10start to get that tremor. That tremor is
18:12going to go all the way through your
18:12body. And then eventually, if you don't
18:14breathe, what's going to end up
18:15happening? you're gonna you're gonna be
18:17unconscious. You you'll know it because
18:18you'll be laying there. Um so the
18:20important thing is breaking our shot on
18:22our natural respiratory pause. So
18:24breathing is important on critical
18:25shots, but when you start running and
18:27gunning, you're going to realize that
18:28you're not paying attention to where
18:29you're breathing. You're going to be
18:30watching your sights. You're going to be
18:32watching what your gun's doing, trying
18:33to mitigate that recoil, worrying about
18:35trigger reset. Okay? And that moves us
18:37to the last one, which was
18:39followrough.
18:39Follow through. What exactly is follow
18:41through? I fired a gun. The gun
18:43discharges, round leaves. Now, what
18:45happens?
18:46Not slapping the trigger, not jerking
18:47it, not flinching it or or bucking
18:50because you're anticipating the shot.
18:51It's continued application. You're
18:52you're continuing to hold the trigger to
18:54the rear for that split second after you
18:56after the recoil of the round.
18:57Okay. Outstanding. So, we're pressing
18:58the trigger to the rear, trying to not
19:01anticipate that shot. Shot breaks. Now,
19:03what do I do with my trigger finger? I
19:05let out to what?
19:06Reset.
19:07Reset. Couple things going on there.
19:09There's a few questions you're asking
19:10yourself. First, was my shot effective?
19:13Right? That's what you're doing in a
19:14split second because I fire, I reset,
19:16and I might be right back on that
19:17trigger because if my shot's not
19:19effective, what am I doing?
19:21I'm shooting again. I'm employing that
19:22weapon system again. Was my shot
19:24effective? And if I had to, can I take
19:26another follow-up shot right now if I
19:28needed to? Those things are are very
19:30important. And what we're doing is
19:32that's happening really fast.
19:34So, we're going to break that down. I'm
19:36going to break trigger control down
19:38because again, it's probably one of the
19:39most important factors.
19:42First thing that I'm going to do is I'm
19:44going to look at the trigger system
19:45itself. Now, what you'll notice is a lot
19:47of shooters will tell you or a lot of
19:49schools will tell you that the shot
19:50should surprise you. Let me tell you
19:52what, if you're coming in to rescue my
19:53family, that shot should not surprise
19:55you. You should know right when that
19:57shot is about to break. Okay? Now we
20:00know that on handgun which is extremely
20:02difficult like rifle for instance uh the
20:04correlation here being a rifle is
20:06generally about 9 lb 8 lbs depending
20:08upon how much ninjified stuff you end up
20:10putting on that weapon system but the
20:12trigger on those guns are generally 5
20:13lb. So we've got a gun that weighs more
20:16than what the trigger pull is. Does that
20:18make sense? Now we have actually the
20:20complete opposite. We have a gun that's
20:21about a pound and a half if that. And
20:23the trigger pull can range anywhere on
20:25some of the modern firearms from 12
20:27poundsish on a Beretta to six pounds on
20:31single action to a 1911 that's running
20:34maybe 4 lb depending upon you know who's
20:36messed with that weapon system to Glocks
20:38that are running 55. So what we're what
20:41I what the correlation there is now is
20:43that we actually have a gun that's
20:44lighter than what our pull is which is
20:46why we generally start having a lot more
20:48cavitation and fundamental problems. So,
20:50the first thing that I'm going to do
20:51when I look at the trigger is pull it to
20:54the rear. Okay? So, I'm pressing it to
20:56the rear. And then now I can tell you
20:58that my gun and this trigger is about to
21:00discharge. Then it's a slow press. This
21:03gun doesn't move left or right. That
21:04trigger bar runs right down to center.
21:06So, a slow press to the rear. Gun goes
21:08off. After the gun goes off, it's going
21:10to cycle. When it cycles, I will let out
21:13to reset. Most of you will hear it or
21:15feel it again. Follow through. Slow
21:18press to the rear. gun cycles. Reset
21:21slow press to the rear. Notice even
21:23after, and here's the key point right
21:25here, is after I reset it, watch the
21:28little bit of slack that I still have to
21:30take up. I still have to take up a
21:31little bit of slack. This is extremely
21:33important when you're talking about
21:35making good, accurate shots. Now, that's
21:38on my weapon system, and every weapon
21:40system is different. All right, guys.
21:42The next thing that we're going to talk
21:43about is putting all those together. So,
21:45I'm going to try to get in the perfect
21:47stance. Watch my elbows, the mechanics
21:49of the gun, like Travis had already
21:51covered, good trigger control. All
21:53right, so the first thing that we're
21:54going to work on is accuracy.
21:59[Music]
22:22start running the gun a little faster.
22:24Obviously, we're still talking about a
22:27about a 1 and 1/2 in dot right there.
22:29Trying to keep a good group. What I'll
22:31expect out of you guys is as we shoot
22:33these 3-in groups is being able to keep
22:35everything inside that 3-in group. Now,
22:37I started shooting faster and faster and
22:39faster. What we're going to do is we're
22:41going to start off. I'll I'll show you
22:42exactly what I want you guys to focus on
22:44and then we'll start pressing on from
22:46there. All that I'm showing is that even
22:48on a small dot, you can pretty much keep
22:50everything in there as you start
22:51increasing your cadence of fire, pushing
22:53yourself to your failure point. Now,
22:56let's break this down a little bit
22:57further. I said there's seven
22:59fundamentals of shooting, right? That's
23:01a lot. That's a lot that we have to
23:03actually duplicate under stress. How do
23:05I condense that down? How do I simplify
23:07it for myself? So the first way that I
23:09generally will simplify it is I will
23:11take that stance and that grip and that
23:13gets combined into one. Now sight
23:16alignment sight pitcher that's going to
23:18be classified in one group as well. So
23:21now I've taken four separate things and
23:23I've just kind of grouped them together.
23:25But then I have of course trigger
23:26control but we know that trigger control
23:28also relates to breathing. I'll throw
23:30that in there. Follow-rough is merely
23:32resetting of the trigger. Okay. So I'll
23:34take that and I'll combine that. So,
23:36there's my three core that I'm going to
23:38look at right there. Now, I can lose one
23:40of those. I can only lose sight for so
23:42long, but I'm going to do a demo where
23:43I'm going to close my eyes. I'll have
23:44you guys come up here and verify that
23:46I'm not cheating. And I'll try to keep
23:47the rounds on target. I will try to do
23:49that by having a good grip and a good
23:51trigger control. And you can only do
23:53that for so long. Okay? Eventually, you
23:55got to open up your eyes to shoot. So,
23:57let me get uh let's see, Willie and let
23:59me get Keith. Come on out here, please.
24:01All right. I'm going to try to maintain
24:02a good grip and a good trigger trigger
24:04pull on this particular one. And I'm
24:06going to try to lose. I'm going to end
24:07up losing my sight. All right. Again,
24:09just let me know when I'm outside that
24:11bubble. It'll probably be within a few
24:12rounds. So, I'm going to come out sight
24:15in.
24:25Okay. As you can see, at some point I'm
24:28starting to be affected, right? Why? I
24:31mean, my gun's generally coming back to
24:33where I where the start point was, but
24:35I'm now I I can't see where where I'm
24:38holding my gun. But why am I able to get
24:41some of those rounds still inside that
24:42circle or at least keep that consistent
24:45group going in one direction or another?
24:47What is it?
24:48Grip.
24:49It's that grip. It's that upper body
24:50mechanics, right? In a good press to the
24:52rear. That's what we're looking at. Now,
24:54what we're going to do is I'm going to
24:55exaggerate a really bad trigger control.
24:58So, I'm going to try to maintain a
25:00really good grip, good sight pitcher now
25:02because I'm going to utilize my eyes.
25:04Remember, I said you want to try to keep
25:05two. You can afford to lose one, but you
25:07can only lose sight for so long. So, now
25:09I have regained sight obviously and a
25:11good grip, but I'm going to exaggerate
25:12the trigger control here. All right. So,
25:14I'm going to punch out.
25:18Two fingers on a trigger.
25:28Okay, that's two fingers stuck on a
25:29trigger. But what did I what did I
25:32maintain?
25:34Grip and sight pitcher, right? All
25:36right, so let's exaggerate which is the
25:39one that we haven't covered yet.
25:40Screwing up.
25:42All right, it's generally a little tough
25:44to do.
25:46So, we'll come up
25:58and I'm putting all three to work,
26:00right? So, now I've had a crappy grip,
26:03but I did have a good sight pitcher and
26:04I did have what? A good trigger control.
26:07So, when you look at your dots, when you
26:09look at your dots and you start to
26:10diagnose your target, that's what you're
26:13kind of asking yourself. How was my
26:14sight pitcher? Obviously, you're
26:16shooting with your eyes open, right?
26:17Common sense. But then the next thing
26:19that you're asking yourself is, how is
26:20my grip? How is my trigger control? How
26:23are all three of those things? Because
26:24our goal is to have all three of those
26:26things working for us. So, I'm going to
26:28go hot again.
26:35So, I'm trying to put all three
26:37together.
26:46That's how I put all three together. I
26:48want to use all three of those at the
26:49exact same time. That's a perfect world.
26:52Okay. So, as you guys are diagnosing
26:54yourself over those seven fundamentals,
26:56grab those seven fundamentals and make
26:58those into the make those three. Any
27:01questions on that?
27:02Question on stance. When you're
27:06in that in your firing position, where
27:08where do you generally want to have your
27:10your weight distributed going into your
27:13feet? You wanted to trying to be pushing
27:15to the sides, rolling on the balls, or
27:17just centered center your weight
27:18straight down.
27:19Well, let me ask you this. If you were
27:20about to run, where generally is most of
27:22your weight?
27:23Balls of my feet.
27:23If you're about to fight, generally
27:25where is most of your weight if you were
27:26to go to a good fighting school?
27:27Balls of my feet.
27:28Okay. So, the same thing is employed
27:29with the handgun. Outstanding question.
27:31Check.
27:32All right. You guys have any questions?
27:34Okay, so here's the drill. What we're
27:36going to do is we're going to start this
27:37drill off.
27:39Concentrate on uh dot nine. All right,
27:42everybody's going to come out here. Load
27:43and make ready. So, we have a few range
27:45commands that we do. Load to make ready
27:48or gas them up.
27:50Unload, show clear, holster. Range is
27:53hot. That's a hot range. Don't go
27:54forward of the line. Range is cold. Cold
27:57range, but still don't go forward of the
27:58line. And then downrange signifies
28:01shooters are moving down range. Any
28:03questions with that? All right. So,
28:05here's the first drill. We're going to
28:06start. You'll load and make ready.
28:08Weapon system will already be out.
28:10Notice most importantly is that as I as
28:12I hold on to this weapon system, I stay
28:15in a compressed ready. I will drive out
28:18on target. I will not stay down here in
28:21this position and bring it up. Anybody
28:23know why? What am I generally seeing as
28:25I bring the gun up?
28:27Go past the target. I'll go past the
28:28target. I'm focusing on the back of my
28:30hand and the rear sight. So, what I want
28:32to do now is I want to focus more on
28:34indexing that front sight. Okay. Also,
28:37if I do this, what what am I focusing
28:40on? Or what is the possibility that's
28:42going to happen?
28:44If I start up here and bring the gun
28:46down,
28:48looking over your rear sight.
28:49Looking over my rear sight. Again, that
28:51whip effect like you were talking about.
28:52It's just in reverse. Now, where is my
28:55priority? My priority is in what
28:57direction? Is it here, here, or here?
29:00Nobody's in front of me except the
29:02threat.
29:03Right there.
29:04Right there. This is where I want to
29:05keep the gun. So, if anything happens, I
29:07can even fire from this position as I'm
29:10pressing out or punching out on target.
29:12So, that's where my priority is. That's
29:13where we want you to keep your muzzle
29:15pointed as long as there are no other
29:17shooters around you. All right. So, here
29:19we're in a compressed ready. I'm going
29:21to say threat. Take your time.
29:27Bring it back. Threat punch out.
29:33Reset the trigger. Do also do a search
29:36and assess. Look left. Look right. Why
29:38are we searching and assessing? Just
29:39because it's a cool thing to do.
29:41More threats.
29:42More threats. Breaks us from that body
29:44alarm reaction. So again, I'll punch
29:47out,
29:50reset the trigger, bring the gun back to
29:53the compressed ready, search and assess.
29:55Same drill. Punch out,
29:59reset,
30:00bring the weapon system back, search and
30:02assess. So what we're looking at
30:04specifically is firing one round. One
30:06round on the target every time we call
30:08it, unless we say two rounds. Now, let
30:10me ask you this. When we talk about
30:11follow through and sight pitcher, I
30:14obviously had one sight pitcher there,
30:15fired the round, reset. When you fire
30:18one round, how many sight pitchers do
30:19you have? Two. When you fire three
30:22rounds, how many sight pitchers do you
30:23have? Obviously, it would be four. We're
30:26always ending on one with our follow
30:27through. Okay, any questions with that?
30:30So, all that we're looking at is when we
30:31call the command, the threat, bust them,
30:33gun, punch out, but take your time. Keep
30:36all your shots within that 3-in circle.
30:39cover guys is a draw. I've seen things
30:41from a one, two, three, four, five, six.
30:45You guys ever seen that? Okay, that's an
30:46institutional inertia thing like I
30:48talked about earlier. So, what we want
30:50to do is just kind of get rid of all the
30:52steps and smooth it down. Kind of like
30:53what Chris was talking about earlier
30:54with those core fundamentals, kind of
30:56breaking them in so it's easier to
30:57learn. And because I'll see guys that
30:59are 15 that that guy says, "Oh, I got 30
31:01years experience." And he looks really
31:03good, but he's like this.
31:07Okay? Okay. You see, do you see the
31:08difference there between that
31:11and that? We want to just have a nice
31:13even flow and kind of connect the dots.
31:16And basically what I like to do is break
31:18it down into number one is right here.
31:20This is my most critical step because
31:22I'm get I'm getting my grip. Okay, this
31:24is where the grip starts. We all know
31:25that by now. So, I'm looking right
31:27there. And this is a dry practice thing
31:29for me. What I'll do is right there
31:32because I just landed on a perfect grip
31:34for me and I'm happy with that. And then
31:36I'll do it again.
31:38You see how I'm flinching every time?
31:40It's a It's a flinch muscle body alarm
31:42response. And we're going to talk more
31:44about the mindset and how the body
31:45reacts under stress. But what we want to
31:46have is that flinch movement. Okay? And
31:49that's what I'll dry practice. I'll do
31:50that 25 50 times until I get tired of
31:52it. And then I'll go to the next step,
31:54which is right here. This is the next
31:55critical point, getting the master grip,
31:58that 100 and 100 that I talked about
31:59earlier. Okay? We want to be able to get
32:02that solid before we move on to step
32:04three, which is obviously doing
32:06everything we need to do fundamentally
32:07and then firing the gun down range. So,
32:09I'm pretty much breaking it down into
32:10three steps that are just a fluid
32:11motion. Boom. And there. So, what we're
32:17going to do is as we're starting to do
32:20the draw, we want you guys to
32:21concentrate here because right now
32:23mentally I'm thinking about is this
32:24right? Does this feel right? If it does
32:26not, I will stop because again, that
32:28repetition is about to be wasted
32:29anyways. So, for training purposes, for
32:31dry practice purposes, we want to get it
32:33right. We're going to concentrate right
32:35here. Boom. It feels good. Feels good.
32:38And I'm looking down if I need to. This
32:39is the time we take again to look down
32:41to make sure it's correct. And then
32:42drive out. Press. Press.
32:46Going back in reverse the exact same
32:48way. Now, we talked to you guys a little
32:50bit about fishing and bowling earlier.
32:51Okay. This is fishing.
32:54Okay.
32:56And this is bowling.
32:58Now, what's the problem with that?
33:01What's the problem with fishing?
33:03When do I acquire my sights?
33:05Last second.
33:06Very last second. Right. Bowling. When
33:08do I acquire my sights? Very last
33:10second. But here, I've got that laser
33:12beam on the target. And there's that
33:14laser beam coming out of the boar. And I
33:16know they're matching up and I can see
33:17right here, my sights coming into play
33:19and they know where to stop. here. They
33:21don't know where because then you'll
33:22find an overcompensation of of metal
33:25mass, that mechanical sway that we
33:26talked about a little earlier. So, we
33:28want to minimize that sway by just
33:30driving out. And with that symmetric
33:33drive, that's going to allow you to
33:35shoot more instinctively when we get
33:36into that intuitive slash instinctive
33:39shooting process a little later. Okay?
33:41But right now, we're going to start off
33:42a little slow.
33:44One, two, three. Okay? We're just going
33:47to do some drills. You guys got any
33:48questions?
33:50All right. All right, let's line it up.
33:51We'll run some draw practice.
33:53[Music]
33:54All right, let's talk about tactical
33:55reloads here next. Um, when do we want
33:58to do a tactical reload?
34:00Time and opportunity present itself.
34:02Time and opportunity. That's a good uh
34:04good answer. It should be as fast as a
34:06speed reload because you're taking the
34:07gun pretty much out of battery for a
34:09quick second, meaning that the weapon's
34:11in the workspace. It's not intended to
34:13shoot right away. It's not in the ready
34:14position. So, we want to make sure that
34:16that weapon system is back up and ready
34:18to get back into fight as soon as
34:19possible. So, I like to treat my tack
34:21reloads just like a speed reload. All
34:22right, I'll go ahead and demo real quick
34:24and then we'll talk a little bit more
34:25about it as we go through it.
34:30I'm going to come in. I'm going to
34:31search and assess. All right.
34:34Now, where do you think I'm going to
34:36grab? I want to keep this critical
34:37reload magazine always there because I
34:39five minutes from now, I may go to a
34:41combat reload. May go to slide lock. So,
34:43I'm going to keep that there because the
34:44last thing I want to do is grab and it's
34:45not there and then have to have an
34:47excessive waist movement. Yeah, I've got
34:48another one back here. But to me, that
34:50three inches is excessive waste movement
34:52under a time is life situation. We agree
34:54with that.
34:54Check.
34:55So, hey, it's value added. We're going
34:56to go for that first one. So, when I
34:58make the decision, I'll come back in
35:00here. I'll search and assess. Okay, I
35:02just fired some shots. I got a long way
35:03to go today.
35:06Grab. Boom. Bring it right up to the
35:08gun. Now, what I'm going to do is, as
35:10you can see, the way I index the mag
35:11just like I normally would for for a uh
35:14speed reload, I'm going to index it
35:16exactly the same, but what I like to do
35:17is I like to break this thumb off. Okay?
35:20And then what I'll do is I'll just eject
35:22this mag and then the index finger will
35:23come off and pinch that mag. Okay? Now,
35:27the gun and the mags are moving over
35:28inserting in one firm seat. Okay? Even a
35:32solid seat. Some of these mags when you
35:33pack them full sometimes it'll hit the
35:36tops and it'll bounce back down and you
35:38don't want to get a failure to feed next
35:39time go around. So again, index comes
35:42out, open the pinch, grab, grab it, move
35:45it over, insert it one firm time. So
35:48here's what it's going to look like.
35:57Now notice when I put the magazine back,
36:00I did take a quick second and look.
36:02Okay, now I can sit here and try to find
36:03it and fidget all day long for three,
36:06four, five seconds, or I could take a
36:08half second, put it back, and I'm done.
36:09And now I've got those extra three or
36:11four or 5 seconds to search battle
36:13space, move to the next position.
36:15Continue to be m that much more
36:16efficient. Okay, so just think about the
36:18efficiencies and be consistent and be
36:20deliberate when you make a decision to
36:22do it. Grab. Boom. Bring it up. Oh yeah,
36:25this is what I'm doing. Pinch grip.
36:26Pinch grip. Move it over. Now, what am I
36:29doing with this other mag? Oh, yeah.
36:31Identify. Place it back in.
36:34Get your hands back on the gun. Ready
36:35for the fight again. All right. All
36:37right. Any questions on tack reloads.
36:40Okay. We got a different wheel gun out
36:42here, different type of weapon system.
36:44Uh, Dad, can I have you come on out?
36:46We're going to talk about the wheel gun
36:47and how to do a tack reload on a wheel
36:49gun because a lot of people don't think
36:50there really is one or may not know. So,
36:51we're going to go ahead and discuss that
36:52here. Now, I've got a eight shot or six
36:56seven shot Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum
36:58here. Um, what I did is I put a couple
37:01of extra rounds in my weapon hand
37:05pocket. This is how I typically like to
37:07load because when I break that that
37:10cylinder out, I will then hold the gun
37:13in my reaction hand because now my
37:15weapon hand needs to be free. Get the
37:17rounds easily insert them. So, I'm going
37:19to go through that here and talk about
37:20that for a second. Now, I'm going to go
37:22and fire a couple shots and then I'll
37:24simulate doing attack reload.
37:30So, when I'm done firing my three rounds
37:32with my wheel gun, I'm going to come
37:33back into my high compress ready. I'm
37:35going to search and assess. At this
37:37point, I make a command decision to do a
37:39tactical reload. So, what I'm going to
37:41do at this point is break the brereech
37:43open. Now, you'll find a lot of
37:46competitive shooters will break that
37:48brereech open. They'll bring it down
37:50because it's in line with their belt and
37:51where their rounds are normally their
37:52speed reloads are going to be and
37:54they're going to be grabbing dropping in
37:56because gravity does help here with a
37:57revolver. Then they're going to come up
37:59and back on target. Now, what's the
38:01problem with me coming down here like
38:03this? Is this my problem? No, that's my
38:06problem right there. So now, if you are
38:08a competitive shooter with a wheel gun,
38:09and I do like to do a little wheel gun
38:11action sometimes, I've got to make sure
38:13I have consistency when I'm doing
38:14reloads. So instead of coming down here,
38:17I'm just going to break it here and make
38:19sure I'm not dumping them all out
38:20because sometimes it'll happen if you
38:21got a really clean gun, especially keep
38:23them here and load it up in your
38:25workspace. Okay, so going into the
38:28tactical reload, when I make a decision,
38:30I come back high compress ready. I will
38:32break out the cylinder. And now I've got
38:34three empty casings in there from what I
38:36just shot. So I'm going to take and my
38:37first priority is to throw this out, get
38:40in my pocket, continue to search and
38:41assess. If a threat came out right now,
38:43I just close that cylinder up and
38:45continue to fight. I'm going to take the
38:47rounds out, put them in as fast as I
38:49can, smooth as I can, get the gun back
38:51into the high compressor, ready, and now
38:52I'm ready to go again.
38:54All right. And that's probably going to
38:56be the most efficient way you can get
38:57that. Just keep in mind, it's natural to
39:00want to come down because gravity says
39:01so. But you're going to have to work
39:03that into your consistency. All right,
39:05Dad. Thank you. Any questions on the
39:06wheel gun? You guys ready to try that
39:09out? Let's come on up and try it out.
39:11Get online.
39:15Remember that everything once this gun
39:17has a problem, some form of problem.
39:19Everything happens within your
39:20workspace. You see that we come back to
39:22the compressed ready. You see that the
39:24tack reload takes place in our
39:25workspace. Our workspace is this magical
39:2816-inch bubble that hovers around us.
39:30Okay? Whether it be a malfunction or
39:32speed reload or any type of problem that
39:34you end up having with a weapon system.
39:35What we're looking at is you ran dry.
39:38So, there's obviously a huge sense of
39:41urgency to get rounds into the gun as
39:43fast as possible. Now, couple things.
39:46Generally,
39:48based on what manufacturers do when they
39:50make these guns, you are to use the
39:52slide release, okay, to put the slide
39:54back in a battery. There's also power
39:57stroking the weapon system. Okay. Now,
40:00why would you want to possibly power
40:02stroke the gun vice use a slide stop
40:04momentum? Okay, that's that's a lot a
40:07little bit of controversy over people
40:09saying that as you power stroke the gun,
40:11you're actually increasing the power,
40:13therefore increasing the chances of that
40:15round seating in the chamber. But in
40:17reality, what's happening is as you pull
40:20back, what have you disengaged? What's
40:22locking a slide into position. So in
40:24reality, you're not getting any more
40:26speed. But now, let's look at a lot of
40:28the body mechanics that that we've
40:29covered in the past couple days. How was
40:31our admin reload? When we came out here
40:34and we admin reload, what do we do with
40:36the gun? We power stroke it, right? So,
40:38look, we haven't gotten into
40:40malfunctions, but what you're going to
40:41see when you start working malfunctions
40:43is when we clear a stove pipe, our hand
40:45moves in the same position as what?
40:48Power stroking. When you have to lock,
40:50slide to the rear on a double feed, what
40:52motion do you do? Come up over the top,
40:54lock, slide to the rear. Okay. So, what
40:57you're starting to see is we're building
40:58in consistency. Now, some shooters will
41:00slingshot. So they will come up and just
41:02grab the rear cockins serrations and
41:04slingshot. Problem is if you're bloody
41:06or sweaty or it's really hot or you're
41:08wet, then you're going to possibly slip
41:10off those cockins serrations and not get
41:12a good stroke on the gun. So what you're
41:14trying to do is come up over the top,
41:15power stroke that gun, and then get your
41:17hand right back up on there. out. I will
41:20tell you this again. It's going to be
41:22gun and manufacturer specific because
41:25some guns I am able to actually do what
41:29textbook says you're supposed to do,
41:31which is use a slide release. The bottom
41:34line here is you have to pick the
41:36technique that works for you 95% of the
41:39time and then that's what you should do.
41:41So, I can tell you generally some guns
41:43that I run, I can't release that under
41:46stress because remember this is a small
41:49little button right here. All right. And
41:51under stress, when your heartbeat's at
41:52about 175, we go into what? Fine,
41:56complex, or gross motor skill.
41:59Gross. We start going caveman, right?
42:01Big things, big body parts. Remember
42:03also, I'm slick. I don't have gloved
42:05hands on. you start running gloves, you
42:07also got to base your technique on how
42:08do you perform if that's how you operate
42:10for some of you guys that are in the
42:11military and you run gloves. Then if
42:14your gloves get in the way or impede
42:16that or you are sitting here fumbling
42:18instead of getting that gun back in the
42:19battery and back into the fight, then
42:21that's what starts to determine your 95%
42:23of success. Okay, so that's that's
42:26probably a couple of the most important
42:27things. What we generally will stay away
42:29from though is the slingshot method
42:32because the power stroke translates over
42:33to a lot of other things that we do with
42:35the gun in our workspace. Now, couple
42:38things
42:39when the gun is out here and it goes to
42:42slide lock. All right, one of the things
42:44that I need to do that some people need
42:46to do is I have to start getting my
42:49thumb to the mag release button. Okay,
42:51that's one of the first steps. Reaction
42:53hand should always immediately start to
42:55index more ammunition. So, we're trying
42:58to access more ammunition quicker. That
43:00is very important as well. So, first
43:03movement is breaking the grip slightly.
43:06That's what I have to do. But for those
43:08that are running big hands, do you have
43:10to break the grip if your thumb can push
43:12the button? Should you break the grip?
43:15No. Then you don't need to. So, don't
43:17add in another step is my point. For me,
43:19my thumb won't reach unless I slightly
43:21break my grip. Once I break my grip,
43:24obviously this hand has come down, sweep
43:26into the body line. And that's another
43:28key feature right there. Once you're
43:30here, this hand comes in, my thumb hits
43:32the center portion of my body. So from
43:34here, my thumb hits the center portion
43:35of my body and starts to begin to sweep.
43:37I index this magazine. I come out, start
43:39here, sweep to the next magazine, and
43:41it's in. Obviously, it's extremely
43:43important, like Travis has mentioned
43:44before, consistency. So, I keep my mags
43:47in the same place. Now, some people may
43:48notice that I ride my mag forward, but I
43:51still do that concealed, okay? So, I
43:53stay consistent all the way throughout.
43:55Now, whether you're shooting some types
43:56of competitions, they won't let you um
43:58because you have to be behind. That's
44:00fine, but that's not where I'm keeping
44:01my gear. I'm keeping it where I can
44:03reload the fastest. Um, so we're we're
44:06talking about what the reaction hand
44:07does. It's up on the gun, it index, come
44:09in, thumb hits the center line of your
44:11body, starts to sweep, drives this thing
44:13in. You also need to get a very good
44:15purchase on your magazine. That's
44:16extremely important as well, which means
44:18that my uh index finger is running along
44:21the magazine like this. Also, the
44:24magazine is seated deep into my hand.
44:26So, when I drive this thing in with one
44:28motion, I want to seat it in one motion.
44:31Okay? Just like Travis said earlier, we
44:32don't want to just tap tap and then get
44:34get our gun into the fight. One motion,
44:36the mag goes in, put it into battery,
44:39get those rounds off. Okay? Now, some
44:41people will have a hard time breaking a
44:44grip. They won't feel comfortable right
44:46here. Remember, once you break a grip,
44:48you got to regrip the gun before you get
44:49this mag in it. Because if you have a
44:51very light grip on the gun, you're
44:53driving this thing in at how fast? 200
44:56mph. We drive at 200 mph under stress.
44:59We're grabbing gear at 200 mph under
45:02stress. But what portion do I have to
45:04pay attention and slow down at? Right
45:06here. Okay. So, quick to the magazine.
45:09once you get it quick to the gun, but be
45:11sure that it's seated and then get it in
45:14and get it back up into the fight. Also,
45:16another note to add, this is generally
45:18where if you don't have a good grip
45:20established, most people right after
45:22they take this hand off the gun, they
45:24get back into just grabbing onto it. I
45:27call it taking what you can get. And you
45:29never know how long and you're going to
45:30be in that sustained fight for. So, you
45:32want to be able to get those rounds in
45:33the gun. Establish a good grip because
45:35if you have to do a non-standard
45:36response, basically running somebody to
45:38the ground, you better have a good grip
45:40on that gun or you're going to have a
45:41lot of flyers downrange, which those
45:42flyers are liabilities, lawsuits, or uh
45:45even worse for for possible military as
45:47well. So, I'm going to fire a series of
45:49rounds, speed reload the gun, get it
45:51back up into the fight,
45:55go to slide lock, break my grip, dump
45:57the magazine, insert. Everything is done
46:00into my workspace. My hand comes up.
46:03Reach back. Establish a grip.
46:06Search and assess.
46:08Okay. Now I'm going to use a slide stop
46:10or or slide release.
46:14Dump
46:16insert.
46:18Slide release.
46:21Easy to do static. A little bit tougher
46:23to do under stress. All right. One of
46:25the other things that you want to take a
46:26look at and and understand is that when
46:28my weapon system is here and I break it
46:30into my workspace, some people wonder
46:32how high actually I'm bringing the gun.
46:34I'm looking over the muzzle. I'm looking
46:36over the muzzle, but my eyes are on this
46:39plane. They shift down so I can actually
46:41insert that magazine and get the gun
46:43back up into the fight. Some times
46:46people will be really dramatic bringing
46:47the gun here so that they can index. And
46:50ergonomically,
46:52all that we've done is taken the
46:53straight up and down complication like
46:55this and turned it into a horizontal
46:58complication, meaning it's not flowing
47:00as fluid as it could be based on the way
47:03body mechanics are getting the gun into
47:05the fight. So again, once I'm here, I
47:08bring the gun into my workspace. You can
47:10utilize a forearm right here to collapse
47:12into your body. That'll give you a
47:14consistent reference point. My eyes look
47:17down into the magwell, insert, regrip,
47:19and punch out. All right, so I'm gonna
47:21run it like this.
47:28Some weapon systems, this is kind of one
47:31of those things, those situations, it's
47:32gun dependent. And you're also going to
47:35have to base this, what I'm about to
47:37show you, on whether you can do this 95%
47:40of the time. If you guys can, then it's
47:43something that you might keep in uh keep
47:45in your inventory. If it's not and you
47:47can't do it 95% of the time, then just
47:50stick with one particular technique.
47:51More important, generally what'll happen
47:54is on on these weapon systems, the M&P
47:57and I'm going to show you on the Beretta
47:58as well. Once you're here in this
47:59position and you dump and you start to
48:02insert right here, if you get it in and
48:04you start to hit on the 90, the slide
48:06won't go forward. Okay? any hit on the
48:0990, the slide won't go forward. But on
48:12the 45, on this angle right here, the
48:14slide will go forward. So, what I try to
48:16do on this particular gun is
48:18incorporated into one motion so I can
48:20drive my hand right into the grip. So,
48:22that works on this type of weapon
48:24system. On the Beretta, same thing. On
48:26the 90, this thing generally does not
48:29work on the 90 when I hit it. Hit it up
48:32forward, I'm back up. Okay. Now, let me
48:36ask you this. Does that mean that you
48:38should do that technique?
48:41What if you can use a slide release?
48:42What should you use?
48:44What should you use? What the gun was
48:47designed for? So, if you can use a slide
48:48release, use it. If you can't use that,
48:50what's your next step that you should
48:51use alternative wise? Power stroking. If
48:54you can 95% of the time ensure that you
48:57can get a good speed reload by doing
48:58that on on the particular guns that it
49:01does apply to, then that's something
49:02that you need to consider. That's all.
49:04I'm not saying that you have to do it.
49:05You just need to think about it. Bottom
49:06line is what works 95% of the time.
49:15So, a few different methods shown. Let
49:17me ask you this. If you had one to pick,
49:19what is probably the most effective,
49:21most efficient uh that shares a lot of
49:24commonalities with others that you
49:25should probably focus on?
49:27Power stroking a gun. All right. 95% of
49:30the time, power stroking is is your best
49:32option. Obviously with a wheel gun, this
49:35particular Smith and Wesson has seven
49:37shots. So you got to take basically
49:38seven rounds and under stress, try to
49:40get them in, try to basically get seven
49:42little circles into seven little circles
49:44under stress. And we haven't even
49:46started moving yet. Um, revolvers are
49:49great, but we've obviously started
49:50excelling uh to a different level with
49:52semi-autos, but nevertheless, there are
49:54really good applications for running
49:56wheel guns as well. So that's why we
49:57cover this. Um, I'm gonna fire seven
50:00shots and then I'm gonna just break down
50:02the mechanics a little slow. You're
50:03going to see again there's a lot of
50:04similarities to what Travis had showed
50:06earlier. Okay. So, I'll punch out one 2
50:093 4 5 6 7. Now, here's the key. Under
50:14stress, you're going to get that next
50:15one. That next one is represented by a
50:17click. Come off. Bring the gun up into
50:20my workspace. Dump. Bring the gun up
50:23high so I can see what's going on. So, I
50:25can look at the target. If the threat's
50:27starting to get up, change or move, I
50:29can get back up or change positions.
50:32Okay. Now, let me ask you this question.
50:35If as I put that um speed loader in the
50:39drum and turn it, what happens if one's
50:42kind of half in, half out or it falls
50:45out, what should I do? My priority is I
50:47might be down around. Okay. Matter of
50:50fact, I may not be able to and and I'm
50:52under stress. I'm not going to be able
50:53to line it up into the picture perfect
50:54position. Close that cylinder, run the
50:57gun, skip past that one. It's going to
50:59give you another click. But again,
51:00knowing your weapon system is extremely
51:02important. The most key feature here,
51:04just like Travis had covered earlier, is
51:06getting this gun up into your workspace,
51:08which is a little hard and a little
51:09unusual, but trying to transfer that
51:11consistency, especially if you're the
51:13type of shooter that goes between a
51:14revolver and a semi-auto, depending upon
51:17your application.
51:19This is going to be our BSA drill, the
51:21balance for speed and accuracy drill.
51:23And what it is, it's a template that we
51:24built that helps us in training
51:28replicate what we do under stress. Okay?
51:30We have a certain zone that we shoot at.
51:32And there's a couple reasons why. So,
51:34this BSA drill is going to concentrate
51:35on that. What it is is we want to see
51:38center mass hits. That's why we've got
51:39this circle right here. We want to see
51:41what we can keep inside that circle.
51:43Now,
51:45the theory is some of you guys are
51:47really good shooters, but as we move
51:50back to 25 yards, we want to continue to
51:52push that failure point. We want to not
51:54see little tight rat hole groups because
51:57what does that mean?
51:58Taking too much time.
51:59You're taking too much time. Okay,
52:02that's one that's one scenario. But say
52:04you're the guy that's coming out of the
52:06holster and you're smoking that thing
52:07and you're doing it in a second. You got
52:08two seconds. So you got a whole second
52:10you're just sitting there waiting for
52:11bells to get done, but your holes are
52:13still touching. Are is that guy pushing
52:15his failure point?
52:16No.
52:16So that person can individually progress
52:19forward. So that's what we want to see.
52:21Now if you're shooting outside that line
52:22at the three yard line, what do you
52:24think you need to do?
52:25Slow down.
52:25Slow it down. What if it takes you 3
52:26seconds to do that? That's your skill
52:29level. And that's okay. Our goal with
52:32this BSA drill is to get you up to 175.
52:36It's it's to get your heart rate up.
52:37It's to get that stress. is to create
52:39the stress and it's to put a time limit
52:41on you which is called pressure and that
52:43pressure and stress is going to start uh
52:46increasing your failure points and that
52:48is okay but this is where a lot of
52:50people have a hard time with this you
52:52know um
52:54we all want to be successful we all want
52:56to have the tightest group possible but
52:57again will you stand in front of a guy
53:00that has a loaded gun when it's your kid
53:03right here when it's my kid right there
53:05I'm telling you that my gun is coming
53:07out and it is game time. I'm in
53:08offensive mode. People may may differ
53:11with that, but I am offensively trying
53:12to drop that guy right now because I
53:14don't care about that person. I care
53:16about my kid, my son, my daughter. Get
53:19my children out of the way coming up,
53:20driving out and neutralizing that
53:21threat. That is my only priority right
53:24now. He decided to do something. I now
53:26have a response to that. I have a
53:28responsibility to my children. I have a
53:29responsibility to my family. If I'm
53:31around other civilians, I have a
53:32responsibility to them. You know, Travis
53:34did say that, you know, sometimes
53:36leaving might be the best option, and
53:37that is true, but sometimes if you are
53:40going to get that gun out, you better
53:42understand the mechanics involved. So,
53:44the fact of the matter is the balance of
53:45speed and accuracy. What this drill is
53:47designed for is for you to drive at 200
53:49mph. Things start to come apart at 200 m
53:51an hour. And that is okay cuz it's okay
53:54for them to come apart out here. What we
53:56don't want to do is we don't want them
53:57to come apart when it's you at a Wendy's
54:00or you at the mall with your family or
54:02the food court and two scumbags come in
54:05there and start shooting everybody.
54:06Okay, that's that's what we're looking
54:09at here. The measurement of your success
54:11is yes, trying to make the time, trying
54:13to get your hits, understanding where
54:14your failure point is and and and
54:17understanding that this is the start.
54:19This is the start. You don't get a 300
54:21out of 300 in our class. You don't get a
54:24overall, you got an A today. You get a a
54:27a level of understanding where you are
54:29and where you need to go to, but where
54:32you need to go to is wide open
54:34territory. That that territory is is
54:36completely uncharted for you. And and
54:38that's where you go there. There's no
54:39ranking system.
54:402.1.
54:42Okay. So, that's his failure point. And
54:45a little fumble there, I think.
54:46Little fumble. Just grabbing my gun that
54:48fast. But how fast do we grab our gun in
54:50a gunfight at 200 miles an hour? All
54:53right, the important thing is obviously
54:56I got my hits in there. That that one's
54:58a little low on the bottom, but once
54:59it's on the inside of that line, I'm
55:00still good to go. Fact of the matter is
55:02is that that's what it is. We either you
55:05either start decreasing at time when
55:06you're getting good or increasing the
55:08round count. All right. And we're going
55:10to come by and adjust you individually.
55:12If we see that you are at a individual
55:14skill level that can progress, we're
55:15going to we're going to progress you.
55:17It's performancedriven. All right,
55:20guys. Ready to shoot? All right, guys.
55:22Here we go. Three yardd line, two
55:24rounds, two seconds. Keep them on the
55:26green. Stand by.
55:34295, guys. 295.
55:37Back it up to me. 7 yd line. Here we go.
55:407 yardd line. Two rounds in two seconds.
55:43Stand by.
55:45[Music]
55:50Job guys. Looking good. Fine. Move it
55:51back to the 10.
55:54[Music]
56:00Safe. Sights up on target.
56:01Up to the 15.
56:02You obviously we know where we're aiming
56:04at. We're going to continue to do that
56:05more
56:06at this and be a little disgusted. And
56:08the fact of the matter is until you come
56:09out here and you start trying to run
56:11that in 2 seconds, you know, it's like
56:13then then come talk to me. All right,
56:15guys. That's uh just a quick taste of
56:17the BSA. We're going to continue to do
56:18that more. That's just about a quarter
56:21of it. Okay? We're still going to keep
56:22pushing up back later, but we're going
56:23to get more into the technical stuff and
56:25but I want you to continue to
56:26incorporate that why into the shooting
56:29for the rest of the day, rest of the
56:30days, the rest of your life. Okay? Uh as
56:34you guys can see, when we start putting
56:35that time constraint on, we start
56:36maximize, you know, we start increasing
56:38that distance, you know, th those groups
56:40start to expand. So our goal is
56:42obviously to tighten your response which
56:44is forcing an effect on the if you can
56:47keep it on the person you've already
56:49been there. So in the pelvis just
56:51because you ended up getting a quick low
56:52shot on them really fast. So you are
56:54always having a positive effect if you
56:56can keep it on the person himself. Okay.
56:58But we strive for excellence which is
57:01getting our group a little bit tighter.
57:02All right guys, we have a lot of drills
57:04to do still. Let's gas them up.
57:16Let's start incorporating some
57:17malfunctions into our training. I like
57:18to knock out the malfunctions kind of
57:20early on. So, as you start having them,
57:22which maybe some of you guys have
57:23already had, you've already been there.
57:25So, we're going to knock it out right
57:26now. That's why we cut the BSA a little
57:28short so we can do this and then we're
57:30going to get back into that in case you
57:31do have those malfunctions. You're
57:33prepared. There is only four types of
57:35malfunctions a semi-automatic pistol can
57:38have. Okay, that is scientifically
57:40proven. Now, yes, there's other ammo
57:42malfunctions. There's mechanical
57:44malfunctions, but we're not talking
57:46about those. So, there's only four
57:48malfunctions a handgun can have unless
57:50it's mechanically broken. Okay, those
57:52four hand those four malfunctions we can
57:54fix right there on the spot. I like to
57:56break them down and and isolate each
57:59malfunction and concentrate on the
58:00fundamental on the technique that works
58:02to clear that particular malfunction.
58:04Now, again, a part of that institutional
58:06inertia thing that I keep talking about
58:09all our lives, we've been taught to
58:11immediate action, tap, rack, bang. Some
58:13of you guys may have been taught that.
58:14Some of you new shooters may have never
58:15even heard that before. Basically, what
58:17that means is I have a immediate problem
58:20with my gun. I don't know what's wrong
58:21with it. So tap the magazine to make
58:24sure it's seated because that might fix
58:25some problems. Power stroke the gun
58:27because that might fix some problems.
58:28And then attempt to fire again. And if
58:31that doesn't work, then you go into a
58:33remedial action, which means basically
58:34take down the gun, lock the slide to the
58:36rear, take all the the source out of it
58:39of ammo, take the ammo out of the
58:41chamber, clear the gun out completely
58:43like you're about to do an
58:44administrative reload on the gun, and
58:46then get the gun back up with a speed
58:47reload, get back into the fight. That
58:49would be remedial being worst case
58:51scenario. So identifying each one of
58:53these malfunctions is crucial and
58:55because only because it makes you a
58:56better problem solver which obviously
58:58makes you a better shooter and it makes
58:59you understand the mechanics of the gun.
59:01So instead of just being told, hey tap,
59:03rack, bang or
59:06strip and then refix rebuild the this
59:08the problem to kind of find a solution.
59:11Let's just identify it and find a
59:13solution just like that. And you'll see
59:15the efficiency that goes into we have a
59:17very simple solution for this. The
59:20solution is identifying a a a certain
59:23point on the handgun. That certain point
59:25is the rear of the slide. All right,
59:27we've got a 10 degree 10 degree tilt.
59:30The 10 degree tilt, what it is is when I
59:33am extended and something's wrong with
59:34this gun, whether it's a mushy trigger
59:36or it's a dead trigger, a click. Okay,
59:40I look right here. I have two points of
59:42identification here and in the chamber.
59:45Okay. But do I need to bring the gun
59:48back to look at that?
59:51All I got to do is right here. 10 degree
59:53tilt is right there. So if something's
59:55wrong with this gun and it will not
59:57fire, this 10 degree tilt right now will
59:59allow me to problem solve all four of
1:00:01those malfunctions because it's telling
1:00:03me what's wrong and therefore I can tell
1:00:05the gun a solution. So 10 degree tilt.
1:00:10That's it. First point is right here.
1:00:11What I'm looking for right here is to
1:00:13see if the gun is in battery. And I'm
1:00:15sure I probably got a click at that
1:00:16point, which means what? Failure to
1:00:20fire. Failure to feed. Okay. And then
1:00:22there's a solution for that that will
1:00:23give it. The other one here is out of
1:00:25battery. It's out of battery. It's going
1:00:26to look like that. So you can see my one
1:00:29my one stop is going to tell me if it's
1:00:31out of battery or failure to feed. Fail
1:00:33to feed. Again, the gun looks perfectly
1:00:35normal. If I tilt it up, what am I
1:00:37looking into now?
1:00:40looking at the chamber area. That'll
1:00:42tell me if I have a stove pipe or a
1:00:43double feed. Those are your four
1:00:45malfunctions that you're pretty much
1:00:46going to have with a gun. All right, so
1:00:48let's work through the first one.
1:00:50Failure to feed. Here's what it's going
1:00:52to look like. You maybe did attack
1:00:54reload. You did an improper
1:00:56administrative reload. So, we're going
1:00:58to extend out. I'm going to get a shot.
1:01:01I'm going to attempt to fire my second
1:01:03shot and I'm going to get a click. That
1:01:06click automatically tells me as I'm
1:01:08looking at the rear of the slide that I
1:01:09had a misfire. What's the solution?
1:01:13Tap power stroke bang.
1:01:18Okay, that is the only time that you
1:01:20will find yourself doing a tap rack bang
1:01:22amongst the four malfunctions.
1:01:25Pretty simple, right? Tap rack bang.
1:01:27Type two malfunction. Okay, which is
1:01:30sometimes that's what the textbook term
1:01:31is called for this is add a battery, but
1:01:33uh we're just going to call it out a
1:01:34battery. Military law enforcement
1:01:36sometimes you guys will hear them called
1:01:37types. Um just throwing that out as a
1:01:40reference.
1:01:42Out of battery, this is what happens.
1:01:44The problem, the slide is cycled,
1:01:47picked up a fresh round, has extracted
1:01:49the uh spent casing, and now it's coming
1:01:52home. Most of the time, especially on
1:01:541911s when they get dirty, you'll find
1:01:56this happening. It'll just kind of Boom.
1:01:58Just failed to go all the way home cuz
1:02:00of carbon buildup in there. Now, what
1:02:02would be the typical answer for this
1:02:05tap, rack, bang, right? If if that would
1:02:08be the immediate action for this type of
1:02:10malfunction.
1:02:12Well, breaking that down further into
1:02:14the mechanics, what am I doing by, oh
1:02:16[ __ ] it's out of battery. Tap, racking
1:02:18that good round out, reacquiring a grip
1:02:21and side alignment, and then shooting
1:02:22again. What?
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1:05:35out. You guys saw from the BSA template
1:05:37in 2 seconds how long that is. Now
1:05:39imagine being in an active gunfight and
1:05:41having a malfunction. And when things go
1:05:43wrong, they go wrong very fast. Now
1:05:45imagine getting shot.
1:05:47Okay, now you're shot. Maybe it's a leg.
1:05:50Maybe you're on the ground and you're
1:05:51trying to clear this thing out under
1:05:53that 5 to 6 seconds. Maybe you're shot
1:05:54in the arm. You ever thought about
1:05:56clearing a malfunction with single hand
1:05:57only? How do you lock the slide to the
1:05:59rear with one hand? Okay, we'll get into
1:06:01that later. But it does get worse.
1:06:03That's what my point is here. So, for
1:06:05the double feed, let's set it up. I'm
1:06:07going to take that round out of the
1:06:08chamber. I'm going to drop it down in
1:06:09the chamber manually. I'll then take my
1:06:12magazine. Try not to lift the gun up
1:06:14because the round will come out. Keep it
1:06:16down. Insert the magazine.
1:06:19ride the slide home towards a round. Now
1:06:21you see a double feed in there. When I
1:06:24drive out to attempt to fire, you're
1:06:26going to feel a mushy trigger. When I
1:06:28identify 10 degrees right here, I see a
1:06:30double feed. I don't need to bring it
1:06:32back and go, "Oh my god." I can see it
1:06:34right here at the 10° tilt. So, what do
1:06:36I do first? What's first step you think
1:06:38I would do to try to problem solve this?
1:06:42Pull the magazine out. Okay, it's one
1:06:44option. Or you can what?
1:06:45Lock the slide back. Why would we want
1:06:47to lock the slide back before we pull
1:06:48the magazine out?
1:06:49Pressure.
1:06:50Keep driving around.
1:06:51Okay. Cuz some sometimes right now I
1:06:53cannot drop that out because you got a
1:06:56locking bar effect in there. This is
1:06:58what you're looking at. That's what's
1:07:01happening in there. Sometimes even a
1:07:02little bit more.
1:07:04Trying to pull that out when there's
1:07:05metal on all sides of it. It does cause
1:07:07some friction.
1:07:09So sometimes you can't get it out,
1:07:11especially if you're bloody, you're
1:07:12slippery, you're all wet.
1:07:14So, what we like to do is re leave the
1:07:17pressure, strip the magazine. See how it
1:07:19fell out almost naturally there? Now,
1:07:21what am I going to do?
1:07:24Okay, it's still around in the chamber,
1:07:25right? Rack. How many times should I
1:07:27rack it? Okay, three times. Why we want
1:07:30to do it three times, James?
1:07:31Marine Corps tells us to.
1:07:32The Marine Corps tells us to. That's
1:07:33institutional in their shot at its best
1:07:35right there. Well, the reason I like to
1:07:36do it three times is because if it's
1:07:38night time, I don't know if it's clear.
1:07:40Now, big boy rule says
1:07:44daytime. What do you think I should do
1:07:46at that point?
1:07:49Gas it up and go. Okay. Cuz the big boy
1:07:53rules, I understand my weapon system. I
1:07:55know when it's going to be clear.
1:07:57However, the way I like to train
1:07:58consistently is to do it three times
1:08:00because I know all the time that's going
1:08:02to work. I know 95% of the time, like
1:08:03Costa was saying earlier, is going to
1:08:05work.
1:08:07Now, let's go ahead and do that a little
1:08:08quicker. All right, Chris has got the
1:08:09buzzer here. We're going to time it to
1:08:11see how long it takes me to go full
1:08:12speed trying to clear a double feed
1:08:14malfunction.
1:08:15[Music]
1:08:22433.
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1:08:24Good job.
1:08:27So, that's going as fast as I can.
1:08:28That's almost 5 seconds, 4 and a half
1:08:30seconds roughly there. That's in a
1:08:32perfect world. Nobody's shooting back at
1:08:34me. You know, kids aren't running
1:08:35around. There's not a dynamic 360°ree
1:08:39environment right here. So that time
1:08:42could probably be magnified by sometimes
1:08:44tfold because if I see that, I'm
1:08:46probably moving. And we're going to talk
1:08:48about offline of attack and all the
1:08:49movement stuff here in a little bit. But
1:08:52think about that in reality. So you're
1:08:54not going to sit there and just fix it.
1:08:56But problem solve is is a key point
1:08:58here. That's that is crucial.
1:09:00Identification is the first thing. Just
1:09:02like when we're when we're going to
1:09:03start shooting and moving, the first
1:09:04thing we're going to do is we're going
1:09:05to orient, right? We're going to
1:09:07observe.
1:09:09Same thing here. Something happens to
1:09:10gun, need to orient the gun so I can
1:09:12observe. So I can give it an actual
1:09:15answer that it needs, not sit here and
1:09:17just do all kinds of crazy stuff. I see
1:09:19it every class. I see it in the
1:09:21military. I see it in law enforcement. I
1:09:22see it with people that come out just as
1:09:24competition shooters. They have a
1:09:25malfunction and they do the give it the
1:09:27wrong answer. Whether you win or lose
1:09:28out here, if you want to look at it as a
1:09:30game, will determine whether you live or
1:09:32die. So that's the seriousness. That's
1:09:34the more that's the truth behind it. So
1:09:37problem solve, problem solve, problem
1:09:38solve. That's what going to make us
1:09:39better shooters, guys. Okay. All right,
1:09:42guys. We do have a revolver out here and
1:09:43things need to be handled slightly
1:09:45different. So Dad, could you come on
1:09:46out, please? Okay, for the revolver, you
1:09:49could have a misfire, but obviously
1:09:51there's no magazine here. There's
1:09:53nothing that you're going to end up
1:09:54tapping once the cylinder gets into the
1:09:56locked position. Um, what do you think?
1:09:59And and this is how you have to break
1:10:00this down. You have to understand at
1:10:02least uh the fact that you're not out
1:10:05there counting rounds, but you should
1:10:06have an understanding of did you just
1:10:09load your gun? Have you shot it yet? If
1:10:11I just loaded this this revolver,
1:10:14put it on my side. I haven't fired it
1:10:16yet. I come out of the holster, pull the
1:10:18trigger, one, two rounds go off, and the
1:10:20next one goes click. What do you think I
1:10:23should do? Because I can't tap and rack
1:10:25it, right? So, in a sense, I I've I've
1:10:27I've had a uh what what what type of
1:10:29malfunction have I had there?
1:10:32Ammunition problem, right? What's that?
1:10:35Okay. Could be a hang fire, misfire. But
1:10:37obviously, what am I going to do?
1:10:39Pull the trigger again because a
1:10:41cylinder is going to rotate that torpedo
1:10:42to that to that next slot. Okay. And
1:10:45then you're going to run that gun. So, a
1:10:47little bit of common sense and problem
1:10:49solving has to take over knowing the
1:10:51condition of your weapon, being the
1:10:52weapons master and not its [ __ ] Okay?
1:10:55So, the fact remains, if you pull the
1:10:57trigger and it goes click, pull the
1:10:58trigger one more time. Now, there's
1:11:00another time that this could actually
1:11:02happen to you as a shooter if you're
1:11:04running a wheel gun. And that is, does
1:11:06anybody know when
1:11:07empty chamber?
1:11:08Notice notice, yeah, an empty chamber.
1:11:10And why would that happen, Matt?
1:11:12Okay. Tactical reload or what happens
1:11:15sometimes on a speed reload. There there
1:11:17in this particular revolver are seven
1:11:18little holes that you need to get seven
1:11:20little bullets into. What is likely to
1:11:22happen if you if you've messed with
1:11:23speed loaders before?
1:11:24One will drop out.
1:11:26One will drop out, right? Or two. So,
1:11:28sometimes what'll end up happening here
1:11:30is you just don't you get you you didn't
1:11:33get it in there. What do you think your
1:11:34priority is at this point? Pick that one
1:11:36up off the ground then close it after
1:11:38you reload it or just close that
1:11:39cylinder and get it in a fight. But, you
1:11:41know, or you should have enough
1:11:42situational awareness cuz you just got
1:11:44that uh speed loader in there, turned it
1:11:46through it, and you saw that one fall
1:11:48out. You should have enough situational
1:11:50awareness to know at some point that's
1:11:51going to come back into play again.
1:11:53All right, here's a drill, guys. We're
1:11:54going to fire two rounds. Two rounds. If
1:11:56you encounter a malfunction inside those
1:11:58two rounds, problem solve and fix

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