Sorry this has been so long in coming but I haven't had the time to get my thoughts together on this. The little girl is keeping me busy.
The day was hot and windy! I'm guessing it was better than cold and raining like the last course I took. But it is the motto of SCT to train as you fight so we trained hot and windy.
The class started off at 0830 hours with set up and a safety brief. Since this wasn't a beginner class we didn't go through the basics of shooting our rifles but a couple of guys were there with new optics and borrowed rifles so the instructors helped get them zeroed in.
We shot standing still, kneeling, prone, moving left, right, backwards, forwards, sideways and if we could have walked on water, they would have taught us how to do that as well. Some of the guys there were military, police, and straight up civilians with no weapons experience at all. The learning levels and mindsets were different but we all had one goal, getting down and dirty with our rifles the right way! Hey, there was even a civilian who drove all the way from San Francisco.
As with my previous encounters with SCT the instructors were professional and easy going. I made the mistake of going last in one of the drills where we incorporating reloading into a live fire situation and when ever the instructor called out a target, it was an immediate threat. Now, I'm not sure why he messed with me the way he did, maybe it was our friendship, my military background, or going last, or just because he wanted to see me grin sending mass amounts of ammo down range, but I sure did have a great time. I must have thrown 2 mags at those targets which doesn't seem like a lot of ammo but in a dynamic situation, the trigger pulling seemed endless.
As a retired Army soldier, I am used to the ways of the jungle and the open desert. A lot of this
CQB stuff is pretty new to me. We weren't fighting in too many urban settings when I was on active duty. So, the instruction to me was top notch and squared away. Being taught
CQB by guys who assault buildings for a living is worth the very small fee that they charge for the class. I walked away from this experience with new knowledge and some insight into myself.
I highly recommend Stone Cobra Tactical for any of your training needs. Whether your a police officer on the beat, a
SWAT officer, a military operator, a pilot for the government, a SERE instructor, or even a website developer! In my experience SCT classes combine the three most important factors of gun ownership... Proper training and safety, putting lots of rounds down range, and having fun!
