dustyvarmint
10-01-2014, 07:00 PM
The following is my AAR from a recent 1-Day Patrol Rifle course held by Performance On Demand Shooting
1) Provider: Performance On Demand Shooting
2) Owner: Adrian, Mike, Pete
3) Phone / Web: 608-512-8061 / http://www.podshooting.com/
4) E-mail: info@podshooting.com
5) When: September 26, 2014
6) Where: Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center, Waunakee, WI
7) Accommodations: N/A
8) Gear used: Sling Dynamics Convert 2-1- point sling, DPMS Oracle 5.56 rifle, UTG Circle-Dot optic, Mako 5.56 magazine pouches, Magpul magazines, Bison Designs belt, shooter produced reloads.
9) Cost: $110.
10) Did weather adversely affect training: No
11) Instructors’ Competence: Instructors’ skills and ability to apply them greatly exceeded my own, of course.
12) Instructors’ Ethics: Excellent
13) Safely Conducted: Yes
14) Condition of Equipment: Excellent
15) Food: N/A
16) Number of overall firearms’ related training classes for myself: 6
17) Certificate issued: Yes
18) Training time: 8 hours
19) Written training plan: Yes Followed: Yes
20) Instructor to student ratio: 3/10
21) Round count: 234
22) Recommended: Highly
23) General comments: In my own words the overall course included short-range timed drills, an un-timed and timed 400 aggregate from 25-100 yards, at least one timed/accuracy drill adapted for the course, some steel shooting, mag changes and a culminating drill/stage from 65-110 yards on steel from 4 positions including a mag change. The combination of required precision on-paper shooting mixed in with some less-precision steel shooting helped to hold attention and interest in the later part of the day. Target selections were very appropriate for the drills covered. One of the better explanations of malfunction clearing I’ve ever seen was given, but we didn’t have time to drill them. A good ballistics’ explanation was also given and reasons for various zero distances were discussed. See POD Shooting’s website for a complete outline of the class.
There was a wide range of student experience from never-shot-the-rifle-before to prior-class-plus experience. Break and lunch time management was excellent which I appreciated very much. Since this is the 2nd POD course I’ve taken I’ll say that something I really like is that the courses, so far, haven’t been specifically geared towards LE, competition, or self-defense. They have been about (gasp!) Performance On Demand Shooting. The Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center has a body armor requirement, but, fortunately, POD was able to obtain a waiver.
The DPMS Oracle performed flawlessly as did the rest of my equipment. I was very happy with the accuracy performance of the Xtreme 55 gr FMJs out to 100+ yards in the 1:9 twist Oracle. The UTG optic exceeded my expectations out to 100+ yards. The AR is not my favorite rifle/firearm by any means (iron-sighted lever action 30-30 is) so it and its associated equipment are of the economy price-point type. For example my sling is paracorded to the rifle and I still use stock hand guards. Fitting in to the class environment with those equipment choices was not an issue.
The class was relatively local and the cost was very reasonable. The instructors are articulate, are responsive to communications, communicate well when doing so, and present a professional business front. Overall, I am/was very pleased with the 1-Day Patrol Rifle course.
1) Provider: Performance On Demand Shooting
2) Owner: Adrian, Mike, Pete
3) Phone / Web: 608-512-8061 / http://www.podshooting.com/
4) E-mail: info@podshooting.com
5) When: September 26, 2014
6) Where: Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center, Waunakee, WI
7) Accommodations: N/A
8) Gear used: Sling Dynamics Convert 2-1- point sling, DPMS Oracle 5.56 rifle, UTG Circle-Dot optic, Mako 5.56 magazine pouches, Magpul magazines, Bison Designs belt, shooter produced reloads.
9) Cost: $110.
10) Did weather adversely affect training: No
11) Instructors’ Competence: Instructors’ skills and ability to apply them greatly exceeded my own, of course.
12) Instructors’ Ethics: Excellent
13) Safely Conducted: Yes
14) Condition of Equipment: Excellent
15) Food: N/A
16) Number of overall firearms’ related training classes for myself: 6
17) Certificate issued: Yes
18) Training time: 8 hours
19) Written training plan: Yes Followed: Yes
20) Instructor to student ratio: 3/10
21) Round count: 234
22) Recommended: Highly
23) General comments: In my own words the overall course included short-range timed drills, an un-timed and timed 400 aggregate from 25-100 yards, at least one timed/accuracy drill adapted for the course, some steel shooting, mag changes and a culminating drill/stage from 65-110 yards on steel from 4 positions including a mag change. The combination of required precision on-paper shooting mixed in with some less-precision steel shooting helped to hold attention and interest in the later part of the day. Target selections were very appropriate for the drills covered. One of the better explanations of malfunction clearing I’ve ever seen was given, but we didn’t have time to drill them. A good ballistics’ explanation was also given and reasons for various zero distances were discussed. See POD Shooting’s website for a complete outline of the class.
There was a wide range of student experience from never-shot-the-rifle-before to prior-class-plus experience. Break and lunch time management was excellent which I appreciated very much. Since this is the 2nd POD course I’ve taken I’ll say that something I really like is that the courses, so far, haven’t been specifically geared towards LE, competition, or self-defense. They have been about (gasp!) Performance On Demand Shooting. The Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center has a body armor requirement, but, fortunately, POD was able to obtain a waiver.
The DPMS Oracle performed flawlessly as did the rest of my equipment. I was very happy with the accuracy performance of the Xtreme 55 gr FMJs out to 100+ yards in the 1:9 twist Oracle. The UTG optic exceeded my expectations out to 100+ yards. The AR is not my favorite rifle/firearm by any means (iron-sighted lever action 30-30 is) so it and its associated equipment are of the economy price-point type. For example my sling is paracorded to the rifle and I still use stock hand guards. Fitting in to the class environment with those equipment choices was not an issue.
The class was relatively local and the cost was very reasonable. The instructors are articulate, are responsive to communications, communicate well when doing so, and present a professional business front. Overall, I am/was very pleased with the 1-Day Patrol Rifle course.