This weekend I participated in Todd’s Aim Fast Hit Fast class. This is the second time that I have taken this class, almost a year apart. My original AAR can be found here if anyone is interested.
http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=283978
I am going to break this post up into three posts to make it easier to read.
The class was once again hosted by Tom Jones and was very well executed, challenging and fun. It was located at the Bernalillo County Sharifs Range located at Albuquerque Shooting Park. The facility and range were very clean with lots of space and little distractions. I would like to take a moment to thank Tom for putting this together. I have not had as much interaction with him over the year that I have known him but he is an asset to the shooting community in NM and I look forward to having him in Albuquerque. He did a great job facilitating and dealing with some minor challenges that popped up with total professionalism and his assistance during the class was knowledgable and welcome.
My background:
I am your typical CCW holding, hard working, above average shooter that thinks the best way to spend expendable income is to take classes and buy ammo to take said classes. I am a civilian and always have been. I have taken training from several defense oriented instructors over the years ranging from edge weapons to ground fighting. Todd’s class is the first I have taken (last year) that focused on shooting better and being faster.
Goals:
Goals for this class were quite simple...
Shoot a lot
Have fun
Achieve Advanced Rating for the class
Improve my function with my current carry gun (more on this)
Improve Trigger Control
Equipment:
I know this is not something that is normally included in AAR but I think it is applicable to my experience because it was one of my goals in this class.
I was using my M&P 9mm in a Comp-Tac Minotaur modified for appendix carry. For years I carried a full size 1911 and recently came to the realization that it was no longer the best carry gun for me. So about four moths ago I started shooting my M&P and about two months ago it became my primary carry gun. The reason I mention this is I was having trouble with trigger control and was hoping under the eye of an instructor with much knowledge I could get a little help in why I was a mashy mcmasherson and inconstant.