COTEP.org  

Go Back   COTEP.org > Main Category > Pulling The Trigger

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-19-2012, 09:57 PM
JBT's Avatar
JBT JBT is offline
Founding Member
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 172
Thanks: 4
Thanked 7 Times in 3 Posts
Default Where have you trained?

Have any of the members here had any formal training? Do you compete in USPSA or IDPA or some other shooting sport?

Myself, I haven't had much in the way of training. Went to a school many moons ago and forgot most of what was taught, then my stints in the Air Force, Air Force Reserves, and the Army National Guard.

I look forward to getting some formal training soon so I can utilize it in the Single Stack division in USPSA.
__________________
CBOB0612
NRA Life Member
SILVERBACK
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to JBT For This Useful Post:
DaFadda (05-17-2014), Feathermerchant (03-20-2012)
  #2  
Old 03-19-2012, 11:04 PM
Sheepdog's Avatar
Sheepdog Sheepdog is offline
Founding Member
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Mason, Texas
Posts: 3,494
Thanks: 302
Thanked 357 Times in 75 Posts
Default

I have taken the 250 course at Gunsite. I absolutely loved it and plan to take the 350 course in the near future. IMHO Gunsite is in a class by itself when it comes to firearms training. They do not teach competition based classes. I am fortunate that I have a friend who is the Coach of the UT shooting team and an world class competition shooter who coaches and trains me for competition shooting. For free. The Gunsite 250 course will give you a great basis for USPSA shooting. Much of their training is much more intense than what you will find in a match. When you have completed the course you will be very proficient in the use of a handgun to protect yourself and family.

www.gunsite.com
__________________
canis fidelis cave canem, vereor non magnus nocens lupus

In hoc signo vinces

If you can list them, you ain't got enough!!!

Life Member NRA, SCI, ATA, NSCA
COTEP 414
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-19-2012, 11:05 PM
MajO's Avatar
MajO MajO is offline
Founding Member
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,520
Thanks: 595
Thanked 508 Times in 109 Posts
Default

Air Force (one afternoon in 1970), Army Reserve, 3 day Combat Pistol Course with Ernest Langdon in 2003.
__________________
Joe O'Rourke
Joseph C. O'Rourke, Major, USAR (Retired)
COTEP # CBOB0480
NRA Member
:stand:
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 03-20-2012, 12:36 AM
Thedragonslayer's Avatar
Thedragonslayer Thedragonslayer is offline
Founding Member
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 1,293
Thanks: 18
Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts
Default

Most of my skilled training I recieved from the School of Hard Knocks

Oh, I got a BA-Economics from Wofford
__________________
COTEP CCO0449

The Present is the instant flash of reality in which the ever approaching Future becomes the Past..................

The Constitution is my Caesar
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 03-20-2012, 04:28 AM
ColMike's Avatar
ColMike ColMike is offline
Founding Member
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Eufaula, Alabama
Posts: 1,806
Thanks: 302
Thanked 659 Times in 100 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by JBT View Post
Have any of the members here had any formal training? Do you compete in USPSA or IDPA or some other shooting sport?
I competed inercollegiately/club level at the USMA. Our coaches were senior NCO's from the Army Blue Team MTU out of Ft Benning. I shot some local comps after college but none of the ones you mentioned.
__________________
M H Davis
COL USA Retired
NRA Benefactor
COTEP CCO0617
Eufaula, Alabama
Isaiah 6:8-10. 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 03-20-2012, 09:26 AM
Feathermerchant's Avatar
Feathermerchant Feathermerchant is offline
Founding Member
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Land of Enchantment
Posts: 506
Thanks: 116
Thanked 41 Times in 9 Posts
Default

A couple of years ago I went to Gunsite and took the 250 course. I was pushed well beyond my perceived abilities. Intimidating was putting it mildly as I was the only female in the class. By Wednesday I questioned my sanity for taking such a rigorous course of fire. Then it was Friday and I wondered where the week had gone! My accuracy and speed improved tremendously, yet I felt very humbled. Forgetting all the pain and self doubt, I returned last year for the 350 class. It is faster times, longer distances, rougher terrain, and force on force. That was an eye opener! I am going back in November for 350 lo-light course. The GAS (Gunsite Alumni Shoot) is a blast! Action Pistol on steroids! Why do I go train? because bad guys pick on the weak and unaware. www.gunsite.com

DVC,
__________________
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. In the presence of fate, inner strength is undefeatable!
CBOB0426
NRA Life Member
S&W, DW's, Colts, M&P's, Winchester
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 03-20-2012, 11:14 AM
Dave Waits's Avatar
Dave Waits Dave Waits is offline
Founding COTEP Member who is watching over us from above with God at a giant shooting range in heaven
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Loveland, Ohio
Posts: 928
Thanks: 4
Thanked 229 Times in 59 Posts
Default

Small-Arms Specialist in the Ohio Air Guard, Prior to that, participant in the First Southeast Asian Wargames. Shot Three-gun Bullseye in the Air Guard, Attended both the 250 and 350 course in the mid-eighties. Shot IPSC for a while, Pin-Shooting also.
__________________
Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas
COTEP#CBOB0428
NRA,GCA,OGCA, USAF,Msgt.(Ret.)
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 03-20-2012, 01:53 PM
NAMVET72's Avatar
NAMVET72 NAMVET72 is offline
Founding Member
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Pa
Posts: 5,864
Thanks: 1,399
Thanked 1,478 Times in 295 Posts
Default

Two Tours in Country Nam, numerous shore patrol duty, Brig chaser for 3 years................


__________________
CBOB:0002
1905 Savage 380, 1978, 1980 DW Pistol Pacs, Severns Custom 1985 Springer 1911A1, 09 DW Marksman, S&W Model 19-6, GSG 1911 22LR. , S&W Model 29-2
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 03-20-2012, 02:36 PM
JohnnyMoses's Avatar
JohnnyMoses JohnnyMoses is offline
Founding Member
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 65
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Gunsite 150 at AIM, Cave City Kentucky. I try to go to any local combat/plate/IDPA match that I can get to. Might try PPC this year. Jill, Charles, and I set up and shot IDPA classification course on our range Sunday afternoon. Had a great time and daughter Kat is looking forward to it next time...
__________________
Carry the same gun in the same place all the time.
-Cooper
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 03-20-2012, 02:57 PM
skosh69's Avatar
skosh69 skosh69 is offline
Founding Member
COTEP Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 10,994
Thanks: 2,240
Thanked 4,517 Times in 1,211 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thedragonslayer View Post
Most of my skilled training I recieved from the School of Hard Knocks
And the school of "broad side of a barn"......
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:34 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.