Where have you trained?

[NAMVET72]

Originally Posted by Thedragonslayer

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

Oh, I got a BA-Economics from Wofford

He got handgun ing Certificate from the Bubble Gum Machine at his local Wally World................

[DaFadda]

USAF SAC Mobility Team, 1977-80. Learned a bunch of stuff, from .38 to M79's. For a 20 year old, I was in heaven!!!

Private lessons over the years to draw from leather, shooting in adrenaline situations. Real life experiences: Try owning an inner city convenience store with your wife for nine years. We'll talk. (And that's why I ended up in full time ministry). Interesting story. Perhaps one day I'll tell it.
Dafadda

[Riverpigusmc]

I was in the Marines

[DaFadda]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

I was in the Marines

And you will always BE a Marine.
Da

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[Snipersnest]

First formal trai ning was in the Marine Corps. Became an NRA Police firearms instructor, a police Firearms instructor for the Mass Police Trai ning Committee, police firearms instructor for So. East Mass Police Trai ning Association, Army qualified Police Sniper, Mass. MG instructor, factory tr ai ned Range 3000 Milo instructor, Calibre Press Tactical Course, Factory tra ined Ruger rifle, pistol and revolver armorer, Glock armorer and Mass Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and Armorers Association. I think that's it!

[Thedragonslayer]

Originally Posted by NAMVET72

He got handgun ing Certificate from the Bubble Gum Machine at his local Wally World................

Well actually it was an online trucking company.

[alazgr8]

I have trained for years at C.A. and TopGun, both are excellent. Because they are based in So-Cal, and I live in So-Cal, I can afford to take a few classes a year. I try to at least take an advanced Pistolcraft class and a carbine, shotgun, or lowlight shooting class each year. Over the years I have taken all their various classes. The proprieters of both training groups have learned their training systems from Col. Jeff Cooper, Massad Ayoob, and other world class trainers. The first class I ever took was PistolCraft 110, which is TopGuns basic pistol class. I was already an experienced pistol shooter, but I learned more than I thought possible about defensive pistol craft, in fact I learn something new with in each class. Competing in IPSC has also helped quite a bit.

Regards,

Rick

http://www.civilianarmstraining.com/
http://topguntrainingcentre.com/

[Spodeley]

I shoot mainly rifles with a local club that's a CMP charter.
I haven't trained for Pistol anywhere, just shot steel with some friends at the "Gunblogger Rendezvous" where I met gun-people from all over the USA, namely Mike who organizes the event to pay-back the Shooting Community - he shoots in the Steel Challenge (here and in Holland) and especially-including the petite powerhouse Millisecond Molly) - but ALL that's about to change...
Tomorrow I have a class with original Gunsite Chief Rangemaster, Louis Awerbuck who teaches out here... And I'm nervous.
I hope I haven't learned too many bad habits that need un-doing. I'm out on a limb because I KNOW that whatever happens it won't be the gun's fault, now that I have an Ed Brown Kobra Carry...

[jmtgsx]

My father was on the USMC Rifle and pistol teams 1946-1949. After he got out, he continued competition shooting & became an NRA Instructor...I got trained at an early age.
I started IDPA about 6 years ago and have taken a couple of classes from TDSA. I highly recomend them. http://www.tdsatulsa.com/