From Over The Transom

A reader sends:

…….”Abundance without character is the surest road to ruin” ……..then came to a realization that my own relative “lack of abundance” regarding personal training ammo appears a nudge from God that, aside from zeroing and demoing, I need to be doing a lot less shooting and way more overseeing, coaching, instructing, sharing insights and experience with the trainees.

During today’s train up, I increased the ratio of dry-to-live drills from ~60% to ~ 70-75%. With the intro of inter team verbal commands – as a starting point – various mag changes and IADs dealing with malfs, stationary pivots……plenty of training got accomplished firing very few to no shots.

Their motivation and enthusiasm is encouraging and it’s certainly a blessing that a couple of these guys have had formal training previously. One recent graduate of Thunder Ranch’s Urban rifle class told me the way these ~3-4 hours train ups are organized, we’ve covered enough material in half a day what it takes the major schools several eight hour days to complete.

Yep, a couple of candidates for a senior training cadre.

Thank God this lack of excessive abundance in ammo is serving as a catalyst for creating more efficient instructors and students.

10 thoughts on “From Over The Transom”

    1. Correct. Ammo for training beyond a stored weapon’s zero and function test, is only necessary after a whole lot of other forms of fundamentals are squared away first. For all of the beard boy operator wannabees out there that know it all, it is why there is many a weeks of other martial training before a trigger is ever pulled on a hot range in nation state militaries, because.

  2. Nice post; great advice, especially for those who recently became, ‘self-aware’ and didn’t get while the getting was good.

  3. Correct. Ammo for training beyond a stored weapon’s zero and function test, is only necessary after a whole lot of other forms of fundamentals are squared away first. For all of the beard boy operator wannabees out there that know it all, it is why there is many a weeks of other martial training before a trigger is ever pulled on a hot range in nation state militaries, because.

  5. Yep, as a trainer NCO in the organized militia, we did numerous sessions of “dime drills” breathing exercises and weapons manipulations handling.

    Bearded Boy Operators! Kris Kyle wannabes dress up and pretend.

  6. Don’t have anything to say about ammo but I got something to say. Flynn has it right.
    Either a re-vote overseen by the US Military or civil war.
    Aside from quick death I’ve watched a number of loved ones and friends pass slowly.
    There comes a time in the progression of their disease that they withdraw from the living.
    It’s preparation for the transition to the other side.
    That’s where I’m at now. Just kind of watching and waiting.
    I am one grateful man. Thank you Lord.

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