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Wanted to throw this out to everyone. All of us talk about different types of calibers,pistols, trainning classes and instructors and then alot of us spend quite a bit of time and money sending rounds down range at a multitude of targets either outdoors or indoors in a "lighted" enviroment.WELL lets not worry about who has the slickess rig or the best psitol,or even the coolest mag holder all covered up in a 5.11 vest,lets just go shoot a IDPA match......IN COMPLETE DARKNESS!!
I had the pleasure to shoot at "The Henry County Gun Club" at Puryear,Tn last Saturday nite[6/11/2005] and yes it rained on us also,as if the darkness wasn't hard enough the good Lord decided we needed to be challenged some more,and had a blast. I need to thank Tom Givens because he has been the only one to give me some training in "night shooting", and belive me i used every bit of what he taught me and was wishing for more instruction.
I was urged to do this by one of my"mentors" Allen Webb of Tactical Response and we both agreed that this is something that all conceal carry people should do.....practice shooting at night. Most "incidents" that all of us may face will probably occur at night or in a low light enviroment. I cannot emphasize this enough. I watched shooter after shooter struggle with this,me included. A normal shooting scenario that would take 5 to 6 seconds would take 10 to 12 seconds or longer,and to be quite honest all of us as a group thought we did ok on our times.
Its a different world when the lights go out, so grab your favorite pistol and take a 100 or even 200 rounds, but most of all get familar with a good hand held light[surefire,streamlight,etc.etc.] and give it a whirl you will be better off for doing it.
One final note, if it was me i would be contacting someone like Tom Givens at RangeMaster or Yeager & Co. at Tactical Response for some very good instruction on this very important subject...Shooting at Night!
I had the pleasure to shoot at "The Henry County Gun Club" at Puryear,Tn last Saturday nite[6/11/2005] and yes it rained on us also,as if the darkness wasn't hard enough the good Lord decided we needed to be challenged some more,and had a blast. I need to thank Tom Givens because he has been the only one to give me some training in "night shooting", and belive me i used every bit of what he taught me and was wishing for more instruction.
I was urged to do this by one of my"mentors" Allen Webb of Tactical Response and we both agreed that this is something that all conceal carry people should do.....practice shooting at night. Most "incidents" that all of us may face will probably occur at night or in a low light enviroment. I cannot emphasize this enough. I watched shooter after shooter struggle with this,me included. A normal shooting scenario that would take 5 to 6 seconds would take 10 to 12 seconds or longer,and to be quite honest all of us as a group thought we did ok on our times.
Its a different world when the lights go out, so grab your favorite pistol and take a 100 or even 200 rounds, but most of all get familar with a good hand held light[surefire,streamlight,etc.etc.] and give it a whirl you will be better off for doing it.
One final note, if it was me i would be contacting someone like Tom Givens at RangeMaster or Yeager & Co. at Tactical Response for some very good instruction on this very important subject...Shooting at Night!