09-23-2014, 10:13 PM
The final day was a culmination exercise, where all the skills that had been worked on could be used. A scenario conceived in the fertile mind of LRRPF52 involving alphabet agencies, drugs, terrorists, and protection had the students starting with a meeting and then a one on one protection scene in one of the Cowboy town buildings. Hits and misses there were scored using typial IPSC or USPSA scoring. Following that, they moved to Buffalo Canyon, where they engaged 3 pistol targets, located their long guns, and shot 7 rifle targets at ranges from 70-400 yards before engaging targets of opportunity out to 800 yards under a 5 minute time constraint. Points were awarded for hits, but also for use of cover/concealment, and for use of the different shooting positions, including standing, kneeling, sitting, and prone, with a few of the shooters exhibiting some very creative variants. One of the shooters had a first round hit on the 400 yard target while standing, and in fact hit all the required from that position due to some lingering disabilities from a recent illness. Others used cover and concealment very well, with the last shooter taking a completely different attack angle than any of the previous.
After that, the shooters moved to Over the Edge, and had to engage multiple targets from 5 different angles or positions within a 7 minute time frame. They were required to move 4 times from the first position, and had to locate and hit targets as close as 100 yards, (4" swingers) out to 365 yards or so, (12 inch gong). They did so from prone shooting over a car, from a barricade, under a bar, etc. Everyone missed some of these targets, even the 100 yard swingers because they looked so much further away because of the angles and canyon optical illusions.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the culmination activity and there was lots of ribbing and smiles.
The finish everything off we had a great lasagna lunch and then refreshed our retention and concealed carry skills with a short drill using strikes to an "attacker" and then recoveries from being knocked down (Lrrpf52 got a little payback for us being knuckleheads at times!)
After that, the shooters moved to Over the Edge, and had to engage multiple targets from 5 different angles or positions within a 7 minute time frame. They were required to move 4 times from the first position, and had to locate and hit targets as close as 100 yards, (4" swingers) out to 365 yards or so, (12 inch gong). They did so from prone shooting over a car, from a barricade, under a bar, etc. Everyone missed some of these targets, even the 100 yard swingers because they looked so much further away because of the angles and canyon optical illusions.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the culmination activity and there was lots of ribbing and smiles.
The finish everything off we had a great lasagna lunch and then refreshed our retention and concealed carry skills with a short drill using strikes to an "attacker" and then recoveries from being knocked down (Lrrpf52 got a little payback for us being knuckleheads at times!)
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt