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I was fortunate enough to make to cut at the last minute to take this class taught by Chris Fry.
The purpose of this course is really to familiarize someone with operating a shotgun. This was good for me since in the last 10 years I have shot a shotgun twice before today (shot them a bit in Marines prior).
The class starts out with going over pros and cons of shotguns, different types of accessories, types of shells, types of shotguns and a lot more.
When we actually got hands on we started with dummy rounds and dry fired while going over and practicing the different types of reloading the firearm. Chris is one of those instructors that shows you different options and let's you choose what your most comfortable with.
There was a lot of live firing and two squads so you didn't have to wait long to shoot some more. In fact after doing what felt like a million emergency reloads during a drill where you tried to keep your shotgun full at a increasing rate of fire on target it was nice to get a break!
The drill "rolling thunder" was a crowd favorite where someone was shooting at targets all the time. First person shot first target then so did next person and so on. The first person shot first two targets then next person and so on until your shooting at all the targets in a row and depending on your capacity you might have to reload will engaging the targets.
You also get the opportunity to pattern your shotgun with the buckshot you bring.
For some of you who don't like the recoil of a shotgun it's addressed well by Chris. No on had a sore shoulder at the end of class after firing 200 to 300 shells.
Definitely a good class as evident by a bunch of people who have taken it multiple times!
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The purpose of this course is really to familiarize someone with operating a shotgun. This was good for me since in the last 10 years I have shot a shotgun twice before today (shot them a bit in Marines prior).
The class starts out with going over pros and cons of shotguns, different types of accessories, types of shells, types of shotguns and a lot more.
When we actually got hands on we started with dummy rounds and dry fired while going over and practicing the different types of reloading the firearm. Chris is one of those instructors that shows you different options and let's you choose what your most comfortable with.
There was a lot of live firing and two squads so you didn't have to wait long to shoot some more. In fact after doing what felt like a million emergency reloads during a drill where you tried to keep your shotgun full at a increasing rate of fire on target it was nice to get a break!
The drill "rolling thunder" was a crowd favorite where someone was shooting at targets all the time. First person shot first target then so did next person and so on. The first person shot first two targets then next person and so on until your shooting at all the targets in a row and depending on your capacity you might have to reload will engaging the targets.
You also get the opportunity to pattern your shotgun with the buckshot you bring.
For some of you who don't like the recoil of a shotgun it's addressed well by Chris. No on had a sore shoulder at the end of class after firing 200 to 300 shells.
Definitely a good class as evident by a bunch of people who have taken it multiple times!
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