Tactical Intervention Pistol Class

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Tactical Intervention and Metcalf Range Present

Basic/Intermediate Pistol

February 7th and 8th 2009


2 Days of pistol shooting.

Location San Jose California

2 days of working with Pistol

Working from arms length to 50 yards plus

Students will be given foundation for use of the pistol in a CQB role. The class is geared toward fighting with the weapon and not competition use. Not a simple stand in one place course, this class fits into the Tactical Intervention CQB System, as an approach to work with all defensive firearms one unit.
Shoot on move, loading, use of flashlight and tactics will be covered.

Cost 275.00

Equipment needed

Pistol Revolver or Semi Auto does not matter
3 magazines minimum
Holster (Strong side draw preferred) and magazine carrier on body. (No cross draw or shoulder holsters for safety of others)
800 rounds of ammunition
Hand held flash light
Good attitude
Bag Lunch as we don’t break for more than a couple of minutes

Contact Tactical Intervention for further details
510-919-7286
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12-20-2008, 12:20 PM

sigguy552
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Tactical Intervention Carbine/pistol Course 11/08
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Michael Miller founder of Tactical Intervention was the instructor for this two day class hosted at the Metcalf County Field and Sports Range in San Jose, CA. As most of you are aware, Mike Miller is a former SWAT Officer and current competition rifle shooter having won numerous competitions and awards. He is a current Member of the US National Rifle Team. He is also the founder of Tactical Intervention and the famous TIS sling used on rifles in many SOCOM units.

The class started Sat with introductions and a thorough safety briefing covering all the basics. Poor firearms handling is not tolerated and he let this be known throughout the course as students exhibited poor weapons handling and muzzle control. Afterwards, Mike began covering the basics of pistol and the draw stroke. Students were then lined up at the 7yrd line to perform basic pistol drills to ensure everyone was familiar with their equipment and could operate it safely.

The topic then quickly moved into carbines and a quick overview of the equipment the students had. Due to the fact we were in CA, many students had modified CA legal carbines and one student had a M1 carbine with a scope mount of unknown manufacturer. Many students did not have slings which Mike thoughtfully predicted and had a few ready for the students to use. With the judicious use of riggers tape and wire we were able to get all the rifles properly slinged up. Students next moved back to the rifle line with empty rifles to demonstrate proper handling of their carbines. Mike demonstrated different shooting positions to us which allowed stability for a variety of shots that would have to be made in the field. I quickly learned that shooting off of a bench is much easier than shooting standing/kneeling/sitting etc. Mike demonstrated how the sling can be used to give additional stability during intermediate/long distance shots.

Weapons were then loaded and we proceeded to do simple drills consisting of COM and head shots at the 7yd line and 25yd line to warm up and test our established zero’s. We then progressed to rifle with pistol transition drills which was new for a few students. The importance of securing your carbine properly while drawing your pistol was stated prior to the drill but a few students forget and became a bit tangled. This was quickly straightened out by Mike as were proper support hand placement during the pistol draw stroke to ensure that you don’t shoot your own hand.

It was at this point that students began having issues with their equipment and failure of zeros became very apparent. Many students including myself did not zero or confirm their zero prior to the class. I was relatively close and had some minor elevation adjustments to make which wasted a bit of time. I would recommend that you take your rifle out the weekend before and ensure that it is indeed zero’d for the ammunition you will be using for the class. I was given the advice of using nail polish/white out to paint the screw mounts and knobs so that any movement could be detected visually.
Mike helped each individual student with zeroing their rifles and showing them how it was done. One student with an M1 carbine had a poor quality mount that just would not stay secure. A local gunsmith had decided to attend the course and he temporarily managed to secure the mount so that it could hold somewhat of a constant point of impact. The gunsmiths name was John Jardine; builder of the legendary Valtro 1911 pistol. John is a local bay area resident and takes quite a few firearms instruction courses to study weapons failure and how to build a better mousetrap. As in most classes, we definitely did not have our shortage of failures throughout the two day course. More on this later.

After some additional pistol and rifle work, we transitioned to steel reactive poppers which were setup on a hill side. The class formed two lines to see who was fastest in a sequence of four poppers set a different distances and different sizes. Each shooter had to utilize a different position(sitting, kneeling, sitting and prone) to engage targets and the shooter was allowed to select the position for each target. I naturally used prone and sitting to engage the two farthest targets while using kneeling and standing to engage the two closest. The winners stepped aside and competed again until we had only one winner who won a TIS M24 sling. We were given a short break to rehydrate and load ammo and then it was back to the range. Students taking Mike’s class should note that not much time is spent BSing around and he doesn’t even really give a lunch break so pack your own food to the class.
After putting up new targets, the line was moved back to the 50/100yrd line to repeat some of the earlier drills at distance. This of course was noticeably more difficult and Mike once again demonstrated proper body positioning, use of sling and natural point of aim. Another competition was setup similar to the earlier one. I made the mistake of shooting way to fast and blew quite a few shots in the beginning which knocked me out in the first round.

Mike recapped the events and lessons of the day and had us think over the lessons we learned. He was very blunt about picking poor equipment which would always leave you high and dry when you needed it most. Although we only went though about 500rnds that day, many rifles including mine exhibited issues that either were long term problems or just plain shut the gun down.

I went out that evening to a friend’s birthday party and ended up oversleeping the next morning for class. I got there about an hour late and everyone was already doing rifle drills at the 7yd line. Mike was kind enough to bring his spare rifle for the student with the M1 carbine. He even brought him a chest rig, slings and magazines to use during the class as well. Needless to say, the student was all smiles and things picked up for him as he no longer had equipment issues.

Transitions from rifle to pistol were next which most people were pretty comfortable with. It definitely takes some practice securing your rifle while drawing your pistol so that you don’t fubar all of your equipment. I personally tend to swing my rifle to the side and back so that I have clear access to my pistol mags in case I run dry there as well.

After giving us time to load our mags, Mike stacked us in two rows at the 50yrd line. Students were instructed to move in pairs to engage the targets. Mike followed closely behind to ensure that we did not get too far of the other shooter. Shooting on the move is always interesting as your reticle is bouncing around and you’re trying to squeeze off shot at the same time which can be difficult to say the least. We were instructed to transition to pistol after our rifles ran dry which made for a fun ending.

The above drill was run through slightly modified afterwards with us being moved from left to right crisscrossing barriers. We were instructed on proper form when moving sideways which is similar to a crab walk so that you do not trip on your own feed. This was a bit unnatural to say the least but I got the hang of it. Shooting on the move is difficult to say the least and I would only do this for covering fire to get to a position of cover.

Mike then went over basic entry techniques for room clearing and making entry. Basic gist is that this is a group activity and you will most likely get killed if you attempt this by yourself. The key lesson was to limit your time exposed in the doorway and to try and get a view of as much of the room as possible. This is something that a civilian should not try to do and that was the basic message being conveyed.

The final exercise was shooting at distance from various positions. The steel targets simulated ranges of 800yrds except we didn’t have the wind conditions. Shooting with the Eotech became a real challenge and those with magnification on their optics really took the lead. I was hitting 3/5 which would translate to probably 2/5 at best in real world conditions. We basically got to do a free fire on steel which was fun.

Mike ended the class with a lecture on picking the right equipment, proper training, technique and tons of practice. This was definitely one of the best two day classes I’ve taken and it was an excellent value. The students were great and I never felt my safety was in jeopardy as Mike was very strict on safety and muzzle control. I look forward to additional courses from Mike as the value and information is unbeatable.

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[Sniper3142]

I've planned on taking one of these classes but heard that TIS wasn't accepting students for a while.

The other problem is that I'd need to either fly up there or drive for about 7 hours to get there.

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Well I am TIS and I am accepting students so make the drive and lets have some fun at the class

[Serpentine]

Guys, You don't want to miss this. I met Mike through Larry Vickers. I've taken a couple of Mike's Classes since and they are top shelf. You get a lot of training for the money. Mike is a no-BS, highly qualified professional and his classes are a SUPER value!

Barry
GunCanyon.com

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[vladbutsky]

Students will be given foundation for use of the pistol in a CQB role. The class is geared toward fighting with the weapon and not competition use. Not a simple stand in one place course, this class fits into the Tactical Intervention CQB System, as an approach to work with all defensive firearms one unit.
Shoot on move, loading, use of flashlight and tactics will be covered.

Please elaborate on the using flashlight part. Is this class going to continue after dark or it will move somewhere indoors?
Is it pure handgun class or carbines are allowed too?

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This is a pure pistol class.

The flashlight will be used for several drills. This class will no be held after dark

If you want more information please contact me by phone

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