Pistol Course Intro
Pistol Course - Intro
This course has 5 major components:
Pistol Maintenance
Safe Usage and Handling
Basic Dry Fire Training
Advanced Part 1 - Basic Movement
Advanced Part 2 - Advanced Movement and Room Clearing
Why so many parts? Because you should know A LOT about your weapon, so that it is clean, safe and ready to use. You should know how to use it very, very, very safely at all times. You should know how to do some basic dry fire drills, which will build muscle memory. You should also know how to move with it. And if you are really into training, you should know how to use it dynamically. So there is a lot to learn!
Pistol Maintenance Part 1
Pistol Maintenance Part 1 - Field Stripping
In the first part of the Pistol Maintenance Series we cover the basic components of the Glock and do what is called a “field strip”, which is used for basic cleaning.
Pistol Maintenance Part 2
Pistol Maintenance Part 2
In this video we repeat the basic field strip an perform a detailed disassembly of the other components in the slide.
Pistol Maintenance Part 3
Pistol Maintenance Part 3
In this part we do a full tear down from slide to frame, and back up.
Pistol Maintenance Part 4 - Glock 42/43
Pistol Maintenance Part 4 - Glock 42/43
The compact Glocks have a few unique quirks so I thought I’d put together a video just on the Glock 42/43, especially after seeing some videos online and seeing people literally use a hammer on them. They can be serviced just as well as any other if you know how.
Basic Pistol 1
Basic Pistol 1
In this section we cover the essentials of knowing what different types of guns are, a little bit about picking one that fits you, and what to look for in a good holster.
Basic Pistol 2
Indoor Dry Fire Training
In this course we cover the fundamentals of the draw, holstering and dry firing. These are the building blocks you need for the rest of the course.
Basic Pistol Exercises
Basic Pistol Exercises
The goal of the following exercises is to practice the lessons from Part 1.
At each video you should do a minimum of 10 repetitions before moving on to the next.
1: Clearing and Making the Pistol Safe
2: Safe Holstering
3: Basic Drawing
4: Draw and Aim
5: Dynamic Draw and Side Check
6: Draw from Concealed
7: Concealed Draw with Magazine Change
8: Unchambered Draw
9: Magazine Changes
10: Dynamic Magazine Draw from Pocket
Comparing Laser Airsoft to Real Gun
Comparing Laser Airsoft to a Real Pisol
I’ve heard many people say that you can’t get good training without a “real” pistol shooing “real” bullets. To be fair, there is a lot credibility to that because you should train as close to real life as possible.
But the reality is that not only is it hard and expensive to do dynamic movement and shooting with a real gun, it is also very dangerous. Even if you do (and you should!) do dynamic live fire drills with a real gun, there is still immense value in dry fire training and even more with a laser system.
In this video I show what it is like to shoot the airsoft Glock 17 and real Glock 19 I carry with back-to-back so you can see just how accurate the training is.
Advanced Pistol Part 1
Advanced Pistol Part 1 - Movement Drills
What is the biggest problem with going to the range? You can’t draw. What is the second biggest problem? You can’t draw and MOVE!
In this course we go through the basics of how to efficiently and effectively move and shoot.
Advanced Pistol Part 2
Advanced Pistol Part 2 - Room Clearing
Now we are really starting to train! In this section we show how to create and use the indoor airsoft range to practice room clearing with multiple targets. All of your training thus far will really come together in this part of the course.
Teaching Dad to shoot at the Ranch
Shooting At the Ranch with Dad
My dad called me and said he wanted to learn how to pistol shoot. If there was ever a time to use the laser blowback pistols, this was it. This is why I believe in dry fire and laser training - it is just a lot safer most of the time. One bad decision can be an expensive lesson. We had a lot of fun, and it was a great memory being able to teach my dad who spent his life teaching me.