April 11th class - Anyone going?

[KaiserB]

Hi All! I got back to Houston Friday afternoon but due to a three day swim meet have finally been able to sit down and collect my thoughts about the class last week. Here are a few random ones.

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- The range was a nice experience although a little nerve racking. Having the turning targets and having to start from the ready position makes it a little more difficult. Of course I passed with both guns but didn't leave a nice group in the center like I do on a normal day at the range.

- Now time to start prepping for my first class. No date set yet. Still trying to figure out the where and the when but looking forward to it.

Chris

If you were in the Early group for the range you had the added excitement of a wind gust sending 25 or so loose targets out across the range in front of all the shooters. Also every loose item in the shooting bags also blew down to the corner of the range along with the pile of spare targets.

[TDDude]

-- The range was a nice experience although a little nerve racking. Having the turning targets and having to start from the ready position makes it a little more difficult. Of course I passed with both guns but didn't leave a nice group in the center like I do on a normal day at the range.

The range was fun although the wind was a bit of a distraction.

“HEADS UP, HEADS UP” as the silhouettes came raining down on our heads from behind. I got a kick out of the female rang instructor, “It’s raining little green men!!”

The wind picked up so hard at one point it lifted up a bunch of the cardboard silhouettes out of the cart they were stacked in and threw them up about 30 feet in the air. Then they all fell on the shooters and firing lane in the center left portion the firing line. It was some what hard to even stand at that point and then dodging airborne items all the while keeping muzzle discipline. It was rather comical.

It is hard to get that nice fist sized hole we’re all used to when the wind is not only blowing the bullets around but blowing us around.

It was a great class.

[MasterOfNone]

silhouettes came raining down on our heads from behind.

That was the multiple-attacker scenario.

[Art S]

Hi All! I got back to Houston Friday afternoon but due to a three day swim meet have finally been able to sit down and collect my thoughts about the class last week. Here are a few random ones.

- I was extremely impressed with all of the DPS staff that put this course on. The staff was very welcoming and friendly from the beginning to the end. Not what I expected. The peace officers that teach the class really buy into CHL as a whole. They have a true passion for it. They are not just teaching it because they have to. Thank goodness.

- The subject matter was pretty dry most of the time but they did their best to help us get through it. Each of the instructors had a great sense of humor and played some great videos for us to get us back from break and wake us up a little.

- For people taking future classes (probably starting this summer) they are probably going to be doing the classroom portion in three days instead of four. It would be three long days, probably 8am to 9pm with a lunch and evening break for grub then the range portion on the fourth day. The idea behind this is that it would help most people save a night in a hotel and a day off of work. Most out-of-towners just spend the evenings stuck with nothing to do in the hotel anyway so it kind of makes sense.

- You guys are right about the "what if" and common sense questions. There were a lot of them and you could tell that patience was wearing thin with a lot of students when they were asked. I am generally more patient then most. It didn't bother me all that much but I did include a suggestion about it on the eval.

- I learned a lot but something that stands out that I hadn't thought about before was mentioned by the legal group. It was about about not being able to carry where any school function is taking place. Of course I knew the school part or at an athletic event, but I had never thought about a field trip. The scenario that she gave was going to Kroger then you see that a school field trip is there. That's a violation of the law so you better go put it in the car or go to a different grocery store. It's something to think about.

- The range was a nice experience although a little nerve racking. Having the turning targets and having to start from the ready position makes it a little more difficult. Of course I passed with both guns but didn't leave a nice group in the center like I do on a normal day at the range.

- Now time to start prepping for my first class. No date set yet. Still trying to figure out the where and the when but looking forward to it.

Chris

Congrats Crispy.
I start my class on the 25th.
let us know how that first class goes.

Later. Art S.