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We are pleased to announce that the 2013 OpSpec Training Schedule is almost complete with the February schedule for Hoover, Alabama kicking off the new additions. The official 2013 SitRep will be out shortly before Christmas as I do before each new year, but I’ll tip off to some exciting projects that you will begin seeing.
First off, is the “OpSpec Basic” line of DVDs. The “OpSpec Basic” branding will be very economical videos dealing with very specific subject matter in a logical, well laid out format. It will be everything a novice, or a Master Class shooter needs for learning the basics or an in depth review. The price point for the “Basic” series will be around $15 each plus s/h. Each video will feature specific subject matter, with a different member of the OpSpec staff teaching different topics
Next, is some cross marketing stuff with our friends and sister companies. Look to see some GGI, and Apex Tactical stuff in the webstore, plus the addition of some stocking items from our good friends at 10-8. We will also be frequently contributing at the Modern Service Pistols blog. So look for us there as well.
I am in hopes that 2013 will also bring us to offer some products that have been in development for some time. I won’t say much about the product line right now, but I’ll hint at the fact that we are heavily invested in the FNH SCAR line of rifles. We like their rifles a lot, and hope to field some market gaps to make a good product better. I’m also optimistic that 2013 will be the year that “Project MST” will come to production. “Project MST” is a patented project that Randy and I came up with to fill a training short coming we observed. It is nearly 3 years in the making.
That is the literal tip of the ice berg. There is much, much more on the horizon for us.
We thank each and every one of you for your support and loyalty. We couldn’t do this without you.
Operation Specific Training conducted a two day Pistol/Carbine class in Hoover, Alabama on Aug. 4 and 5. Training day one started out with the customary safety/medical brief, with a special emphasis placed upon hydration as the air temperature/humidity roughly resembled the face of the sun. All students were encouraged to drink a lot of water, under the threat that I would be the one starting their IV, and Monster makes me a bit nervous.
Once the safety/medical aspects were covered, students hit the range for four hours of refresher on the pistol to get everyone back on the same page of prepping the trigger.
After chow (most of the class wanted to go to Chik-fil-A for some reason) students hit the range for a quick zero check, then into the “Practical Fundamentals” for the carbine. Students learned the proper “mechanical offset” for their particular rifle, and at what distance “mechanical offset” starts to affect their particular rifle. Drills were shot from the 25 yard line, to the 7 yard line with speed and accuracy being equal.
Training day two started off with equal heat, humidity, and the safety/medical brief. Students began to ramp up their capabilities by shooting fast Bill Drills from various distances. Some were pretty amazed (Ruger357 comes to mind) of how efficiently a shooter can learn to prep an AR trigger. Students then moved on to pistol transitions, failure drills, tight time accuracy drills, and multiple targets. Each student was put on the clock for different timed events. We ended the day with some precision work at greater than contact distances and slowed down to settle into good fundamentals and hit targets at distance.
Although the heat was a problem, everyone improved greatly and showed a great mastery of what Michael and I were attempting to get out to the folks in the class. On the second day of training we had a huge problem of getting the guns cool enough to touch between strings of fire. That seemed to be the main thing that ham-stringed us, as a break and some hydration, the class was ready to go again. I think the FN SCAR became the clear winner of the entire class by the end of the second day. We loaned our test guns to some folks to shoot throughout the weekend.
I appreciate, again, everyone being safe and having a good time. Below is a collection of photos from the weekend.
All,
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OpSpec Training is happy to announce our new line of videos – that have been in the works for far too long – are about to become a reality. The first video, the SIG Sauer® P-Series Armorer’s video will begin production in June, with the goal of being released the first week of August. Read more
As someone who takes a lot of classes and teaches a lot, I spend quite a bit of time around the range. With some of the training craziness that has shown up on YouTube recently, I thought I’d share my personal litmus test on examining techniques that you pick up at classes and from your shooting buddies. Read more
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