V-TAC 9-Hole Shooting Barricade, Easy to build, fun, challenging Black Rifle Drill

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Steve Janes

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Has anyone else tried or have experience on a 9-hole shooting barricade? We built one up the other day ($50-$60 Lumber) and took it out for the first time yesterday, it rained almost the whole time but what can ya do. It sure works the body into some awkward positions, very challenging, getting low is an understatement.

If anyone wants to try it out, the specs are at the bottom of the page.


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Question: Why shove so much of the barrel though the openings? As I was watching I see you get the tip of the barrel caught here and there going from opening to opening. Why not kneel a few inches back and just barley put the muzzle out the smaller openings and keep it entirely on your side for the larger openings?

Not saying that you have to do this or that your doing it wrong. Just curious on the theory of it.


Also thanks for the blu-prints on this barrier. Would be fun to make a couple and have competitions vs another shooter.
 
If you don't flag the muzzle out the opening you can do transitions far faster.. and you will get to know the offest from bore to sightline of your rifle. Shooting from barracade, flagging the muzzle is quite a tell, and it keeps your body behind the opening till you clear the muzzle. If someone is shooting back and you are in hard cover.. being bracketed in the opening while you clear the muzzle .. is a bad thing.

practice make perfect, but make sure the practice is perfect
 
Bentleg said:
If you don't flag the muzzle out the opening you can do transitions far faster.. and you will get to know the offest from bore to sightline of your rifle. Shooting from barracade, flagging the muzzle is quite a tell, and it keeps your body behind the opening till you clear the muzzle. If someone is shooting back and you are in hard cover.. being bracketed in the opening while you clear the muzzle .. is a bad thing.

practice make perfect, but make sure the practice is perfect
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This.

When we trained with barricades like these, we always kept the muzzle at least a few inches from the opening. More difficult? Certainly. However we were always taught that nothing gives away your position in an urban area than a muzzle sticking out a window/opening.

Nonetheless, thanks for posting this, definitely a great, cost effective option to mix things up.
 
Bentleg said:
If you don't flag the muzzle out the opening you can do transitions far faster.. and you will get to know the offest from bore to sightline of your rifle. Shooting from barracade, flagging the muzzle is quite a tell, and it keeps your body behind the opening till you clear the muzzle. If someone is shooting back and you are in hard cover.. being bracketed in the opening while you clear the muzzle .. is a bad thing.

practice make perfect, but make sure the practice is perfect
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Greg_VP said:
This.

When we trained with barricades like these, we always kept the muzzle at least a few inches from the opening. More difficult? Certainly. However we were always taught that nothing gives away your position in an urban area than a muzzle sticking out a window/opening.

Nonetheless, thanks for posting this, definitely a great, cost effective option to mix things up.
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I originally thought this too, the inventor of the drill and barricade had this to say when asked about the same thing,

"Thanks for the feedback.

I am pushing just enough through to clear the muzzle or get support.

If this was a window I would not stick my weapon through that, but for this drill we are trying to get shooters to get some support if possible, and be as fast as possible.

If I stay back there is also a chance I will shoot the barricade. The view is the same for a bad guy at 200 yards whether I am in the slot or back a foot, no depth perception so might as well have support for the weapon.

Kyle"


First and foremost, the biggest reason I chose to go "muzzle through" was to avoid shooting the barricade (it cost me $60 bux after all)I figured we would shoot the barricade for sure.

Also a muzzle out a window is a clear and obvious target, but these aren't supposed to be windows, who makes windows shaped and sized this way?

I am just trying to duplicate the drill the way I see the professionals doing it. Are you saying the Kyle Lamb at Viking Tactics is doing it wrong too??? He's made a living convincing people otherwise so I am curious if that's what your saying? Because this is how he does the 9-hole Drill (He did invent the thing after all) Your certainly entitled to your opinion, but please share it with me.

ActiveShooter said:
Looks like fun, if you left it up there I'm sure it has been burnt or shot to hell.
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Please, I am not that stupid, I took it apart packed it up on the roof rack, then took it home, will be doing the same every time. No way would I leave it out there for the basterds to shoot up and destroy, as we all know they surely would.
 
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You tell em Steve Dave!

Wait . . . wrong reference. . .

Personally I always thought this was supposed to simulate defence of a medieval castle when occupying a balistraria.

Next drill: boiling oil!
 
The holes alone are unimportant, as is the muzzle placement. Point being is their principle position and size force the shooter into dynamic positions.
 
we call that the glory hole drill...

I understand you were trying to shoot in different postions, but if your doing fast drills, stuffing your muzzle deep into the hole to take it back out again 2sec later is the wrong way to do it.
do understand that KL is saying use whatever you can for support, but not it its at contact range, its more important to keep your muzzle free of the holes.
so were you banging targets out past 50m or was it at contact range?
 
badboybeeson said:
we call that the glory hole drill...

I understand you were trying to shoot in different postions, but if your doing fast drills, stuffing your muzzle deep into the hole to take it back out again 2sec later is the wrong way to do it.
do understand that KL is saying use whatever you can for support, but not it its at contact range, its more important to keep your muzzle free of the holes.
so were you banging targets out past 50m or was it at contact range?
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The video clearly shows the steel getting tagged, it's at at least 100M, as KL stated the steel should be for this drill.
 
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Great way to improve your skill set, I spent four days with Kyle Lamb and watched him run his drills & was impressed with the versatility of this training aid.

gadget
 
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