Walter Hornby - I assume it would be OK to practice accuracy with a proper grip (which I am reasonably sure I have), but unless you have some instruction, it would be best to avoid practicing drawing, is what you are saying.
What should I be practising before taking Black Badge Course?
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You can still practice drawing at home. Just with the correct way.
Draw your pistol with strong hand, the same time your support hand already positioned in front of your chest[Very near your chest]. Bring the pistol to your support hand and have a good grip. Prep your trigger. Your eye is already looking at the point of impact. Then push the pistol forward to line up with your dominant eye. Bang!
Draw your pistol with strong hand, the same time your support hand already positioned in front of your chest[Very near your chest]. Bring the pistol to your support hand and have a good grip. Prep your trigger. Your eye is already looking at the point of impact. Then push the pistol forward to line up with your dominant eye. Bang!
Bring the pistol to your support hand and have a good grip. Prep your trigger. Your eye is already looking at the point of impact. Then push the pistol forward to line up with your dominant eye. Bang!
Prepping the trigger as you extend your arms out to index the target is an advanced technique. Prepping the trigger before you even extend your arms (as you have suggested) is a bad idea...to put it mildly.
In either event...not something you should be suggesting to a prospective BB student.
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there is a reason that the class room portion and range portion of the BB is a week apart.
They will show you THE way to draw, grip, extend, site, prep, shoot, safety, reload, clear, and holster.
Then you get to go home4 and stand over your bed and do it again and again.
Don't forget to write down the Rule # on your answers!
You need to be familiar with your firearm and be able to operate it safely. The BB is not a beginners firearms course you need to know how to shoot before you get there. Nothing wrong with practicing for accuracy before hand, and don't worry about speed that comes later.
They will show you THE way to draw, grip, extend, site, prep, shoot, safety, reload, clear, and holster.
Then you get to go home4 and stand over your bed and do it again and again.
Don't forget to write down the Rule # on your answers!
You need to be familiar with your firearm and be able to operate it safely. The BB is not a beginners firearms course you need to know how to shoot before you get there. Nothing wrong with practicing for accuracy before hand, and don't worry about speed that comes later.
Actually...that does happen occasionally depending on the availability of the facilities but in most cases it's all on the same week-end
Friday evening Classroom
Sat / Sun on the range
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When I said Prep the trigger, it all at the same time as extending the arms
When U break it down by words is sometimes difficult.
But it was actually taught by my BB insturctor at the first Classroom session.
They did not mentioned that it is an advanced technique, but a proper way to shoot.
I agree with Walter on all counts.
Just because a person has passed the course doesn't entitle them be ahnding out info of pointers on it.
If you are going to take the course talk to the instructor that will be teaching you, in most cases the contact info is where you signed up.
You might even be able to meet with them in advance of the course to get some pointers.
Have a nice day.
Just because a person has passed the course doesn't entitle them be ahnding out info of pointers on it.
If you are going to take the course talk to the instructor that will be teaching you, in most cases the contact info is where you signed up.
You might even be able to meet with them in advance of the course to get some pointers.
Have a nice day.
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And this is the person you WANT to listen too!
I thought the BB was a safety and competency course. I didn't know it was the instructors job to tell all his students how they do it. When I took my BB there was 1 main instructor and 5 helpers. each with there own way of doing things. Very frustrating
Only in Bantario you say.
was that in the pre-internet era?
no it was three or 4 years ago!
without having seen your grip i cannot say. however if you send me an email i can send you a very good picture of a proper grip from the BB manual. Basically you want to wrap your strong hand around the grip, index finger on the little knob for the slide lock and the other three fingers wrapped around the grip under the trigger guard and your thumb should be on top of the safety (if a 1911) on the weak side of the gun. you then wrap the four fingers of your weak hand around the three fingers of your strong hand making sure palm is on the palm grip. your weak thumb is under and forward of your strong thumb parallel with the barrel. your index finger, and both thumbs should all be parallel with the barrel and point at the target. when you go to shoot, you want to slide your index finger into the trigger guard and using only the tip of your finger pull the trigger.
darkshadow
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what? the week delay thing? I thought it was a good idea, give everyone time to practice the right way to do it.
but yeah we here in this grand state of nonsense do things our own way sometimes
Well thanks interesting...because only Instructors...and Instructors in training (and we've never had five at the same time) are supposed to be doing any instructing...everyone else is there to watch the line.
I guess now we know why that is
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plus 1...
I took my BB course with a gun I'd owned for 2 weeks...
I fired it enough to know it was reliable...and that was about it. My total experience with center fire prior to the course was about 100 rounds. Kent taught us everything else we needed to know at the course.
He had an "OK" helper as well. PH something or other
Heh. I think I've watched that video about a zillion times in the past 6 months.
what? the week delay thing? I thought it was a good idea, give everyone time to practice the right way to do it.
but yeah we here in this grand state of nonsense do things our own way sometimes
I didn't have to wait for a week it was Friday night and than Saturday and part of Sunday the same weekend and BB course was done, Kent did a fine job even I made it trough and that means something
