what still of training is this ?
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Yea the Monkey is OK.
He has a site similar to Milspecmorons where he gets new stuff from manufacturers and reviews it for his subscriber base.
He seems to be in pretty tight with a few companies like Maxpedition and gets their new stuff earlier than most.
Just a guy who loves gear and gadgets.... geardo.
I find him a bit odd but he's a really nice guy in person and does what he does....
Kinda looks like a little turtle with his pouches on pouches on pouches but, whatever.
he seems fit enough to hump it so, that's his load, not mine
He has a site similar to Milspecmorons where he gets new stuff from manufacturers and reviews it for his subscriber base.
He seems to be in pretty tight with a few companies like Maxpedition and gets their new stuff earlier than most.
Just a guy who loves gear and gadgets.... geardo.
I find him a bit odd but he's a really nice guy in person and does what he does....
Kinda looks like a little turtle with his pouches on pouches on pouches but, whatever.
he seems fit enough to hump it so, that's his load, not mine
I think it's referred to as "situational awareness", otherwise known as "street smarts". Keeps you alive in dangerous environments.
Practicing them builds in muscle memory for automatic reaction under stress.
The skills demo'd by 'The Monkey' are something to aspire to.
Practicing them builds in muscle memory for automatic reaction under stress.
The skills demo'd by 'The Monkey' are something to aspire to.
I've taken some pistol classes because I wanted to be a better shooter. It was money well spent. I didn't have illusions of becoming an 'operator'. Don't get me wrong, I understand the point of 'search and assess' but it doesn't make it any less funny that dudes do it at the range, after every drill. Dont cry
It may be funny to see this from the sidelines, but search and assess (situational awareness) isn't taught or practiced nearly enough in my opinion. Whether its a pistol course, rifle course, risk and threat course, real life, whatever, having a SAOFR will make you dead, if not you, your mates. And its not just a matter of a shoulder check, I mean continuous lateral/vertical scans pre/post contact. search and assess isn't just about looking for more contact, its about looking for downed mates, cover and concealment, comms, and public safety. A bazillion things should be running through your mind during the post contact drill.
Now, does it only look silly because the folks who you see do it are wearing full kit? what if it was a ccw course - would you still laugh?
Ive had at least two major occasions where situational awareness and specifically post contact drills saved titeam members lives or at least greatly reduce the threat when we responded to one, a bank heist, and the other, an argument over petrol price fixing at the petrol station.
So, ok, it may look stupid or funny or silly at the range, but the implications of it (or at least the discipline of breaknng that tunnel vision and doing the SA drill), is there for a purpose.
If you've ever been involved in a serious MVA and you've had children in the back or was in a neighbourhood where theres lots of kids etc, did you do a search and assess to ensure they were safe, that there was no leaking fuel, that you were ok, that your passenger was ok, that the folks outside were ok? And, if you did smell leaking fuel, did you scan for an appropriate area to extract your child and find cover? I don't know about you, but even when I'm home driving in regular civilian car with my kids, I find myself thinking about all these things at every intersection.
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That all sounds very good.
It doesnt make it any less funny in videos.
^ this guy. Is the reason carrot top can pay his bills.
Well, I see that this thread has been noticeably sidetracked about the 'search and assess (which I originally read as 'ass-es')'.
Personally, I'd love to get paid to shoot guns all day, and then make some sweet videos of me shooting stuff, and then get free stuff for making those videos, and then repeating the whole cycle until I want to stop or they find someone better.
All in all, I wish that the mag capacity laws would get unfooked and we could actually fire thirty continual rounds from our AR's at the range.
And for the search and assess thing, do you do a shoulder check before you change lanes on the highway?
Personally, I'd love to get paid to shoot guns all day, and then make some sweet videos of me shooting stuff, and then get free stuff for making those videos, and then repeating the whole cycle until I want to stop or they find someone better.
All in all, I wish that the mag capacity laws would get unfooked and we could actually fire thirty continual rounds from our AR's at the range.
And for the search and assess thing, do you do a shoulder check before you change lanes on the highway?
Didn't know I ran the risk of being crushed by an 18-wheeler at the range, thanks for the heads up
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That all sounds very good. It doesnt make it any less funny in videos.
The fact that some people still can't grasp what you're saying suggests to me (rather strongly) that they take themselves far too seriously. Which in turn makes the videos even more funny. Is that wrong?
To tell the truth I think the Joe Camo gun drill guys get just as big a laugh out of the guy who shows up in his clapped out POS domestic pickup truck with browning window decal and "something something cold dead hands" bumper sticker.
Seriously, have you ever seen these fat lumps of #### show up and basically fall gut first out of the cab then head to the firing point decked out in head to toe realtree (because it tricks his paper targets into standing still)?
It goes from funny to down right hilarious when tub o' guts tries to pick up his own brass.....
They usually can't pick three rounds up without taking a break to get their breathing under control.
LOL
They should be scanning too so they always know where the closest defib machine is.....
Seriously, have you ever seen these fat lumps of #### show up and basically fall gut first out of the cab then head to the firing point decked out in head to toe realtree (because it tricks his paper targets into standing still)?
It goes from funny to down right hilarious when tub o' guts tries to pick up his own brass.....
They usually can't pick three rounds up without taking a break to get their breathing under control.
LOL
They should be scanning too so they always know where the closest defib machine is.....
Sounds like you've been to some of our club's "Hunting Rifle" matches ..... These matches are fired from "field positions", including off hand.
The types you mentioned outlawed all non-sporterized military rifles, the use of slings, gloves and the military x-legged sitting position after they got pissed about being beaten by my M1 Garand. The largest 6 point Mule Deer I've taken to date fell to that rifle, which makes it a viable "Hunting Rifle" in my opinion. I choked that down, but it also ruled out my Shiloh 50-70 '74 Military Rifle and carbine, which have taken two 400 lb+ black bears and a 6 pt Mule Deer.
Watching some of these "hunters" get into any kind of "field position" and get back up again is an exercise in stifling your gag and laughing reflexes.
They also excluded calibres lower than 6.5mm after my wife won in off hand shoot offs with her .243 at 200 and 300 yards. That was intolerable to the big boys with the big toys, so they came up with a separate match for the "small bore" hunting rifles.
The types you mentioned outlawed all non-sporterized military rifles, the use of slings, gloves and the military x-legged sitting position after they got pissed about being beaten by my M1 Garand. The largest 6 point Mule Deer I've taken to date fell to that rifle, which makes it a viable "Hunting Rifle" in my opinion. I choked that down, but it also ruled out my Shiloh 50-70 '74 Military Rifle and carbine, which have taken two 400 lb+ black bears and a 6 pt Mule Deer.
Watching some of these "hunters" get into any kind of "field position" and get back up again is an exercise in stifling your gag and laughing reflexes.
They also excluded calibres lower than 6.5mm after my wife won in off hand shoot offs with her .243 at 200 and 300 yards. That was intolerable to the big boys with the big toys, so they came up with a separate match for the "small bore" hunting rifles.
