Steve Gowin

From a Law Enforcement perspective presenting the pistol is important where we bring the gun up to our eyes, not dropping our eyes to the gun.

This second variant of the previous video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JQkU9QRZo4 and shows the same drill but with a SIRT training pistol and the SIRT AR Bolt. Basically a number of people can engage in a drill such as this and in one variant a coach can observe and make sure everyone is engaging in proper muzzle discipline and not sweeping one another while moving in a circle. This drill can progress to having obstacles and complex movement patterns.

You can turn the trigger take-up laser off by toggling the upper switch forward. Sometimes it can get a little bit busy with the red and green lasers. I would say about 90 percent of your training should be conducted with the trigger take-up indicator off and use it only in certain drills. 1 concealed 1 conceal draw. When you draw from an open front garment, with the open garment grip it and rip it backwards and make sure you've fully cleared to get full access to the pistol. With a closed cover garment drive your fingers underneath the garment and lift it while we drive our fingers up and around the gun. 1 concealed 2 getting off the X. Getting off the X is commonly referred to in shooting and what does this really mean. The X is a point of attack. The point of attack from the bad guy. By definition we are initially standing on the "X" when the threat decides to end our life or inflict serious bodily damage upon us. It is our objective to change his point of attack and this is done by the defensive shooter by us moving. When we see an attack we can get offline, sweep our cover garment and prep press the gun engaging in the firing sequence.

The take-up indicator can be utilized to see when shooters are on the trigger too soon or too late. Sprout demonstrates how you can draw and see when the shooter is on the trigger too early. This means the red laser is on on the ground well before the muzzle is presented on target. Alternatively, if the red laser does not come on until the gun is fully extended and is an unnecessary wait dwell time, this means a student is not prepping the trigger at a quick enough time.

Safety is imperative when training. When engaging in dry fire be sure to have all ammo away from your person out of your dry fire area. When conducting force on force be sure to search every person within the scenario room to keep it "cleansed". Be sure to clear all live ammo, knives, weapons, etc. If anyone leaves the cleansed area make sure they are searched when they come back into the area. And remember be weary of the instructor. Instructor can be stressed, busy and accidentally have their live weapon on them when engaging a drill. Safety bands can be utilized to signify who has been checked within an area.