JediSkipdogg wrote:
How come you guys up north that have the anti-weapon city of the state have all the firearm training academies? All we have down here is TDI.
I'm amazed the anti's haven't put the training places out of business.
It is a mystery. <insert pic of cute rabbit with pancake on head, here>
Actually, my theory is that TDI is such a presence down there, that it makes "lesser" schools virtually non-feasible. "Lesser" not in terms of the quality of instruction, but rather, in terms of the facilities available: why would I, as a paying student, want to shoot a $150 a day course when, for only a relatively small premium, I can book a 3-day class that includes a shoot-house that is something that I've only seen in movies and video-games?
For us, up here, I really think that a part of it is just that - that there isn't such a domineering presence. Instructors/schools rent out portions of ranges and bring their "traveling show" of target stands and props, and we have at it. Every school/instructor has something unique to bring to the game.
As for the big names that are coming to the area, I think it's really just luck. Raven and Costa share a link, so I undoubtedly have the former for getting the opportunity to sample the latter, right in my own backyard. The original organizer for the Vogel class was a fellow 1911Addict.com member from northern Ohio, so that was another reason why.
Look at it this way, I remain uber jealous that y'all are going to have the
Fun-n'-Gun, and I'm always a bit envious of guys like
PGWP, who've gone through their handgun progressions and is now looking at stuff like their Active-Killer/Shooter classes. The grass is always greener on the other side, I suppose!
Now, the only thing I'm puzzled with is the inner different workings of the AR Bolt and why it won't work on a two stage trigger. I didn't think the bolt had anything to do with how the trigger functions so anyone have any thoughts on that?
Hey, the AR is yet another black-box mystery to me - at least for the time being.