Training Courses DA Security 2-Day Designated Marksman Course, UT May 17th & 18th

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We just held the 1st open-enrollment course this past weekend, and had a great time. Next one is May 17th & 18th.

http://www.snipershide.com/shooting...-springs-shooting-range-ut-march-23-24th.html

Refer to the link for course details, course AAR, equipment list, round count, recommendations, etc. This course is for those who really want to push their capabilities as a rifleman in realistic conditions from 200-600yds. It is appropriate for the armed citizen, hunter, LEO, firearms trainer, 3-gun shooter, and soldier alike. You will tap into 2 seasoned instructors with decades of experience behind rifles, spotting scopes, and deployments overseas, as well as training all over CONUS with various State, Federal, and local LE Agencies.

We're very much looking forward to the next course based on the response we had from this past weekend.

Here are just some of the qualifications and experience bases that we have that are appropriate for this course:

SOTIC Level I (SF Sniper Instructor)
SOTIC MTT
US Army Sniper School
Multiple deployments in support of OEF & OIF
Multiple deployments pre-OEF/OIF
FDF Sniper Instructor Course
SF WPNs Sergeant Qualification Course
EMT-B
3rd Ranger Battalion Sniper Platoon
1/3 Inf Regiment Scout/Sniper Platoon
1/506th Infantry Scout/Sniper Platoon
1/24 Infantry Scout/Sniper Platoon
FCo 52nd Infantry Long-Range Surveillance Company
FinnSniper International Sniper Competition 2008-2012
Simo Häyhä International Sniper Competition 2007-2010
etc. etc.

As attendees, you're getting instruction from 2 highly-seasoned shooters who have been dealing with this skill set all their adult lives. The learning curve is quite steep, but tailored to each attendee based on decades of learning how to teach and help you internalize the concepts and practical exercises into your own shooting & decision-making skill set. We're looking forward to linking-up with fellow Hide members as well. See you then.

Send notification of intent to attend to: [email protected]

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Just wanted to post some sources for match 5.56 ammo for those of you who are attending:

New! 223 Remington Match*77 Grain Sierra Match King | MidsouthShootersSupply.com

Hornady Superformance Match Rifle Ammo 80264, 223 Remington, Boat Tail Hollow Point/match, 75 - Able Ammo

Match/Ball

 

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LRRPF52,
Thanks for the invite, and i would love to attend because this is just what ive been looking for. Unfortunately I am out of town for work that week. Are there any plans to do a similar course at a later date? I am really interested to attend if there is.

 

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LRRPF52,
Thanks for the invite, and i would love to attend because this is just what ive been looking for. Unfortunately I am out of town for work that week. Are there any plans to do a similar course at a later date? I am really interested to attend if there is.

Just spent the last week up at BoomerShoot up in Northern Idaho helping coach the precision rifle clinic, which was great.

I think we'll do the DM Course in the fall, as I'll be over the pond in June, and doing a lot of competitions in July/August. This next DM Course is just around the corner for those who are attending, so I'll send out the study materials for those who have registered. Looking forward to meeting some more Hide members and ringing steel under scenario-based conditions in some challenging terrain.

 

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AAR Pics from this past weekend's DM Course

Day 1: Flat Range out to 600yds

After diagnosing the integrity of the weapon, optic mount, rings, and other important components, we start with a "shooter's zen" approach to the fundamentals, taking some of the research that has been done on Olympic medalists and their mental approach to winning, competition, and performance. We wrap the 5 fundamentals into an "in-the-moment focal point", starting with target focus before and as we get into position, to set up the NPOA from the start, then getting into the zone where the body is asleep, but the mind is hyper-awake, totally focused on maintaining a great sight picture throughout the process of taking the shot.

With that mental approach, the shooter goes into position and dry-firing exercises, where he calls his shots while being diagnosed for cheek-to-stock weld and eye-to-optic height, trigger manipulation, & follow-through. Once he's comfortable with his called dry shots, we go live and confirm zero with grouping. The shooter in the pics printed a nice sub-1/2 MOA group at 100yds with his High Caliber Sales Douglas Select Match SPR-profile pipe, pushing the Mk.262 77gr SMK's at 2820fps.

Then we went into some NPOA drills, where the position is repeatedly gotten out of, and we find if the shooter is consistent in their shot placement at 100yds on different dots on paper. It's a final gate check to let us know that the shooter is in a good rhythm of applying the fundamentals, even under stressed drills that involve getting into position quickly and making a shot on a time countdown, after rushing from one part of the range to the shooting position.

Then we go into our wind-reading and trajectory PE on the range with live fire, including switching the shooters behind the spotting scope with the instructors on the gun. Everyone has that "ah-ha" moment when they actually see bullet trace, or the bullet itself flying within the FOV of a black target.

We then run the shooter from 200yd steel out to 600yds from bipod/sand sock supported, to prove the shooter and component systems together. Goals for the morning are to be hitting the 600yd steel with confidence, and getting the shooter to be able to make their own wind calls.

After pulling the QD bipod off, we work on more practical, field-friendly positional shooting. This is magazine monopod supported:





Rice paddy Squat with sling:



Kneeling w/sling:

 

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Seated, sling:



This shooter was effective out to 450yds with this technique, and was able to lock-in very well with the sling and his knee-elbow-cheek weld positioning...





Standing supported:

 

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Hand positioning on standing supported:



Kneeling, sling:



Rice paddy squat, sling:



Kneeling position is one of the most difficult to shoot for many people, myself included, so the quick-adjust 2-point sling comes in really handy, as it does in squatting and seated. The benefit of kneeling is that it can be gotten into and out of quickly.

 

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Day 2: Scenario-based Training

We start with a cold turkey stress test, where the shooter has to apply lessons learned from Day 1, but plug them into scenarios where cover is now a factor, with time critical constraints on exposure, and moving from position to position using cover and concealment. The reason I like to go into the stress-test cold is so that the shooters don't have an opportunity to "game-out" the terrain, positions, wind, target locations, and problem-solving in advance. We through them right in so that it is as fun and challenging as possible.

Then we go back to each position after a lessons-learned discussion from the stress test, and turn each position/scenario into a classroom with how target focus drives our position selection, occupation, gun emplacement, and target engagement-lots of fun.

 

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Target is at 115yds, just barely visible over the edge of the cliff, so shooter is using maximum stand-off from cover, while being cognizant of bore clearance under line of sight perception issues.

 

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As we go from position to position on one side of the canyon, we maintain target focus on the other side, and occupy positions using loopholes, usually multiple layers of loopholes:

 

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One gains an appreciation really quick for positional shooting, and how it's extremely difficult to ever find a viable prone position in real terrain.







Standing supported from the side view:

 

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Same standing supported position, seen from the rear and perspective through the loopholes:



A rare modified prone, not working so great due to optic cant:





Modified seated:

 

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Another modified prone through a series of loopholes. Keep in mind there is a steel target in the crosshairs in every one of these positional photos, ranging from 125yds, to 595yds:







Changing mags in a kneeling supported position in a small tree loophole. Here we addressed the pros and cons of relying on concealment when managing reloads or malfs...do we stay in position or get down? My experience has been that trees are only concealment, as even 5.56 (especially green tip M855) cuts through most trees like they weren't even there. 7.62x54R and 7.62 NATO blast through them as well.

 

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Here are several views from all horizontal aspects of the small tree loophole:

 

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Front view with typical boonie shadow, compounded by black sunglasses and black portions of rifle:

 

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Modified kneeling supported:



Snapshot of some stray, wandering vagabond through the course:



SA Orange:

 

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16" Grendel. The more I work with this profile gun and cartridge, the more I like it. Been using it for 4 years now, and it really shines in the DM role, where an 18" gun is harder to get into positions with, and 77gr SMK's sound like a child threw a small pebble at the steel at 300yds on out. The 123gr A-MAX from the Grendel has way less wind drift, and hits steel like a boss.





From tip of cliff out-cropping, go up to first bush, then left. You'll see half of a red steel plate as it's being impacted by a 123gr A-MAX, and the dust being kicked up from the lead splatter (You'll have to zoom in, focusing on the upper 1/3 section of the image.):


Environmental impact study results:

Wildlife traumatized...

Endangered species afraid to reproduce...

Homo sapiens still can afford to leave .22 brass, but the Lake City brass was recovered.

 

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One of the few instances where something resembling prone was used:

DMR Class - Price, UT - YouTube