YOUR Range Day Make IT COUNT

So many times, I go to the range, and I see people just blasting rounds down range with ZERO purpose.

Continues Kielma, “what do I mean by this...let me explain”.

This past Sunday I witnessed a young man hit the range and I saw that all he wanted to do was take his new guns and put rounds down range.

After I saw him go through a WHOLE mag on his Socom that his grandfather just gave him, I asked him what he was training.

He just looked at me with a blank stare.

I told him every round that came out of that rifle, it should have a purpose.

Are you zeroing the weapon? Are you shooting for accuracy? Are you working on positions? Are you working on acquiring your sights faster?

I then went on to explain the course of fire I did with people all has a purpose. We started on working the fundamentals by getting all shots inside a small circle on the target from the 5, then the 7 and then the 10 yard line.

Once we had that down, we progressed to speed drills. We worked on single shots from the holster with a shot timer. Then we progressed to accelerated pairs and then ended with 4 to 6 rapid shots to make sure we weren't just training 2 shots at a time, because the objective in a gun fight is to continue to fire until the threat is down.

My point to this is that you need to have a plan before you hit the range. Write out exactly what you are going to drill before you get there.

Ammo is expensive and you should not waste quality training time just sending rounds down range without a purpose.

If you need help with coming up with drills, please give me a call me 941 737-6956 or Email me at kielmagregory@gmail.com

Stay Safe and Situationally Aware

Gregg Kielma

ERT Captain

Tactical K Training and Firearms President and Chief Instructor