Training, training, training.

So this summer MilCopp Tactical was busy with several different rifle courses, both Level I and Level II. The Level II course we just finished was a two-day course set in the wilds of rural Ohio and brought students from all over the US, which was very cool for us as a start up company. The competence of the students was very high for this course; we as instructors were very impressed with the motivation and skill level of the students. There were seriously, no fuck-ups. We honestly expected a couple Mall Ninja's due to the fact that the class was organized by website members of Zombie Squad. They were in no way Nunja's; every person came to learn and participate 100%, which is more than I can say for some of the students in other, recent. classes. The ZS members gear was all squared away, they were competent with their rifles and they had good skills in place to build on. More importantly, they had all zeroed their rifles BEFORE the class. Other than a sling adjustment or a vert-grip change up, we did not have to spend any time on gear-speech's or unfucking someone's rig.

At first, the range we ended up on was considered the "third string" of our choices. The first choice being closed due to legal troubles with neighbors, the second choice closed to us due to the FUD mindset of one of the co-owners. Once we got the "Cow Pie City" range as the students were calling it, everything fell into place. We had nearly five acres of range area and three backstops to play with ranging from a gravel pit to a ravine and finally another older gravel pit which were separated by a nice hill at the center. The area became the staging for the highlight of the class; the team oriented Bounding Overwatch Drills at the end of day two.

The students themselves had experience ranging from current military service to classes with other instructors, to first time taking a class of any sort. In spite of the experience gaps, not a single student bowed out, nor did we have any kind of range infractions that brought danger to any instructor or student. This is a concern when running a class that keep rifles and pistol "hot" at all times and on the body from minute one to the last second of the day. It was a demanding course which built on itself with each new skill introduced. We at MilCopp Tactical are very proud of this class.

If you follow the link (embedded in the title), you can read the student After Action Reports. These are all their impressions of the class.