Author: James Cano

1. What is your prior firearm experience?

This is the 32nd class I have taken, so I would say experienced

2. What firearm/setup were you shooting?

Chambers Custom 2011 WMG-CC

3. What did you hope to learn going into this class?

Better manipulations,  mag changes, and learning some of the technical data on the 2011.

4. What was your biggest takeaway from the class?

The Classroom data was incredible

5. What area did you improve the most?

Understanding the operating system better and the ignition system.

6. Is there anything you thought you would learn but did not?

not really, we covered way more than expected.

7. What did you think of AJ’s teaching style?

I liked his style, he worked with each student individually on their strengths and weakness.

8. What did you think about the mechanical part of the class?

That was my favorite part, the 1911/2011 has always been intimidating to me.

9. What do you think made this class better than other classes you have taken?

it was great to have all the students on one platform, and all having the same questions and problems

10. What’s next for you?

World Domination, more fitness modeling, maybe an oscar win

Master Class in USPSA. Black Belt Patch holder. 3x Impact Shoot Two winner. Shipping Wizard. Pete is just a jack of all trades. For this edition, we decided to take a look at his range bag and hopefully find something that either Josh Vance stole, or any kind of item to give us an edge on becoming better shooters.

-Cano

Continuing our monthly drill series with the AIM Surplus target, we present to you Version 1.3

Draw from concealment at 7 yards.

1 round into each 2-inch square

perform slide lock reload

4 rounds into the B8 in under 6 seconds.

Sub 6 seconds, send us footage with your clean target, show that you are 7 yards, and show the timer and we will send you something pretty sweet. Could be a shirt, could be a patch, could be an autographed 8×10 of Josh Vance for you to use as a target. Only one way to find out.

Check it out!

-Cano

Tim… Tim likes FDE. He really likes it. When you watch this video you will see just how much he enjoys it. This installment of the what’s in your bag series is a good example of the different types of shooters we have here, not all of us bring the same stuff, and not all of us shoot primarily pistols. Some of us do not even have range bags for pistols, only rifle bags…or in some cases no bag, just whatever you can carry. Enjoy!

Custom Glocks are something that will never go away, and budget Glocks are something that will never go away. Why should they? You take a proven and reliable platform, find a way to make it more affordable, and make changes to cater to a specific crowd. That is a win-win.

Anderson decided to throw their hat in the ring with the KIGER 9c. A Glock 19-size firearm with a solid foundation. SCT frames have been blowing up, you may see this frame on the Kiger and think man that looks like an SCT frame. You are right it is. SCT made the frame and branded them with Anderson’s logos and name. Everything else is Anderson. The barrel is really nice and the only knock I have against it is that it is not an optic cut. It has a clean design with front and rear serrations. It is just missing the optic cut.

The frame is great and custom enough to please the majority, another cool part being that you still have plenty to work with if you wanted to customize it even more. Deeper undercut, shave some spots down, and get it laser engraved and stippled at Aim Surplus. Plenty of real estate to work with!

Check them out before they are gone!

-Cano

What happens when you take a 20-dollar optic and toss it on a $50k full auto mp5? Turns out, not much. They stayed on, didn’t break, and seemed to hold zero but who can hold a small group with full auto mag dumps? I thought for sure the beating of the shotgun would make the optic not work or even fly off but to all of our surprise, it held steady.

Check it out:

Normally you go to work and repeat the cycle Monday through Friday. At AIM, some of us are fortunate enough that we get to do cooler stuff. Sometimes it’s Monday through Saturday but Saturday we are at a night vision demo shooting night vision. Today, we needed to film the next installment of our AIM drills. We also have a full auto MP5 that we want to start using to do cool stuff.

Stay tuned for the new drill and some fun MP5 content.

-Cano

We talk about going to the range and running drills and training hard. That’s always fun sure. Do you know what is just as fun? Mag Dumps and shooting to shoot. Relieve some stress. That is precisely what I and world-famous Josh Vance did this weekend. For once, in I don’t know how long, we did not put up drills to run or set up stages. We loaded up mags, and just dumped them. It was fun and much-needed after a long week. We ran MP5s, Staccatos, MPX’s, Flux braces and a 365xl. Tossed cans on anything that would hold them, and just had fun. It was a welcomed change of pace.

We also may have put on a costume and done a Halloween photoshoot. That is for a different time though.

Hit the range and go have fun. It can be training and doing drills sure but, go mag dump and let your inner Rambo out to feast!

-Cano

To continue our what is in your bag series, I decided to knock mine out real quick as I was switching to a new bag. I thought about going with a Vertx bag and decided I don’t need to spend that much money and realized the Savior Equipment range bags were almost the perfect size. I could use a little more space for mags but that’s not a huge issue. Check it out: https://youtu.be/_fMQslRlwQY

-Cano

You just got a new SCT Frame and are excited to build your new setup when… you have to decide on a holster. Most P80 or aftermarket Glock-style frames do not work with your average Glock holster. It can be a frustrating time to figure out what fits, so we decided to do some of the work for you.

We had the troops gather up every non-light-bearing Glock 19 holster they could find so we could see what fit!

Check this out!

Since you cannot leave comments on our blog due to nonstop spam, let us know on the youtube video if you guys find another holster that fits so we can help everyone get what they need!

-Cano