Month: October 2023

One of our favorite instructors came to see us this last weekend, AJ Zito! He is the man. The nicest guy around and a 1911 guru. Last year, three of us took his 1911/2011 driver class which was incredible. This time around he was here to show you how to perform with your pistol, vision focus, and blending accuracy and speed.

We had a very wet weekend, which seems to be the trend when AJ comes to town. There were 4 of us in the class and we got to do a whole bunch of shooting and talking trash. It was a lot of fun, especially for what is probably the last class of the year for us. Went over some really cool vision work and blending speed and accuracy, if you get the chance to take a class with AJ please do it.

Here is a little something from the class:

https://youtube.com/shorts/xsXEIvxvUGM?feature=share

Something pretty cool has just gone down. We are now the exclusive supplier of ODGreen Suppressors from our friends at Grifin Armament. Check this out.

https://youtu.be/yKEjZ97KRmo

https://aimsurplus.com/categories/griffin-armament-1/sort-by-brand/odg-silencers

Tons of cool options, calibers, and mounting systems. All the goodies!

The last installment from the Velox Class we all took a couple weeks ago. Master Class Shooter in USPSA: Peter Woolard

1. What is your prior firearm experience?

I’ve been shooting for about five years and have been competing in USPSA for four years now.  I’ve taken multiple classes from different high-level instructors. (I’ve only disappointed one of them personally though)

2. What firearm/setup were you shooting?

For day one I shot my M&P 2.0 with an Apex trigger, SRO, and frame and slide work by Monsoon Tactical.  On day two I shot my carry handle build with a Holosun red dot and Deadair Sandman S

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

I hoped to be able to refine my vision more.  Picking small spots on the target instead of looking at the whole target has been a struggle for me recently.

4. What was your biggest takeaway from the class?

The importance of vision.

5. What area did you improve the most?

Picking small spots on “harder” targets.

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

Nope

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

Nick does a great job of explaining the whys and hows and showing you different examples of good and bad runs before he has you run a drill.  He was able to give clear feedback to each student that they could understand and start to implement immediately.

8. Are you interested in taking another of his rifle classes?

I would definitely train with Nick again.

9. What did you think of Nick’s standards?

The standards are difficult but definitely attainable.  I’m still kicking myself for failing them.

10. What’s next for you?

 I’m going to finish out the USPSA season and then probably shoot a lot of rifles over the winter.

Well, I just finished Gabe White’s Pistol Shooting Solutions class at Impact Shooting Center, and I finally earned his Turbo Pin.   If you haven’t heard of Gabe White, I will tell you this is a class you need to take.   Gabe is a world-renowned instructor and Competition shooter, who I guarantee will make you a better shooter.   

Gabe’s class is a good mix of defensive and performance in his instruction and drills.    He also packs in the value, he fits in 3 days of curriculum into two long days of class.  I appreciate this as a student, as I miss less work, and I do prefer fewer breaks and downtime in a class.    Gabe is also famous for his pin drills. In his class, there are four tests you will take twice each.   

• The Bill Drill (six shots to the body)
• Failure to Stop (two shots to the body and one shot to the head)
• Immediate Incapacitation (two shots to the head)
• The Split Bill Drill (four shots to the body and two shots to the head)  

To earn his Turbo pin, you must have four runs at the turbo time levels.  

(There is a .25 second time reduction from running the drills from concealed)

• Bill Drill, 2.00 (Theoretical Breakdown:  1.00 + .20 + .20 + .20 + .20 + .20)
• Failure to Stop, 1.70 (Theoretical Breakdown:  1.00 + .20 + .50)
• Immediate Incapacitation, 2.00 (Theoretical Breakdown:  1.50 + .50)
• Split Bill Drill, 2.60 (Theoretical Breakdown:  1.00 + .20 + .20 + .20 + .50 + .50)

I had taken the class one other time in 2019 and got a light pin (slower time standards) with three turbo times.  

In this class, I shot 5 turbo runs and finally earned the turbo pin.   Here are the results from my successful run.

-Failure to Stop run 1, 1.72, adj to 1.48 (turbo run)

-Failure to Stop run 2, 1.68, missed headshot

-Immediate incapacitation run 1 1.98 (turbo run)

-Immediate incapacitation run 2 2.34 but had a missed headshot

-Split Bill Drill Run 1 2.68, adj to 2.43 (turbo run)

-Split Bill Drill Run 1 2.75, adj to 2.50 (turbo run)

Our next giveaway has gone live! You don’t have to be from a galaxy far far away to win either! Head to https://aimsurplus.com/pages/giveaways

1. What is your prior firearm experience? Beginner

2. What firearm/setup were you shooting? Glock19x w/SRO & Arsenal SLR106 with holosun red dot (5.56 AK)

3. What did you hope to learn going into this class? In general just want to get better 

4. What was your biggest takeaway from the class? Still need to work on fundamentals. Then pick a spot on the target and the dot will naturally go there as well as not get sucked into the dot.

5. What area did you improve the most? I had improvements everywhere

6. Is there anything you thought you would learn but did not? No

7. What did you think of Nick’s teaching style? Good, he is down to earth and easily/clearly explains things

8. Are you interested in taking more classes? yes

9. What did you think of the standard runs? I really liked them, the standards covered everything he taught over the weekend.

10. What’s next for you? Hopefully more classes

Matt Fry ladies and gentlemen…. come see Matt at AIM DAY!