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above: Firing from behind cover is
sometimes preferable to the barricade
position. This young student is
progressing rapidly.
below: The first class and a good
group with the Taurus .40.
have all made the wrong decision at one
time or the other concerning handgun
choice, tactics, holsters and ammunition,
but the instructor’s job is to challenge
and instruct the student.
I have developed a fifty-round drill
that tells a lot about the student’s skills
and ability with the chosen handgun,
caliber, and ammunition. These drills
are useful as entrance drills for advanced
courses and for evaluation before choosing
a handgun. Expending fifty rounds of
ammunition is much easier to do than
to spend more than five hundred dollars
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