Had another wonderful Saturday in
Makhaira Group's Tactical Pistol 2 Course with my wife. What a GREAT Father's Day present!
Mark Hotaling spent six hours with us sharing more advanced handgun tactics -- shooting while moving, from back, transitions (back to knee, knee to standing), use of cover, indexed at hip and firing while bringing to sights (hope I never need to rely on that!), shooting from a vehicle, and more. Supported by his co-instructor Dan, Mark moved quickly, building a strong foundation on which to build increasingly complex skills and tactics. For me, probably one of the best learned skills was drawing, shooting, and reloading off- and single-handed. This is something I need to practice much more -- drawing off-handed and transitioning to a firing position can be finicky and it's going to be tough to do under stress! In all, the class was superb. Mark and Dan really know how to make the class fun while dealing with the extremely serious business of tactical shooting.
Mark had installed new HiViz sights on my SIG SAUER P226 Friday. I went with a green front sight and red rear signts. HiViz uses light pipes to create high contrast to help you more quickly find your sight picture and more quickly focus on your front sight. This seemed to compliment my P226 well, but I need to spend some more time on the range to confirm my opinion.
