You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know - How to Start Assessing Your Shooting

This entry analyzes Lewis Hamilton's exceptional natural shooting talent as assessed by Taran Butler, founder of Taran Tactical Innovations. Butler, an expert instructor, highlights Hamilton's immediate proficiency with both a TTI Glock and a TTI Combat Master Shotgun, despite having virtually no prior experience. The assessment focuses on speed, accuracy, recoil management, and innate ability, suggesting Hamilton possesses elite-level potential with further training.

This video emphasizes fundamental pistol shooting techniques, particularly focusing on grip and trigger control. It explores advanced concepts like riding recoil and using single targets creatively for training. The discussion also touches on the importance of consistent practice and the benefits of proper grip for overall shooting performance.

This comprehensive training session, led by world-class competitive shooter Lena Miculek, focuses on maximizing efficiency with just 50 rounds. It covers essential skills from various start positions and target acquisition to advanced drills like rapid fire, target transitions, and slide-lock reloads. Miculek emphasizes data tracking for performance improvement and using affordable training methods.

This video emphasizes focusing on the precision of firearm transitions rather than solely on time goals. Instructor Joel Park advises against 'juicing the gun' or using excessive muscle to rush transitions. Instead, he advocates for a direct path from spot to spot, relying on visual cues like the color of the sight or the dot appearing as a stable shape before breaking the shot. The advice extends to draw-stroke analysis, highlighting that raw numbers don't tell the full story due to factors like movement stabilization and pre-aiming.

This video demonstrates an efficient firearm practice methodology focused on maximizing repetitions and learning from each shot. Instructor Joel Park, alongside competitive shooter Lane Greece, emphasizes walking through a course of fire, performing multiple runs before scoring, and analyzing target results for improvement. The approach aims to reduce downtime and increase the actionable takeaways from a training session, making practice more effective.

This video details the T.REX ARMS Scrambler Drill, a technical and difficult assessment designed to evaluate rifle handling, movement, and marksmanship under pressure. The drill is performed both 'slick' and with full tactical kit to highlight differences in performance. The primary takeaway is that this drill should be used as an assessment tool, with individual components then isolated for focused practice to achieve actual improvement, rather than simply repeating the assessment.

Lucas Botkin, founder of T.Rex Arms, shares his expert insights on optimizing carbine builds based on extensive round counts. He details his philosophy on barrel length versus optic choice, preferring red dots for shorter barrels and magnification for longer ones. Botkin also discusses preferences for muzzle devices, foregrips, lights, lasers, and triggers, emphasizing reliability and simplicity for high-volume use.

This video details a critical incident during a firearms class where a custom-built pistol, featuring numerous aftermarket parts, experienced unintended discharges. The instructors meticulously troubleshoot the issue, identifying tolerance stacking and specific magazine fit as the likely culprits. They emphasize the importance of testing aftermarket components and the potential pitfalls of combining non-OEM parts.

This video discusses the practical considerations of Short Barreled Rifles (SBRs) with firearms instructor Nick Young. Key takeaways include the benefits of SBRs for suppressor use, the legal complexities involving ATF travel paperwork, and the potential reliability issues and increased violence in shorter-barreled platforms. The discussion also touches on the importance of proper buffer systems and the tendency for 'Franken-guns' to fail in training.

Hwansik Kim explains his 'No Friction Grip' technique, developed to maintain control in adverse conditions like sweaty hands or rain. The method emphasizes specific pressure points, particularly using the support hand's index finger on the trigger guard and the top knuckles of the support hand on the firing hand. This technique aims to minimize reliance on grip enhancers and provide consistent control through recoil by creating a stable platform without excessive friction.