ADVANCED TACTICAL RIFLE

Title: ADVANCED TACTICAL RIFLE
Description: Pre-requisite: Introduction to the AR-15 / M-4 Rifle course – or firearms training course of equivalent level.
The following firearms training topics will be covered:
• Firearms training safety review.
• Principals of personal defense.
• Rapid deployment methodology and concepts.
• Mental conditioning and combat mindset.
• Enhanced tactical aptitude.
• Review fundamentals of shooting a rifle.
• The natural action stance.
• Methodology of shooting the rifle.
• Loading / unloading the patrol rifle.
• Review use of conventional and tactical sling systems.
• Combat gun-handling skills.
• Presentation from low ready, high ready and indoor ready.
• Refining presentation technique.
• Balancing speed and accuracy.
• Enhanced tactical speed shooting concepts.
• Reducing stimulus / response time.
• Moving off the line of force.
• Threat assessment and area scanning.
• Engaging threats while advancing and withdrawing.
• Engaging threats from static turns and pivots.
• Engaging multiple threats while negotiating obstacles.
• Dominating the weapon, threat and visual areas.
• Ammunition management and reloading techniques.
• Transition to secondary weapon system.
• Malfunction clearance drills.
• Multiple threat engagement strategies.
• Close Quarter Battle (CQB) techniques.
• Drugged assailant and body armor defeating drills.
• Use of the flash sight picture vs. perfect sight alignment.
• Front sight proximity shooting.
• Weapon retention issues.
• Deployment from vehicles.
• Man vs. man stress drill shoot-offs.
• Up / down drills.

Date: 2011-09-17