Grad School
OpSpec Training's Practical Fundamentals Class and what you thought you knew about pistol shooting
It almost sounds like a riddle, or a really bad shooting joke: “How do you solve marksmanship problems? With marksmanship!” But it’s neither a riddle, nor a joke. The temptation is to sit there on your couch, or your toilet, and scoff. Of course, the key to good shooting is marksmanship. But people love gadgets. We’re so proud of our ingenuity and our ability to innovate that we let our equipment short-circuit our skill set. Everything from race holsters to red dots have been designed and marketed to make us “better” shooters — a faster first shot, easier target acquisition, and more shots with less trigger manipulation. Don’t get us wrong, we’re not turning our noses up at any of that stuff — we have an aftermarket trigger and sights on our Glock.
But you have to attend to your fundamentals, and this is the philosophy of the instructors at Operational Specific Training. We recently attended their two-day Practical Fundamentals course and were highly impressed with how much progress was achievable with so little training time. OpSpec stresses that futzing with your equipment isn’t necessary, and none of it will solve whatever shortcomings you might have as a marksman.
