I attended SigSauer’s 2 day concealed carry class earlier this week – this is 2 very full days which I would suppose is their main concealed carry class.
Having gone through their 102 and 103 Pistol classes (both of which are 8 hrs long), this continues the “Sig” style of teaching which I find is extremely high quality, though leaning a little to the training of LEO.
Bottom line it was a very good class (4 stars out of 5) – especially day 2 where we worked through scenarios and more advanced moving, drawing & shooting. We finished with a IDPA type stage involving moving, taking cover and engaging multiple BG on moving/flip targets.
I found the “refresher” (really an instructor evaluation of us) during day #1 was almost a complete rehash of their 103 class I took back in June. I would have liked to move faster, but appreciated the refresher nonetheless.
Full class of 12, including 2 secret service and 2 LEO from NJ. Class was probably 50/50 LEO and civilian which made it interesting. They were there to do the CC instructor class which was day 3
Class focused a lot on practical fighting tactics, i.e. moving, drawing and firing from lots of different positions (squat, kneel, prone, sitting), using cover and moving. Some precision shooting up to 25yds, but mostly 3-7yds get-the-job-done type drills.
After the initial discussions on defensive carry and holster choice, most people did the class with either duty rig or full/medium sized pistols in belt holsters. On day 2 I used my IWB Crossbreed holster and got so much more out of using a real concealed carry holster. I would have liked a little more on carrying concealed - how not to print, outer clothing discussions etc.
As with all SigSauer classes, free use of any SigSauer pistol you wanted – quite a few trying out the Sig P250. I used my P229-9mm.
Finally, it was an intensive 2 days, but 75% of the drills and exercises are
done at IDPA practices I go to at Harvard. Reinforces that IDPA (less the procedural crap) is awesome training in it own right for concealed carry.
-Tim
Having gone through their 102 and 103 Pistol classes (both of which are 8 hrs long), this continues the “Sig” style of teaching which I find is extremely high quality, though leaning a little to the training of LEO.
Bottom line it was a very good class (4 stars out of 5) – especially day 2 where we worked through scenarios and more advanced moving, drawing & shooting. We finished with a IDPA type stage involving moving, taking cover and engaging multiple BG on moving/flip targets.
I found the “refresher” (really an instructor evaluation of us) during day #1 was almost a complete rehash of their 103 class I took back in June. I would have liked to move faster, but appreciated the refresher nonetheless.
Full class of 12, including 2 secret service and 2 LEO from NJ. Class was probably 50/50 LEO and civilian which made it interesting. They were there to do the CC instructor class which was day 3
Class focused a lot on practical fighting tactics, i.e. moving, drawing and firing from lots of different positions (squat, kneel, prone, sitting), using cover and moving. Some precision shooting up to 25yds, but mostly 3-7yds get-the-job-done type drills.
After the initial discussions on defensive carry and holster choice, most people did the class with either duty rig or full/medium sized pistols in belt holsters. On day 2 I used my IWB Crossbreed holster and got so much more out of using a real concealed carry holster. I would have liked a little more on carrying concealed - how not to print, outer clothing discussions etc.
As with all SigSauer classes, free use of any SigSauer pistol you wanted – quite a few trying out the Sig P250. I used my P229-9mm.
Finally, it was an intensive 2 days, but 75% of the drills and exercises are
done at IDPA practices I go to at Harvard. Reinforces that IDPA (less the procedural crap) is awesome training in it own right for concealed carry.
-Tim