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Bring lots of water, Gatorade. Getting dehydrated must be avoided and you have to keep ahead of it. I like smart water because it has electrolytes, but there are others available. Make sure you bring a lot more than you think you’ll drink. On a hot day, you will sweat under the sun and you will need a lot of water to stay hydrated. Have some Pedialyte in your bag and drink it during the day. (Amazon.com) Whenever you go back and recharge your magazines you should be drinking a lot of water. Every time!
Bring a lunch, snacks, fruit, whatever you normally eat. You need to keep your blood sugar normal and your mind focused on safe gun handling. If you are starving your mind tends to wander. Make a sandwich, buy a sandwich, take some snacks, candy bars (keep them in a cool place or they will melt if it's hot) I like the cheese and crackers, peanut butter, and crackers I leave them in my ammo can so I can snack on them if I get hungry while I am recharging mags.
When you are done recharging your mags, hydrating your body get back to the firing line. Don’t hang out chatting at the loading tables. Some instructors won’t call you over, they will just wait until all of you are back up on the line.
Have your ammo lose in an ammo can. (Amazon.com or Amazon.com) take them out of the boxes at home. If you do it on the range you’ll have a ton of cardboard boxes to dispose of on the range. Keep the ammo can lid closed when you are not taking the bullets out. Keep the sun and rain off the rounds. The sun can get them very hot…
Get a UpLULA mag loader. It is the best and inexpensive. Your hands, fingers, and thumbs will thank you!
A camp chair is nice to get off your feet at lunch or if you have a longer break. I always bring at least two.
D-lead wipes are almost a MUST. Before eating lunch and after the day is over. Use them. Lead poisoning is a real thing! (Amazon.com )
I’ll bring a canopy tent if it's going to be very sunny/hot or raining (Amazon.com )
A foldable utility cart helps (Amazon.com)
A foldable loading table if the range does not have them on the range. Email the instructor and ask (Amazon.com)
The best knee pad I have found ALTA 50413 (Amazon.com)
The best range bag I have used: Cannae Pro Gear Armory Range Bag (Amazon.com)
The best range raincoats I have used: Duluth Trading: Men's Improved No-Rainer Jacket (Men's Improved No-Rainer Jacket) & OR Men's Foray it has awesome side zippers easy access to your gun (Men's Foray GORE-TEX® Jacket)
Favorite pants to take classes with:
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TAKING A SHOOTING CLASS/GUNFIGHTING CLASS? Here are some tips (Part 1)
TAKING A SHOOTING CLASS/GUNFIGHTING CLASS? SOME TIPS: There are a lot of new shooters wanting to go to classes. I thought I would share some suggestions, tips, and what I bring to a class. The first thing is an open mind. Does not matter if this is your first or one-hundredth class. Walk in...
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Bring lots of water, Gatorade. Getting dehydrated must be avoided and you have to keep ahead of it. I like smart water because it has electrolytes, but there are others available. Make sure you bring a lot more than you think you’ll drink. On a hot day, you will sweat under the sun and you will need a lot of water to stay hydrated. Have some Pedialyte in your bag and drink it during the day. (Amazon.com) Whenever you go back and recharge your magazines you should be drinking a lot of water. Every time!
Bring a lunch, snacks, fruit, whatever you normally eat. You need to keep your blood sugar normal and your mind focused on safe gun handling. If you are starving your mind tends to wander. Make a sandwich, buy a sandwich, take some snacks, candy bars (keep them in a cool place or they will melt if it's hot) I like the cheese and crackers, peanut butter, and crackers I leave them in my ammo can so I can snack on them if I get hungry while I am recharging mags.
When you are done recharging your mags, hydrating your body get back to the firing line. Don’t hang out chatting at the loading tables. Some instructors won’t call you over, they will just wait until all of you are back up on the line.
Have your ammo lose in an ammo can. (Amazon.com or Amazon.com) take them out of the boxes at home. If you do it on the range you’ll have a ton of cardboard boxes to dispose of on the range. Keep the ammo can lid closed when you are not taking the bullets out. Keep the sun and rain off the rounds. The sun can get them very hot…
Get a UpLULA mag loader. It is the best and inexpensive. Your hands, fingers, and thumbs will thank you!
A camp chair is nice to get off your feet at lunch or if you have a longer break. I always bring at least two.
D-lead wipes are almost a MUST. Before eating lunch and after the day is over. Use them. Lead poisoning is a real thing! (Amazon.com )
I’ll bring a canopy tent if it's going to be very sunny/hot or raining (Amazon.com )
A foldable utility cart helps (Amazon.com)
A foldable loading table if the range does not have them on the range. Email the instructor and ask (Amazon.com)
The best knee pad I have found ALTA 50413 (Amazon.com)
The best range bag I have used: Cannae Pro Gear Armory Range Bag (Amazon.com)
The best range raincoats I have used: Duluth Trading: Men's Improved No-Rainer Jacket (Men's Improved No-Rainer Jacket) & OR Men's Foray it has awesome side zippers easy access to your gun (Men's Foray GORE-TEX® Jacket)
Favorite pants to take classes with:
- 5.11 Defender flex straight pants
- Vertx Defiance Jeans
- Viktos Operatus XP Jean
- SOE Belts (Belts)
- Blue Alpha Gear (EDC Belts - Blue Alpha Belts )
- Langdon Tactical: The Foundation Belt (The Foundation Belt)
- Kore Gun Belts (Gun Belts)
- Mean Jean Leather Belts (Mean Gene Leather | Product categories Belts)
- NSR Tactical (nsrtactical.com)
- Dark Star Gear (Holsters – Dark Star Gear)
- 508 Holsters (508holsters.com)
- Phlster Holsters (phlsterholsters.com)
- Tenicore Holsters (tenicor.com )
- Outdoor Research Aerator Gloves
- PIG Full Dexterity Tactical (FDT) Delta Utility Gloves
- Mechanix Wear: Tactical Specialty 0.5mm High-Dexterity Tactical Work Gloves
- LLbean Apex Waterfowl Vest
- Carhartt Men's Rain Defender Heavyweight Sweatshirt
- Baselayer tops & bottoms heavyweight
- LLbean Double Jeans, Fleece-Lined
- LLbean Maine Guide Wool Pants with Prima-Loft
- Winter down coat (I’ll bring an extra one and leave it in the car in case another student does not have one)
- I like hoodies, you can pull the hood over your ear pro.
- I get an XL large winter beanie, so it fits over my earpro. I find that putting the earpro over a beanie does not make a good seal on my ears and it’s too loud. If I go that way, I’ll add earplugs and earpro
- I have tried the battery-operated pants and vests. They work, they are gimmicky, bulky under clothes. The batteries are heavy and awkward. Depending on how cold it is going to be I may wear them. (don’t judge!)
- Hand warmers in my pockets, when I can, my hands are warming up holding the hand warmers. Bring a lot of them.
- Fleece neck gaiter
- I wait until the end of the season and buy down vests, jackets when they come on clearance. I don’t care about the color as long as they are warm. They become training clothes. (I have some butt ugly winter jackets!)
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TAKING A SHOOTING CLASS/GUNFIGHTING CLASS? Here are some tips (Part 3)
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Taking a shooting class / gun fighting class
Taking a shooting class / gun fighting class? Some tips: There are a lot of new shooters wanting to go to classes. I thought I would share some suggestions, tips and what I bring to a class. First thing is an open mind. Does not matter if this is your fist or one hundredth class. Walk in with...
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