These days, reading the news is just plain depressing. We are bombarded with stories of home invasions, muggings, car jacking, abduction, assault- the list of the bad news is seemingly endless. As a result of this, many people are turning to the purchase of a firearm for self protection and home defense.
They are investing the time in practice. Have planned out how to handle various situations, should something happen.
There is a shortfall though. You can only practice so much on a range- any range- during normal business hours. Being limited to single lane use and having to be stationary will teach you a lot about handling your firearm and how it shoots, but you won't be able to develop your strategies for having to shoot AND move that way. And you surely do not want to shoot up your home to test theories for real world scenarios.
Range Master Matt Harrell and Assistant Manager Joe Scull put their heads together to come up with a solution for this training issue, and Saturday Night Action Shoots were born.
These shoots are not timed nor scored. The range staff study the news and come up with scenarios from real life happenings. Each shoot involves target movement, target identification, shot placement, use of cover, magazine changes and low light settings. Taking advantage of our state of the art range's abilities, the lighting is adjusted and targets are controlled from the Range Booth. This allows for "surprise attacks" by Bad Guys, which really gives you a good feel for how things may happen in real life.
As you arrive and sign in, one of our Range Safety Officers does a Safety Briefing. At which time, all participants eye and ear up, and head out to the range for the first drill. The first drill is a qualifier, involving several elements that allow RSO's to determine the skill level and safety awareness of each participant. After qualifying, each participant works through more scenarios that have been planned from recent events in the news.
The purpose of each drill- from a home invasion situation (low light) to being approached by multiple assailants coming at you from an alley way- is to allow each shooter to get a feel for what it might be like should this ever happen in their life. It provides a better look at how your body will handle situations while you are moving, shows you how to reload on the go, and allows you to expand your defensive skill set. Please Note: This is NOT a training event- range staff is on hand to over see safety and set up the scenarios, but they are NOT providing actual defensive training during the event. If you are interested in defensive training, that can be provided in a one on one setting by qualified instructors. Ask the Range Master for more information.
Sound like something you'd like to participate in? Come on and join us! Saturday, August 13- arrive at the Range by 5:45PM for sign in and briefing.
Patrick's Indoor Gun Range
Highway 80
Garden City GA
912-355-0205
Highway 80
Garden City GA
912-355-0205
