Basic Handgun Training Video - Glock 17

DacterMan · December 8, 2014, 07:09 PM

Hey There,

So I recently produced a video about firing handguns, specifically the Glock 17. The video's main goal is to be entertaining, but I was also hoping to instill some of the reality of what training with a gun is like. It's for a show that covers a wide variety of topics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SB5...157Mi4Fhw30V3q

The firearms instructor didn't really teach marksmanship as much as he did self defense, so he just wanted us to blow away at a target without thinking.

What do you think? Useful or just wildly dumb video?

Thanks

Salmoneye · December 9, 2014, 07:06 AM

I guess I am not sure who this is aimed at...

(see what I did there?)

tepin · December 9, 2014, 01:30 PM

Maybe less "funny" stuff. Maybe change "you killed him" to "you stopped the threat"... seems more aligned with other training. Killing isn't the goal. People shoot to save life.

g.willikers · December 10, 2014, 08:52 AM

Very cute and entertaining.
And well done.
Well, except for the learning anything part.
I enjoyed it very much.
Good job - except for the learning anything part.

T-90 · December 14, 2014, 07:21 PM

I never cared for locking the wrists up. I usually shoot handguns with relaxed wrists and relaxed elbows.

December 8, 2014, 07:09 PM	#1
DacterMan Junior Member Join Date: December 8, 2014 Posts: 1	Basic Handgun Training Video - Glock 17 Hey There, So I recently produced a video about firing handguns, specifically the Glock 17. The video's main goal is to be entertaining, but I was also hoping to instill some of the reality of what training with a gun is like. It's for a show that covers a wide variety of topics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SB5...157Mi4Fhw30V3q The firearms instructor didn't really teach marksmanship as much as he did self defense, so he just wanted us to blow away at a target without thinking. What do you think? Useful or just wildly dumb video? Thanks

December 9, 2014, 01:30 PM	#3
tepin Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2006 Location: FL Posts: 129	Maybe less "funny" stuff. Maybe change "you killed him" to "you stopped the threat"... seems more aligned with other training. Killing isn't the goal. People shoot to save life. __________________ "Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife." by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335, 343 (16 May 1921).

December 10, 2014, 08:52 AM	#4
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Very cute and entertaining. And well done. Well, except for the learning anything part. I enjoyed it very much. Good job - except for the learning anything part. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

December 9, 2014, 07:06 AM	#2
Salmoneye Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 2,076	I guess I am not sure who this is aimed at... (see what I did there?)

December 14, 2014, 07:21 PM	#5
T-90 Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2011 Posts: 145	I never cared for locking the wrists up. I usually shoot handguns with relaxed wrists and relaxed elbows.