MDTS: Practical Shotgun Skills 1
Sun, Jun 24
|Iron Works Training Center
Time & Location
Jun 24, 2018, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Iron Works Training Center, 301 Ryan St, Holmen, WI 54636, USA
About the event
The MDTS Practical Shotgun Skills class is designed for anyone interested in personal protection with a shotgun. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, dry-fire and live fire drills students will develop familiarization and proficiency with their personal shotgun. This class is ideal for home defense with your smoothbore. It is set up for the Remington 870, 1100, 1187 and Mossberg 500 and 590 platforms but other platforms can and have been used in this class effectively.
Cost: $225*
* If you are attending Practical Pistol Skills 1 on the 23rd you pay $350 for both days.
Course content will include but is not limited to:
Mindset
Firearm Safety/Range Safety
Patterning
Ammunition & Selection
Modifications & Options
Four Points of Contact, Mounting & Recoil Mitigation
Ready Conditions- Vehicle/Home Ready/Tactical Ready
Shotgun Ready Positions
Preparatory Gun Handling
Verbal Commands
Shooting Response Theory
After Action Assessment
Emergency & Tactical Loading
Slug Select Drill
Fundamental Use of Cover & Concealment
Equipment List:
A serviceable shotgun
300 Bird shot
25 00Buck Shot
10 Slug
Eye and Ear protection
appropriate clothing for weather
H2O
Optional equipment:
sling
gloves & knee pads
* A pistol is not required to attend this course.
Additional Equipment Considerations:
Weapon mounted illumination tool
knee & elbow protection
note taking materials
lunch for a full day class