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Heat. Heat. [Music] All right, guys. Thank you for tuning in again to episode 8 of the Freedom Files. Today we're guest starring Dave Rosting, welder, fabricator, and shooting enthusiast. My man Dave right here is with us. We also have Grant. Of course, we got Jimmy all the way over to the left over there.
>> Um, we're drinking this badass brew called Best Buds Pale Ale. Thank you to John Orette and the Bruins for hooking us up.
>> Thank you, John, with this awesome freaking brew.
>> Can't reach Dean.
>> All right, you >> podcast foul. I know. Let's get into uh the gun. I'm going to show a Henry home stutter today. Homesteadender. Mine. It's almost gone.
>> So, this little rifle right here, this carbine, handsome wood furniture, nice matte black stock receiver, uh blueed barrel. It's got nice iron sights with a peep sight on it. Um I believe it comes with a rail, so if you want to put like a dot site or a scope or something on it, you can. This is made by Henry Repeating Arms. made in America or not made at all. And the beauty about this semi-automatic carbine is it shoots 9 millimeter. So, um really cool gun. Um they came out a few years back. We've been pretty experienced with them. I've had a chance to shoot uh them. I even own one myself. Um I like it a lot. It's a it's a it's a real comfortable, fun gun with no recoil. It's a great uh firearm. I think Henry made it to compete with the Ruger PC carbine and they're doing a good job. Um, I like the the handsome wood furniture that it's got. Um, it takes Glock mags. So, uh, Henry has its own proprietary uh, semi-automatic 9mm magazine that it takes and it comes with, but you got to get the model that comes with the sleeve. So, you can um, adjust it to take Glock mags or Sig Sour mags.
>> Oh, does it take Sig?
>> They have one. They have one you can buy that'll take Sig Sour mags also. So if you have a 226, you can put the 226 mags in it.
>> Nice.
>> So the ambidextrous safety is nice.
>> Yeah, it really is. Yeah,
>> it's a it's a overall good. And our friends at Ruger have not produced a wood stock carbine like that.
>> No, they do have the walnut.
>> They have some off companies that are uh producing that woodstock for furniture for the Ruger, but you are right. The friends at Ruger themselves have not produced that Woodstock.
>> So good job on Henry on doing that. Um, great firearm. Um, Dave, introduce yourself, man. Talk a little bit about yourself.
>> Hi, I'm Dave. I am a welder. Um, I work for a drilling company um during the day and I shoot the rest of my time. I find fitness uh part of my schedule each day. Um, mental fitness, physical fitness, um, and shooting. Those are my things beside family. Family's first, but shooting always comes close second.
>> But you know what though? The family is helped out by that physical discipline, that physical fitness. You know, people don't understand how support it is. Yeah. That that that support that
>> that, you know, a few push-ups here and there, maybe a walk or a jog, some good fresh air, getting some deep breaths in, that kind of thing. And I know some people, you know, they push it even further than that. And good for that. um healthy eating habits. Um lots of water, that kind of thing. That's good for your family, too, man. And if you're a shooting enthusiast, you're out there to protect yourself, protect your family, you need to be disciplined with those items as well.
>> That's right. Shout out to my wife because she is a big part of that. Uh keeping me healthy. She's a great cook. Um she knows that that's part of the schedule each day. Um, it's just part of my life and it's also part of hers. So, uh, we do it together and it's a a a good partnership. So, it makes it really easy that, uh, it's part of the day, it's part of the routine, it's part of life. And, um, again, yeah, that's it's how we, uh, as men, we prepare ourselves, we defend our families, we protect our families, we stay healthy for our families, um, and for our livelihoods. So, as a welder fabricator, you're dealing with different tools and gear on a constant basis. And as we develop and technology comes out, you're adapting and you're dealing with those tools as well. Tell me a little bit about gear as opposed to uh as related to um concealed carry and training because I know like when we do classes, right, and you've been to a few of our uh courses, you've been to our CCW courses, you've also been to our intermediate courses where we do some more fun stuff, some barricade stuff, um position, uh shooting on the move, uh multiple targets, target exit, really fun stuff. and you've come out and you're very impressive because most people, you know, that are getting into this kind of thing, they don't really think about, hey, I'm going to spend this much money on a belt or this much money on a mag carrier. Um, talk, let's I want to talk to you about the advantages of that because you kind of preached in one of our classes about gear.
>> It it's so important. Um, if I think if you're a true shooter, you have to have a box full of holsters somewhere. you have six or seven belts that you've used over the years. Uh things that have worked, things that didn't work, things you've passed on um to other people. Maybe it worked for them, but it doesn't work for you. So, um it it it's the same gear. People put a different ratchet style buckle on it or some other adapter, but you find what works for you. and and I've found that whether it be at home, on the range, uh in my vehicle, the the that climate's always changing for me. Um at home, it's a different gun or various guns. Uh in the vehicle, different guns again. Um the things that we don't really touch on and people don't do on flat ranges, they they shoot paper, they shoot steel, that's awesome. It makes holes. Um, have you shot glass? Have you shot tempered car glass? Um, put a target behind that and shot tempered car glass and and tested
>> shoot through a car door.
>> Shoot through. Yeah. I mean, there was just a shooting in Fresno and it was a sergeant. He couldn't have been 15 yards away from the guy in the vehicle. He was on foot standing, shot 29 times and didn't hit the guy. He shot B-pillar. Uh if you don't know what that is, it's the pillar next to your head most likely or behind your head. Uh and he shot the glass. He shot tempered glass. And if you've never done that before, um people carry hollow points and you shoot car glass with hollow points, they fragment
>> and they're very ineffective against a a person that's shooting back at you. So, what I do, I carry polymer tipped ammo in in my personal guns, and that seems to get from point of aim to point of impact most effectively versus ball ammo, uh, hollowpoint ammo. So, it's just things that I do, different places that I train, I spend my money to get better. Um, I always want to be better. I want to be faster because the the police, they're really far away. And when they do come, are they going to send a one-year guy or are they going to send a gunslinger to help me? I I don't know. But I have to be that gunslinger in the meantime.
>> Well, you got to keep improving
>> over. It's like they say, when seconds count, the police are minutes away.
>> Minutes away. And And that's fine. I I'm willing to take whatever is coming to me. But uh my family will be protected and myself, I'll be protected. And I I'll just keep evolving as a shooter. Um, when I travel, I don't just carry my my compact gun. I carry a 365 most of the time. If I'm in a vehicle, I probably carry a 300 Blackout because that velocity is very very good against car glass. Um, if I'm in a hotel, it's got to be a hotel with a gym. Uh, that's part of life. Um, I carry a maybe a full size 320 or a 226 Scorpion with me because I'm getting out of there. I'm getting out of that building. My family is getting out of that building at at whatever cost. So, I'm always prepared and I'm always thinking ahead. My wife thinks I'm a little fanatical, which I am. But in the end, I think sometimes you have to be.
>> You're a healthy fanatical. Yeah. You're you're you're a fanatical that's very healthy where you're you're passionate about this kind of thing. You're not trying to go towards trouble. You're trying to avoid it at all costs. Absolutely. But but if that cloud of trouble hits you,
>> Yeah, man. I mean and you know what something else too about the the physical fitness that's very important if you present you know uh this this uh kind of like a a presence of of physical dominance you know well that may cause the person that was intending the harm to say yeah maybe someone else
>> yeah moving on
>> versus soft target they're always looking for which one is the prey
>> if you present yourself as a hard target
>> just don't pick one softer.
>> Somebody walking on the sidewalk with their head up
>> looking
>> at their surroundings
>> scanning and
>> and scanning and somebody that wants to do harm sees that person, they're not going to go to that person whose head is on a swivel. They're going to go to the person who's looking down at their cell phone or is afraid to make eye contact and looking at the sidewalk right in front of their feet and not looking at what's in front of them. That's the victim.
>> That's right. The person that is aware of their surroundings and presents that with their head up, walking straight, walking uh with energy as opposed to shuffling along there. There's a you can tell victims
>> well
>> from safe people. It's easy. People that know are train can pick victims out of the crowd. They can pick
>> Yeah. Because that's the thing.
>> That's Yeah. and and they want the easiest fight. They want the easiest fight. They don't want someone that's going to challenge them.
>> That Arizona federal judge, I think it's just last week that ruled California cannot stop outofstate citizens from gaining a concealed carry permit.
>> Say about that.
>> No, say that again. last week or the week before when this episode comes out. It'll probably be like 3 weeks old, but um there's an Arizona federal judge that ruled in favor of the reciprocity uh CCWs. Okay.
>> And basically California was the big bad state that was on board with saying, "Well,
>> California did not recognize any other states concealed carry."
>> So there's there's a stipulation though, right? Uh, they still don't have to recognize another state, but apparently now California cannot stop an outofstate residence for applying and gaining a California CCW.
>> Good for good.
>> Good.
>> More wins.
>> As as a California resident, I travel. Um, I won't be stuck in California. I get a Utah CCW. I get an Arizona CCW that covers me for 38 39 states.
>> Yum. Now, you also uh do a lot of work in Florida and your job enables you to have basically residency, right? You have to do residency.
>> Yes.
>> So, tell us about uh a state that's on the, you know, Atlantic side. You know, we're over here on the Pacific. What is Free America?
>> What is free America like as far as gun ownership, CCW carrier, all that stuff?
>> Different different world. It's it's a different world. It's a much more polite society because they know how the police are. um they know how the citizens are. Um it it it's a different world. You don't have the the people aren't as improper as they are here. They uh they they know what people are are capable of there. And they know what the sheriffs advocate for. They know what the law enforcement advocates for. And they know what the rules are. If you step onto somebody's property, they know what is likely to happen. Have you have you had to deal with Okay, so aside from, you know, firearms in general and rules and regulations pertaining to that, how about taxation? Because you spent just some months over there in Florida, right? You were over in Miami for months, four months.
>> So, how about the taxation as opposed to California compared to California?
>> It's nothing. It's It's nothing. The fuel is so much cheaper. The the gun buying is so much cheaper. The process is so much cheaper. uh to get a CCW. I looked on my phone as I walked into the Department of Agriculture and the time I walked out, it took me 16 minutes to get a CCW.
>> The entire process,
>> fingerprinting, photo,
>> the computer, which you do yourself, they have some people there helping you. Super super helpful people. Very nice people. Uh but 16 minutes.
>> 16 minutes.
>> Yeah. So, and I'm I gotta tell you, man, as a CCW provider and a Second Amendment enthusiast, you know, I'm all for that kind of thing. I do want to say this, though.
>> Um,
>> Dave's trained. This dude trains.
>> Yeah, this guy trains above and beyond a lot of people I've known in the professional industry.
>> I don't think a lot of other people do that kind of thing. So where where I look at CCWs and I think, hey, California, yeah, I'm not going to say good stuff about our uh government that we have here because I I feel like they're abusive. I feel like they're overt taxation. They're against the Constitution. I believe in that kind of thing. I do think that training uh should be a necessity in people that are carrying firearms within the within the masses. You know, I mean, do what you will on your own property, right? But, uh, open carry CCW carrier, you're going to be around a bunch of people. You better know how to use that machine. That that piece of
>> marksmanship is
>> that's probably if there is a a negative side to it is a state or county or agency that will give you a concealed carry permit and you have had no training or no experience and yet they give you the permit. You may not be prepared. the way Dave is prepared.
>> Well, no, it could be also a hindrance. Not being prepared, not being proficient. You can cause yourself more of a problem.
>> So, regards to that, California, we do require 16 hours of training
>> and it's decent training.
>> Half of that is spent on the range. So, you actually know how the gun functions
>> and that is
>> you have to train to drive a car.
>> Yeah. So,
>> so that's right. So the the I I like the fact that there are states that will issue a permit shall issue states that will issue the permit on request but training
>> is mandatory either whether it's required by a state or an agency
>> or you should just make sure that you yourself if you're going to carry
>> something lethal you should train yourself with it.
>> Your skills are perishable. I I believe if anything
>> I go to a lot of classes whether it's CCW or it's a DH3 or or a gunfighter pistol or a carbine. I do a lot of work on my own. Um if you want to get good um buy a shot a shot timer. Um start to time yourself, get faster, be more accurate. Um
>> yeah, Amazon has shot timers for as low as like 60 bucks for a decent one that's got auto program in it. understand your weapon.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh your weapon of choice. If something goes bump in the night, that is not the time
>> to ask yourself how that thing works.
>> Well, you when you're doing that, especially with the shot timer or your training, train how you're actually carrying it.
>> Yes, that's right.
>> Because there's a lot of people that are trying, well, I'm going to try it just this way. See if I can speed up the time. Well, that's not going to help because you're not going to be walking around with it in your hand or pointed up the whole time
>> with a race holster or something. That's right. train how you're carrying it.
>> It's concealed.
>> Um, too many
>> go through the motions.
>> I see people, they're they're fumbling for magazines in their back pocket to reload and they pull out an empty mag and then they find the full mag. And I've told people, I think, you know, Fred,
>> you're dead.
>> You're dead.
>> Yep.
>> I'm sorry to say that, but yeah. When Dave comes out and does classes with us, we're asking him to kind of help out a little bit. And look, nothing against our student base. We love our students, man. And if you're a novice and you don't know a lot, we're there to help you out uh to gain more information and knowledge. We do have some CCW carriers that have been on their, you know, 10th CCW class, meaning that they've had a CCW for close to 20 years
>> and they're still, you know, unfamiliar with the safety or you're struggling how to get the magazine out and change the magazine or load their mags and everything else, which means they're coming out for that minimal training every couple of years. or just maintain that CCW.
>> Get it.
>> I I think like if if there's a platform that you're comfortable with, stick with that platform. Uh if if you know the AR, they make uh they make a 9mm AR, they make a 223 AR, they make a 300 Blackout. It's the same platform. Use different calibers, whatever works for you. Um, come out and train it. It's not a lot of money. If you ride dirt bikes, you you take an extra tire, you take an extra helmet, you take dry clothes, you take all these things, these precautionary things with you, knowing that you may have a blowout on your clothes or you need to change or you need extra gear, but when it comes to guns, it's like a lifesaving tool. People will only go the minimum required.
>> That's right. It's like
>> or or like range gear and equipment. Like people want to just go to the range. They want to have the foamies in the ear. They're like, "Yeah, those are only 26 cents or something like that, you know. I don't want to buy those um electronic earros because those things might be upwards of 50 bucks, you know.
>> Yeah. They want to spend they want to go cheap and stuff like
>> $800.
>> They'll go far on one end, but something that can save their life or their family lives. They'll they'll
>> or just make a more comfortable experience on the range. You know, you you have those electronic ear pros, man. You can hear everybody when the guns go off. It's not damaging to you.
>> Look belors. I love those when they were out
>> in the same voice that we're having. you don't have to scream. You're not trying to take it off to listen to what the instructor's saying. You know, it makes the range experience that much better. Or like when you see like, you know, Dave, the belt and the system that he's got or the kit, if you will, and will um, you know, the these holsters and these um magazines that are attached, yeah, he's not going to be carrying that for CCW, but he's out there to try and hone his skills and have a fun time at the range. And it's comfortable. You could wear that all day. It's not going to hurt your hips. It's not going to mess you up. your gun's not going to be falling out, flopping around, anything like that. Those things cost a little bit more money, you know, but they last you forever. Um, and and it's and I guarantee you it's not as much money as these electronic gadgets and stuff that we have.
>> Yeah. That you're on all day long. And I have multiple kits because if I want to shoot a SIG, I just take that one off and I put another one on with all the mags and the gun. And if I want to get rid of that, I put another one on. But I I dump money in it. It's buy once, cry once because this is a passion not only for self-defense, for protection, for I don't know. It's uh the part of that mental well-being.
>> It is. It's a mindset, man.
>> A positive mindset.
>> It's like the gym. I can go out do a range day by myself and I am just like it's like therapeutic. I I feel great afterwards.
>> Yeah. And uh
>> that's the thing I think is programming ourselves into that type of positive mentality in general for shooting, for your gym, for health, for welfare, for all that stuff, you know, for eating properly, everything. You you're saving money, investing money, that kind of thing. You program yourself, you know, to get into that kind of thing.
>> You do. There's a book, it's called Atomic Habits, and I don't know if anybody's ever read it. I think it's a great read. It's something worth buying, and it's it's very
>> right now as we speak. It's audible.
>> It's very simple. It's it's just
>> what's it called? Atomic habits.
>> Habits.
>> And it's just a very simple book about it's taking that quick little left turn instead of taking that normal right turn that you take every single day. The guy that I get home and I open the garage door and before I take my boots off, I grab a beer out of the garage fridge. Well, if you just don't open the garage door and you go through the front door, take your boots off, you've just altered your your pattern for the day and and that those are it's kind of what it's about is is just altering that that pattern that you develop each day into into something a little more positive. or if you want to go in a different direction, there are really really simple ways to do that um that that cost nothing that just take a little bit of thought and then it becomes a pattern. It becomes habit and it's a way to become healthier or eat better or just anything in life. It really pertains to anything in life that that you may be struggling with or having a problem with or you want to change. And it's just these simple simple little changes, but an excellent read. Yeah.
>> Oh, yeah. I'm doing it, dude. I'm an Audible fanatic now.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yeah. Philip bought me Audibles for Father's Day like 2 years ago, and uh Jennifer had bought me these ear things that I never wore like three years ago,
>> which are rad. I have them off now cuz we're doing this, we're talking, but I pretty much other than my shower and sleep, they're on. I love those.
>> I'm either podcasting or audibling out or going crazy, you know? I I I love those things, man. They're great. Uh, you know, I got my music going in them all the time and Yeah, they're awesome.
>> Yeah.
>> Um, I want to shift gears for a minute here. I want Jimmy to talk a little bit about a 1911 tip. All right. He's got some stuff going on about dryfiring 1911 versus Striker fires.
>> Well, the main thing with the 1911 is you can dry fire these. There is kind of an old school circle where they say, "Oh, no. Dry firing is horrible. It's bad. It's bad. It's bad. It's bad." No. Especially with the 1911, you can dry fire, encourage you to dry fire. Matter of fact, excluding what I already wrote on this thing. uh when I do my custom builds and goes along with the kit, I have like a uh thank you kind of letter that goes with it and it has uh don'ts or do nots and do uh instructions with
>> instructions on what to do. Um like one of them on here that I put uh do dryf fire 1911 1911 every chance you get. It's not necessary to use snap caps. You can if you want to feel better about it because the firing pin is on a spring. So, it's fine to dry fire. The one thing that you do not want to do is drop the slide, which I'm not going to do it on an empty chamber. Then, what that means is when you have it locked back, and a lot of people, they like the cool, oh, that's cool kind of thing. So, they put the slide stop down. And Jimmy, I'm just going to tell you too, I'm gonna admit this right now. Before Jimmy informed me on this, I was the slide dropper.
>> Yes, it's bad. Well, the reason why is because
>> I'm a slide dropper. I'm at the same meeting.
>> You got the hammer and you got the sear. Okay. So, you have the
>> slides dropped.
>> You have the sear that has they have two angles. They have your primary and secondary angle. Okay. And then you got your hammer which has a hammer hook. And usually like on the ones that I do it, they're custom 1911s. They're uh anywhere between 18 to 19,000 uh thousands uh high. The hammer hooks where the sear nose butts up against that holds it. Okay. So like say a factory one like this, maybe it could have anywhere from 24 to 26,000 high hammer hooks. And if you're wondering how, you know, thick that is, think about like five to six human hairs pushed together. So that that's not a lot of material. When you do it, it it bangs.
>> On the 1911 is because like So on a Glock, you can drop that slide all day long. Yeah. But it's because it's striker fire your
>> sear like also when you're dry, you'll also hear the kind of bing especially with the with a Glock. So it's a little bit different. I mean, you can do it. And we did it on the uh in law enforcement. We would, you know, try to train. There's a few of us on the SWAT team. We would try remember we would try uh practice draws and call our shots even though it wasn't loaded
>> like all the time before training, bro. We're doing that stuff. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Cuz we're mentally getting oursel into it kind of thing.
>> But yeah, with with the 1911s Yes. Especially like you know the custom builds, you want to get used to that pool cuz they're completely different. like these Rock Islands. They're uh you know your budget 1911, but they're really nice.
>> This is a budget 1911 for sale at Fred's Firearms.
>> Yes.
>> In the case,
>> but they're they're really well built budget 1911s. You know, I prefer them versus some other ones
>> that are supposed to be good. I know it's crazy when you you were like turning it away. I'm not going to do a Rock Island. I'm not going to do. And then you did one and you're like, "Bro, this thing's better than Nicole." Like
>> this thing.
>> Well, yeah. The specs on them.
>> Yeah.
>> The It was sad to even say that. It kind of felt like a stab to the heart kind of thing. But it's true. But
>> the thing is, you do want to shoot it, especially like I said, you get a custom one, you want to feel that difference on how it's built.
>> You want to feel that trigger pull, you know, how it performs. And with the it's different than like Glocks or your other kinds of firearms. The 1911 I think I tal told you this before.
>> It's almost like it it
>> just saying it's almost like it's kind of has each one has a different kind of soul kind of thing. They're they're very individual. They feel different. And like with custom builders like I do, each one I build some they have like a they're all great, but they have kind of a different feel to it. So you get used to that feel each one, you know, and and it dryfiring helps you get better or improve.
>> Oh, 100%. Yeah. Reset the reset on the dry fire. It It does. Yeah.
>> Yeah. You you're learning that reset where the trigger breaks and everything else.
>> Exactly. Um, and speaking of that, at the shop, we became authorized dealers on the Mantis.
>> Yes, we did. Uh, you know, by the time this episode comes out, I hope that I have done the free training that they were providing for me to do. Um, so I had
>> It's great.
>> I had a uh I had a Zoom call with um one of the reps from Mantis and you know, he it got me thinking like, okay. Okay. And then some of my uh buddies that are in the industry that they're operators, they were on the team with me. They're good. They they've been uh instructing courses with me.
>> Um these guys know what they're doing. They recommended it. So when they speak, I I take that uh not just with a grain of thought assault, but I think like, hey, you know, this has some merit to it, what they're saying because they wouldn't be saying that this mantis is impressive and and can help and improve a skill set unless it actually could. Like they've been around guns for decades. They know what they're doing. Um, so I bought into it. I'm embarrassed to say I have not done the uh sales pitch training for it yet and I haven't even tried this stuff out, but I'm excited for it.
>> Yeah, I'm excited for it, too, man. I need I need to get on there and do that. Um the episode that we're doing right now probably won't be out for like two maybe three weeks. Uh so maybe by the time you guys watch it Yeah. I'll be able to actually tell you, but I have sold some of them uh to customers and they've come back and given me real positive feedback and they're like, "You got to get into it, dude. It's really really good."
>> It's revolutionary. you don't need ammunition to do, you can do at home.
>> Um,
>> and improve
>> and improve. They've got an app that is going to tell you uh, you know, where your faults are and how to improve those faults and fix them.
>> Doesn't it time you too? It's shot placement and
>> yeah, everything. Um, shot placement, time, everything. Yeah. Reset of trigger. Um, you install this into your uh, firearm
>> technology for like AR-15s and uh, different pistols. So yeah, I I really do. I need to stop just talking about it and get into it. But um yeah, the Mantis is exactly an application on what you're speaking of right now.
>> It goes back to what Dave was talking about with the practice and function and the training and everything else, but not burning up expensive live ammunition.
>> Uh something you can do in the safety of your own home with an actual real firearm and stuff. So
>> Well, and and you look at passion, too. Uh, I'm not taking away from manacing dry firing, but anything's possible in life, right? If you wanted to do it, you then just do it, you know? So, like Dave is making it happen, right? Like Dave is saying like, "Look, I'm not going to miss a workout, okay? Uh, I'm I'm going to keep eating healthy. I'll spoil myself a little bit here and there, but for the most part, you know, I'm going to keep that uh straight and narrow and and I'm on target, right? And then I'm going to go out and I'm going to actually go to the ranges where I can light fire and I'm not going to care about buying a case of ammo to, you know, leave the brass at the range and go home. Like that's what I'm going to do. So that's another thing, you know, that I think a lot of people don't really think about. Um where I think shooting in general, we've got these huge u cowboy action shoots, we've got these huge trap shoots that people show up to all the time, and then we do have a lot of good defensive training. But I do believe that it's a little bit fewer and far between than it used to be.
>> Well, they got the three gun competition or competition. Three guns on water. Oakdale uh sportsman's club does such a good thing. It's like once a month. I don't know if it's the first or last Saturday,
>> man. It's like $15 buyin. You can stay there all day and just keep running
>> for three gun.
>> Uh no, it's not three gun. It's the USPSA. It's pistol only. And that will be actually the first Sunday is the fun match
>> tomorrow.
>> Uh this is Saturday today. There's a fun match tomorrow and if you 15 bucks uh Oakdale Sportsman's Club
>> and you can go and you can shoot five stages.
>> I think that they are running
>> because of the price of ammunition every availability whatever.
>> If you have 100 rounds of ammunition you probably will take some home tomorrow. It's probably going to be about 80 rounds of ammunition tomorrow for
>> I've only done five stages of combat moving and shooting handgun manipulation.
>> It's It's fun and it will hone your skills.
>> So, tomorrow's a group I'm shooting with.
>> 15 bucks.
>> Yeah.
>> 15 bucks.
>> The group is shooting tomorrow that I are shooting with is shooting single stack magazines. I'll be bringing my H1K P7 M8. So I love so this is so the other day and other teams other groups will be shooting their 25 round magazines their 15 round magazines their Glocks their staccato whatever all they've got but the group I'll shoot with tomorrow will be shooting single stack probably mostly 1911s so I'm going to ring my H and K and see how I do
>> fun match and that's the whole idea behind the fun match You hone your skills. There's not a mount of points. You're having fun and competing against yourself.
>> Yeah.
>> And with your friends.
>> Yeah. And it's it's twice a month actually. I
>> they do they do one for points every uh Yeah.
>> Every two weeks there's a fun and then there's a sanctioned event.
>> Yes.
>> So you can go out there. And the great thing about that I and you're right, it's a low round count, but I have gone to these where I think we shot 180 rounds in.
>> Oh, yes. One one course with
>> 60 rounds.
>> Yeah,
>> they're like four mag changes.
>> But, um, great thing, guys. Uh, getting your heart rate up.
>> We flat range all day long and we transition and we do all these things, but get your heart rate up. Do some jumping jacks. Go to the truck. do some push-ups, jumping jacks, um, run that heart rate up. Let's get let's get actual
>> because it's gonna be high.
>> I just read a uh article two or three months ago stating that people that are over the age of 40. No, no, over the age of 30. If you're over the age of 30, less than 5% of us sprint. So, it was saying be that 5%. Be that less than 5%. Go out and sprint.
>> Yeah. go to a parking spread.
>> Real real quick, I want to say before the trolls kind of said now loading your 1911, you can drop it
>> on a a loaded mag. So when there is a round that goes in, you can drop it.
>> What kind of folded round
>> dummy round?
>> This is a dummy round for the trolls. This is a dummy round. Snap cap.
>> So you can drop it. So, you're saying as long as there's a bullet that's going to drop it is going to shot now because what you don't want to do is you don't want to have one in there again. Snap cap, you trolls. So, you don't want to like limp it in there cuz then you can cause it to stick. You can cause a malfunction trying to to sissify it inside. I should say
>> let the gun do what the gun does. Don't ride it for that.
>> The gun is made to slam obviously finally
>> because the secondary shot that you take, man, is going to do that,
>> you know. He does that anyway.
>> And then that's that's the thing. I mean, so you you want to treat it right when you dry fire. You want to do it right. Again, you don't drop it on an empty chamber because the that slide or the sear and the hammer will start beating each other and then you start wrecking those angles. And remember, it's very thin. There's not it's not that thick. And then eventually what you'll get is that hammer follow. And then when you do load it the way it's supposed to be and drop it with the loaded round, you're going to get that hammer follow and it's going to go off when you don't want it to.
>> That is no bueno. No, it's not.
>> So, and shout out to Anthony for calling that out. And regarding safety issues of farms, we did check this gun. There's
>> trolls out there.
>> No ammunition on this table.
>> Correct.
>> Dummy rounds on this table. And the weapon was cleared and snaps
>> to uh to confirm that it was empty and there was no live ammunition at the table today. So,
>> uh
>> what was it you said to the trolls? Do you want
>> trolls? Yeah, trolls
>> or the uh uh
>> trolls. safe gun uh computer warriors.
>> Those are the people that don't train, the people that think they know everything because they've read everything on the internet
>> or played Call of Duty all the time.
>> Yeah. Just the fact that we do have real firearms. We do check these before we begin recording. There is no ammunition. The firearms are clear and safe.
>> That is exactly right, Grant. Anybody want to talk about anything else before we wrap it up? Yeah, I you know what guys, I just want to say like Freds, if you go out to the range with these guys and you do your CCW or you want to get into a DH style class, this is the place to be. You have a ton of experience.
>> Explain what the DH
>> DH defensive handgun. So they have DH1, DH2, DH3, and they're called different things in different places, but it it's it's for your lower level, intermediate, and more advanced, but this is the place to be. Uh these guys are very knowledgeable, super knowledgeable on all platforms. It's a very, very safe environment. Um very nice facility. It It's well done. Um and it's not a ton of money. It's like I don't know. It's just there are places I've trained that are a lot a lot of money.
>> Well, you're spending money for your life basically.
>> You're you're bettering yourself and and
>> giving yourself a better chance.
>> Absolutely. It you're giving yourself that unfair advantage because you deserve it. You deserve to spend
>> You want to make it unfair for the person opposing you.
>> That's right. And these are the guys to do it with. And uh
>> you don't want to even match. I I'll I'll drop everything I'm doing at the range to help somebody. Um, if you guys see me, I would be more than happy to help you. I would help you with gear. I would help you with anything.
>> Dan helps a lot at our class. He's
>> It's a community. I I love it. Yeah.
>> I I love it. I I think that more people, the women,
>> don't be don't be embarrassed. Don't You're new to it. Come out. The the people in this culture are very good people.
>> By the way, Not putting down uh men at all cuz men are very good shooting enthusiasts. But as far as novice shooters go, the ones that are learning, women always want to do a women onlyly class.
>> Girls, you women, you know, you're better because you listen. So
>> you didn't just say that because they come in there, they're like intimidated. I want to I I don't know if I want to do this, this, and that, everything else. But then because their ears are open and they
>> they follow instructions, the novice guys, you know, after a class. So, um, yeah, take a class, everybody. You know, please do. Yeah.
>> I really appreciate that compliment, too, Dave. And we're happy to have you out there, man.
>> It's fun. It it's a great time. I think it's it's wonderful. I I recommend it to everybody. Spend a little money. Come out, meet some new people. The people are great. It's local. Um, you're supporting something local and you're learning something at the same time. Improve your skills, improve your safety, improve your awareness. Even if someone's watching this outside of this area, you know, research, check your area. Look for something. It's a good community to belong to. It's a lifestyle for sure. These guys are all
>> they're all, you know, advanced people. They're going to they're they're going to steer you in the right direction. But, uh,
>> get the gear. Come out. Um, don't be nervous. Just come out and learn something.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> I think it's important.
>> All right. And
>> once again, like I said, a shout out to our friend Anthony, the man behind the cameras that is making all of this work right now. [Applause]
>> Shout out to my daughter Aubrey. I love you, Sydney. I love you.
>> You guys are awesome.
>> That's it. Thank you.
>> All right, that's a great thing to end the show on. Thanks, guys. Thanks for everybody coming out. See you next time.
>> See you next time. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]