MDFI Cover and Movement

Today I attended MDFI's Cover and Movement Class, and I'm all sorts of sore.

Pulled into the range at 8:30 am and got signed in and everything laid out for the day.

After an intro and safety briefing we did the qualifier, which is somehow more challenging with everyone watching you do it.

Interestingly 6 out of 7 rifle shooters and the main instructor were running suppressors on their ARs, with the seventh shooter running a loud muzzle brake with impressive blast effects.  The suppressors certainly reduced the noise on the line. 

Everybody qualified including myself, even with one failure with the AR-15 not fully ejecting a case. 

The class picked up speed and was very much a movement class.

 We started with standing, squatting kneeling, double kneeling and prone and working out way through each position while shooting. 

By the time we were done that everyone was already rather dirty from hitting the ground to go prone.

Next time, knee and elbow pads would be a great idea to bring.  Managed to smack my knee nicely even landing on the inside of it as demonstrated and its all sorts of sore. 

Indeed, I have discovered I have less flexibility than I thought I had.   No, I cannot put my ankle flat to the ground while kneeling on one knee.

Next came urbane prone and supine shooting positions.

 After that was cover as in shooting around it and then using a CTAC barricade to shoot from various ports simulating cover at different heights.

After that was a heavy focus on movement with box drills and then shooting while moving and a box drill for that too.

Definitely a good class, if impressively tiring and frustrating. Learnign has occurred, and I need to get out and practice weapon manipulation while in these sorts of positions and moving a lot more.