Ken Hackathorn 2-Day Advanced Handgun - March 20-21, 2010 - Fayetteville, NC.
Ken Hackathorn has served as a US Army Special Forces Small Arms Instructor, Gunsite Instructor, and NRA Police Firearms Instructor. He is currently an FBI Certified Firearms Instructor, Certified Deputy Sheriff with Washington County SO, Ohio, and a SRT member and Special Response Team trainer. Ken has trained US Military Special Operations forces, Marine FAST and SOTG units and is a contract small arms trainer to FBI SWAT and HRT.
Ken has provided training to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and been active in small arms training for the past 25 years. He has written firearms related material for Guns & Ammo, Combat Handguns, Soldier Of Fortune, and currently American Handgunner and contributed to at least six other gun/shooting journals. He is a founding member of IPSC and IDPA and currently serves as the Vice President of IDPA.
Ken Hackathorn 2-Day Advanced Handgun - March 20-21, 2010 - Fayetteville, NC.
**Only for Students who have attended previous defensive pistol training programs. Note: this is not a new or beginners' level training program. Students should already have an acceptable level of gun handling and marksmanship skills.**
Day One:
Introduction, followed by a lecture on tactical mental applications, legal aspects, and equipment selection.
Late morning range drills and review of the 'key' advanced shooting principles.
Lunch for 45 minutes
Return to range for advanced approach to pistol presentation, follow through, and scanning. Turns, pivots, emergency reloads, and multiple targets. Intro to shooting on the move, and related skill drills.
Break for Dinner until dusk, then low- light firing techniques, with flashlight and without.
Day Two:
Resume training with continued range sessions to include review, strong and weak hand drills, point shooting, distance/long range, corner drill, skill drills, and evaluation skill drills.
Final class review, with key points based upon the students ability to function reflexively.
