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I took his Pistol Immersion 2 years ago. Great class. Drama followed the review.

Thank you. I will get to greasing the piston. How many boxes of ammunition do you think it took for yours to correct itself? I really appreciate your post.

It shoots fine with the stock and threaded barrel without the suppressor.

I have a G21 45 ACP, SilencerCo barrel, and Osprey 45 suppressor. The slide will fail to return completely forward after a shot quite frequently. This appears to be a frequent problem. Some people suggest a stronger spring and some say it’s a fitment issue. This was shooting ball ammunition. I did take the pistol to the Outpost Armory yesterday after being told they would take a look at it. Today i received a phone call to come and get the gun. The gentleman stated there was nothing they could do to the gun and Glock wouldn’t look at it due to it not being a stock barrel. I never asked them to send it back to Glock. They have performed gunsmithing in the past. They sell these components but cannot or refuse to attempt to diagnose a problem. I don’t understand this but I look forward to speaking to their manager when I pick up my items. Thanks for any help you can provide as to how to go about getting this issue fixed.

Next time any of you are coming through Chattanooga on I24, look up GTs in Rossville, Georgia. A 10 minute drive from 24 will get you at a large gray building. They sell 50 round boxes of HST, Hornady, and GD all day long. Really cool guys too.

From a couple years ago with Cool Hand Luke teaching AK rifle class. Location was the blistering south under what most likely looked like a terrorist training camp. I’m kneeling in this photo. Best time of my life at that course.

Dont tempt me with a good time. It will be great to get back out there and throw some projectiles downrange with you.

Looking forward to this. See you there.

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Been waiting on this class to come back around. Given the amount of time I personally am in my vehicle, this application is very important to me. Any chance we will see The Stakeout in action?

Check out the rifles on this page. Unfortunately Dean passed away but his business has been taken over by his apprentices. I have one of these, absolutely beautiful weapon. http://www.dgrguns.com

Thunderwear. Go ahead and laugh but it works. http://www.thunderwear.com/holsters.asp

I will never forget one second graabing a hold of Trey for a demonstration move and the next second being on the other side of the room with a half gainer thrown in. And I am not a small person either. Hes got skills.

Thanks for the slides on this subject on page 1. It was a good read.

In response to Davids post, I did edit my AAR to reflect the header that he requested. Before the class, I posted a question asking if anyone was going to the course. The next three posts all stated the same thing and that was "I am looking foward to your AAR". This course had never an AAR as it was a combination of two classes. To my knowledge, only the first portion of the class had a review. The course generated quite a bit of interest at the place of my employment and I wanted to share my thoughts with everyone. Ive never written an AAR before on here and yes my post count is small compared to some of you. I was a Benefactor here before Valor Ridge ever went public. My AAR was in response to posters wanting it. I understand you have a Vendor program but Vendor arrangments with TGO are beyond my influence. I see your overall position but this is how I got to this point.

Awesome view and good times around this firepit. [URL=http://s171.photobucket.com/user/rn29306/media/image.jpg3_zpsbwomkkv8.jpg.html][/URL]

Overhead coverage just to the right of the 2nd view of the range. [URL=http://s171.photobucket.com/user/rn29306/media/image.jpg6_zpsedoebadl.jpg.html][/URL]

The other end of the pistol range. [URL=http://s171.photobucket.com/user/rn29306/media/image.jpg7_zpsj4bytoes.jpg.html][/URL]

One end of the 100 yard pistol range. [URL=http://s171.photobucket.com/user/rn29306/media/image.jpg5_zpsvrahdczp.jpg.html][/URL]

Driving to Valor Ridge coming into Virginia after going through the tunnel from Middlesboro. [url=http://s171.photobucket.com/user/rn29306/media/image.jpg1_zpslee0tinj.jpg.html][/URL]

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In reading TGO David's post from 06 Apr 2012:   1. Valor Ridge Pistol Immersion (Pistol Craft I and II combined) 2. This class is conducted by Valor Ridge. 3. Lead instructor is Reid Henrichs. 4. Cost of this course was $950.00. 5. I am in no way affiliated with the organization of Valor Ridge nor did I know Reid Henrichs in any shape or form before taking this class. I am receiving no payment of any form by completing this AAR.  I am simply a firearms enthusiast and enjoy training and wanted to share this new firearms school with the members of TGO. I was a TGO Benefactor before Valor Ridge became public.       Last week I attended Valor Ridge Pistol Immerson class which is Pistol Craft I and II in a 4 day spread. The wife was wanting to tag along but I talked her out of it and made it a man trip. Chattanooga to Middlesboro, KY didn't take too long. I stayed at the Middlesboro Holiday Inn Express.   Some thoughts on this place to stay: 90% of our class stayed at the Holiday Inn Express. It is in the very middle of town across from Wal Mart. There is a bit of traffic noise but not too bad. The free breakfast was nice to have. I loaded up on their oatmeal every day. Hot coffee to go was nice as well. Their parking lot security seemed better than average with multiple cameras in the lot. That said, they didn't bat an eye when I unloaded my truck everyday coming through the lobby. There is a Cracker Barrel nearby if you are a huge breakfast eater. The travel time from the hotel to Valor Ridge was 25 minutes and this isn't a route you can exactly speed on and make up time. Head back through the tunnel and then make your way to Valor Ridge. They way I went took me from Kentucky, into a valley in Virginia, and then some fairly tight roads into Tennessee. Once you turn off the main divided highway in Virginia, you can forget speeding. Its a tight, narrow road with drop-offs. Put on some country music like Eric Church and enjoy the ride. My F150 navigation was WAY off. Verizon did pretty well. You will see a Valor Ridge sign on the road. Locals know you probably ain't from around there and will help you. They seem nice enough, even to the Yankees in the class that took a wrong turn.   The property is extremely nice. He certainly put some work in to the range and buildings. I have included some images after my ramblings for your viewing pleasure. Everything is new. The classroom has a lot of history in it as well. Reid put together a video that I will link and it shows some detail on the classroom.   When we got to Valor Ridge, Reid was there as well as an assistant instructor. Easy going handshaking and welcoming was going on. The classroom was set up and in everyone's place was a Pistol Craft I notebook, VR logo pen and water bottle. Nice touch. Introductions were made. The assistant instructor is a flight nurse in his other job and it was nice to have such a medical person on staff with his go bag of goodies. Reid is very humble and doesn't talk about himself much. He is very good on his delivery of the material in the book. You can tell he was a teacher prior to this endeavor. The fundamentals were covered and thoroughly explained and then it was range time for paper targets. The range for the pistol class is a 100 yard gravel flat surface with targets at both ends. There is a concrete pad at one end for the majority of this class. The days run together after a while. I can't tell you when we covered certain topics or when we shot and then went to lunch. Pistol Craft I essentially covers fundamentals, range time (proper draw and presentation of weapon from holster, marksmanship under stress, clearance of type 1, 2, and 3 malfunctions, loading and reloading, one handed manipulations, moving and shooting, various shooting positions, shooting from 3-50 yards, contact distance techniques, how to deal with multiple targets, crowd management, and additional classroom instruction on the attitude of the armed citizen and this is incorporated nicely with various history lessons regarding an armed population. This mindset classroom instruction is worth the cost of the class IMHO. Marksmanship, OODA loop, and pre-assault cues as it relates to criminal assault paradigms. were also covered. I cannot express to you how good of a teacher he is. I hope it comes through on his YouTube videos. Standard LE qualification and the FBI POC were passed during this course.   Pistol Craft II is where the real fun began. Most shooting on the range was either solo, in pairs, or in small groups while in front of the class. The classroom time covered deadly force analysis, medical and anatomical lectures, GSW and treatment. Range time took off right where Pistol Craft I ended. The situations Reid has created for Pistol Craft II will not be discussed by me. You just have to experience it for yourself with no pre-gaming. At no time were the 4 handgun rules violated during the 4 days of training. We had people in the class for whom this was their first time taking a tactical course and there were students who had previous training. The pace was appropriate so that everyone was challenged. We had a great group of individuals in our class. Everyone was a good dude except for the one female in the class and she hung right in there with all the guys.   It was nice to meet Reid's SO as well. She is a friendly and down to earth person just as he is. They seem to be a great couple and I wish them the best in their future they are building up on the Ridge. I hear she is a shooter as well with an AR, I just didn't get to see it.   I could keep typing about this class and what it was like. I have no complaints about this class in its delivery, classroom or range execution, or any aspect of this class in general. The video linked below describes the range much better than I can. The goats are a good thing. Ole Ted likes his ears and head scratched. I feel that Valor Ridge is going to keep growing as shown by 2016 is almost entirely sold out. I hear they have additional classes planned for release in 2017. If this were a publically traded company, I would have bought stock in it while I was up there. I can't wait to go back and take Rifle Immersion.   Ried's vido on what Valor Ridge looks like now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHTySD_bZUE

I've been looking forward to this for a while. He seems to be doing very well for himself. His class are selling out rapidly for this year. Not the best AAR author but I will give it my honest opinion.

Anybody headed to Harrogate, TN this weekend for Pistol Immersion?

I ordered the cop rig and it did well for the shotgun class. Not exactly low profile but there will be not a whole lot of places to hide in the front yard if you get up and running with this rig on. Unfortunately I don't think there is an ETA on future orders. It's a versatile rig for sure. http://www.originalsoegear.com/collections/chest-rigs/products/cop-rig