SafetySouth General Defensive Shotgun

[BigPoppa]

Saturday, October 24th in Smyrna

GENERAL DEFENSIVE SHOTGUN ($105.00)

Saturday, October 24 (Smyrna)

A one day, fundamentals course of instruction in the operation of the shotgun for home defense and personal protection. This course will cover firearms safety, shotgun platforms and mechanics, ammunition selection, administrative and tactical gun handling, and defensive applications. This course includes both classroom instruction, and live fire range exercises. A Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit is recommended as a prerequisite.

TGO member discount available - Ammunition requirements are 50 rounds birdshot / 50 rounds buckshot / 20 slugs

[BigPoppa]

It was recently brought to my attention that this date is the annual Tennessee - Alabama football confrontation.

If this is discouraging some of you from enrolling who would otherwise be interested in attending, I am open to a reschedule.

[DavidCBaker]

Maybe all the fans could choose one or the other jerseys and the final exam could be a real live shootout!

[Mark A]

well, if this one goes, I'm in...

Mark

[mhm2a]

I am very interested......let me know if the date changes. It does not make much of a difference to me as I am pretty flexible.

Hunter.

[BigPoppa]

We're looking good that this course will have enough sign up to run it.

If you want in, now's the time. Last one until the Spring.

Remember kids, shotguns are cool..............

[BigPoppa]

Here's what a couple of TGO members and General Defensive Shotgun alumni have to say............................

I attended this class yesterday, and had a great time. This was not a "Tactical" class, but concentrated on things useful to a civilian who is defending his home with a shotgun. Plenty of rounds downrange without completely destroying your shoulder, but some good discussion time as well. I found Bo Alexander's attitude about training very helpful. He doesn't claim to be the "Yoda" of shotgunning, nor to have invented the pump-gun, but presented a great deal of information and showed a wealth of knowledge about the subject matter. He introduced me to a new concept: The OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) Loop, which I found very interesting. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)#The_OODA_Loop

We did lots of shooting with various types and brands of shotgun ammo from Birdshot to Slugs, at different ranges, to see how each gun patterns at various distances with different ammo. Very educational. Some lesson learned: It's hard to unsafe a Mossberg with a pistol grip, Remingtons shed tactical lights after about 100 rounds, and always use locktite on your Sidesaddle screws. Last and probably most important, two layers of Drywall WILL NOT stop #4 Buckshot at 12 feet. Think about it.

Great class Bo! Thanks.

TK47

All,

I Just wanted to give a big thumbs up to Bo at Safety South for his shotgun class. I learned a lot and had a ton of fun. I was a shotgun noob prior to the class. Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know until you seek proper instruction.

Would recommend to all.

Thanks Bo!

http://www.safetysouth.net/

Chris

[BigPoppa]

2 weeks away.....got room for a couple more.

[Guest Todd@CIS]

Hope it doesn't rain...

(inside joke)

[BigPoppa]

Hope it doesn't rain... :love:

(inside joke)

Everybody's a comedian

[Guest flyfishtn]

I'm signed up!

[skwirl]

Where will this course be taught? I couldn't find a location on the website.

[BigPoppa]

Where will this course be taught? I couldn't find a location on the website.

In Smyrna, at the National Guard Training Center

[Guest Todd@CIS]

I'm signed up!

Awesome! I'd be there too if I wasn't going to be out of town.

Give me a full report when I see you on Nov 4th.

[BigPoppa]

Awesome! I'd be there too if I wasn't going to be out of town.

Give me a full report when I see you on Nov 4th.

Where you going ? Back to Mehico ?

[Guest Todd@CIS]

Going out of state to shoot stuff.

[BigPoppa]

Going out of state to shoot stuff.

Oh........too good for the local stuff now ?

[Guest Todd@CIS]

Oh........too good for the local stuff now ?

LOL. Competition, not instruction my little sh*t stirrer.

[Mark A]

OK, ready for this to happen and just to jinx us, it looks like the weather is going to be good...

I had to search around a bit but I am now in possession of 6 different types of slugs and 6 different kinds of 00 buck.

Some high end, some medium, some cheap, and some low recoil. Don't know if I will get to try them all out or not but I wanted to do as many comparisons as possible.

Mark