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Posted: 8/13/2012 11:21:09 PM EDT

So far I have had the honor to train under Costa and Fisher. On my top 5 instructor wish list I guess would be Kyle Lamb, Travis Haley, LAV. Trying to think of two others. What about you guys?

Posted: 8/14/2012 12:10:55 AM EDT

[#1]

Jerry Miculek
Paul Howe
Norm Chandler
Mas Ayoob
Sensei Ray Williams

Posted: 8/14/2012 4:21:53 AM EDT

[#2]

Haley
Costa
Yeager
Clint Smith
Paul Howe

Eta. I completely forgot about Lamb. I would train with him over Paul Howe

Posted: 8/14/2012 11:37:48 AM EDT

[#3]

Paul Howe
Rob Pincus
Ken Hackathorn
Kyle Lamb
Todd Green

Posted: 8/14/2012 1:01:01 PM EDT

[#4]

Haley, Costa, Hodnett, Travis Tomasie, Kyle Defoor

Posted: 8/14/2012 1:25:31 PM EDT

[#5]

Gabe Suarez
Gabe Suarez
Gabe Suarez
Gabe Suarez
Gabe Suarez

For real though.....

Haley and Ayoob are the two that come to mind.

Posted: 8/14/2012 1:53:18 PM EDT

[#6]

Matt Graham
Richard Mason (again)
Lamb
Howe
And a local guy here no one has ever heard of.

Posted: 8/14/2012 5:00:16 PM EDT

[#7]

Clint Smith
Massad Ayoob
Travis Haley
Tod Hoddnett
and Pat Rogers if, for no other reason, then to get a "moose cock" patch.

Posted: 8/14/2012 7:26:29 PM EDT

[#8]

Giles Stock
Larry Mudgett
Scott Reitz
Randy Cain
Steve Tarani

Posted: 8/14/2012 7:31:56 PM EDT

[#9]

I have never trained but I would go with
Larry Vickers
Chris Costa
Massad Ayoob
Jeff Cooper, I know he's not around anymore
Chris Kyle if available
Grady Powell if available

Posted: 8/14/2012 7:36:43 PM EDT

[#10]

Musashi
Machiavelli
Sun Tzu
Rommel
Temujin

Posted: 8/17/2012 8:12:19 AM EDT

[#11]

Pat Rogers
Kyle DeFoor
Tom Kier
Sonny Puzikas
Todd Hodnett

Posted: 8/17/2012 9:21:18 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Pat Rogers
Kyle DeFoor
Tom Kier
Sonny Puzikas
Todd Hodnett

Long time no see.

Posted: 8/21/2012 8:49:42 PM EDT

[#13]

craig douglas
pat rogers
tom givens
cecil burch
todd green

in no particular order

Posted: 8/26/2012 6:11:06 PM EDT

[#14]

Larry Vickers (took 2 - Mil / LEO CQB & 3 day Handgun / Rifle)
Greg Hamilton - Very expensive - not including 2000 rounds of ammo
Dave Spaulding (took one class.. I will be taking another in April - He is that good)
Chris Costa - Just because
Travis Haley - Just because

Posted: 8/27/2012 1:40:30 PM EDT

[#15]

In no particular order:
Paul Howe
Scott Reitz
LAV 1911 gunsmithing
Hilton Yam more 1911 Gunsmithing
Pat Rogers

Have taken courses with (chronologically):
Tim Lau 10 8
Rob Haught
Dave Harrington
All were fantastic trainers

Posted: 8/29/2012 8:59:32 PM EDT

[#16]

No particular order:

Paul Howe, Chris Costa, Rich from DARC, Travis Haley, Larry Vickers

Posted: 9/4/2012 11:38:26 AM EDT

[#17]

haley
howe
lamb

Posted: 9/6/2012 10:31:14 PM EDT

[#18]

In no particular order.

Chris Fry. I met him at Paul E Palooza and liked what I saw of his program and his style.

Clint Smith. If I can swing the drive. Between the travel cost and the frangible ammo it's a bit pricey living in the mid west trying to take his classes but more than a few people really like his programs.

Louis Awerbuck. After training with Pat Rogers and Bill Jeans it seems like it would be mandatory.

Caylen Wojcik or Jacob Bynum. Maybe both but I would like to do more with that discipline.

Posted: 9/6/2012 10:49:14 PM EDT

[#19]

Chris costa
Chris kyle
Miyamoto mushashi
Sun tzu
Bruce lee
Chuck norris

Oops that's 6. Oh well. My wish my way

Posted: 9/6/2012 11:10:59 PM EDT

[#20]

Todd Jarrett

Todd Hoddnett

Jerry Miculek

Travis Haley

Costa (for beard love)

I'd say that would cover every base pretty well.

Posted: 9/7/2012 10:24:10 AM EDT

[#21]

Southnarc

Kyle Defoor

Larry Vickers

Paul Howe

Jason Falla

Bob Vogel

I have already taken classes from Vickers and Falla and recommend them highly.

Posted: 9/11/2012 9:17:29 PM EDT

[#22]

Howe is at the top of my list, but since I've been there, I will list 5 others, no particular order:

1. Kyle Defoor
2. Larry Vickers
3. Kyle Lamb
4. DARC
5. Jason Falla (had a chance to train with him, but college got in the way

)

There are more, but those are my "top 5". I will MAKE time for Defoor if he's ever near.

Posted: 9/13/2012 2:38:46 PM EDT

[#23]

It's hard to narrow it down to only five, but:

Louis Awerbuck
Kyle Lamb
Paul Howe
Clint Smith
Rifles Only (I know, not an instructor)

Posted: 9/13/2012 10:15:12 PM EDT

[#24]

Chris Kyle
Jason Falla
Pat Mcnamara(again)
Kyle Lamb

Posted: 9/14/2012 8:12:08 AM EDT

[#25]

Falla - Again
Vickers
Defoor
Costa
Pincus

In that order.

Posted: 9/14/2012 8:19:07 AM EDT

[#26]

Lots of guys mentioning Falla, sucks but a bunch of us had to miss a class with him recently over the location of the class.

Posted: 9/14/2012 7:51:00 PM EDT

[#27]

Jim Smith
Paul Howe
Pat Rogers
Clint Smith
Todd Green / Max Michel

Posted: 9/18/2012 10:50:03 AM EDT

[#28]

No particular order

LAV
Costa(took 1 class under him it was great)
Chris Kyle
Pat Rogers
Defoor

Posted: 10/7/2012 10:47:55 PM EDT

[#29]

SouthNarc - have trained with, will train with again if I can.
Mike Pannone - have trained with, will train with again if I can.
Pat McNamara
Bennie Cooley
Robert Trivino

Past Classes:
EAG
Vickers

Posted: 10/8/2012 1:11:15 AM EDT

[#30]

Were so blessed to have such an abundant selection of top notch knowledge out there to select from. Reading through this thread, just about every name mentioned is a name I would be happy to learn from.

Posted: 1/9/2013 8:01:46 AM EDT

[#31]

Clint Smith, Thunder Ranch

Louis Awerbuck, Yavapai Firearms Academy

Tiger McKee, Shootrite

Posted: 1/9/2013 8:09:42 AM EDT

[#32]

Bill Rodgers

Posted: 1/9/2013 8:06:37 PM EDT

[#33]

Frank Proctor
Pat McNamara
DARC crew

Posted: 1/30/2013 6:52:07 PM EDT

[#34]

In no particular order:

Paul Howe
Jason Falla
Kyle Lamb
Bob Vogel
Travis Haley

Posted: 2/7/2013 9:00:39 PM EDT

[#35]

Massad Ayoob
Jeff Fjelstul
Southnarc
Tom Walls
Clint Smith

(No particular order)

Posted: 2/9/2013 9:56:39 PM EDT

[#36]

Awerbuck (this fall)
Proctor (this summer hopefully)
Macnamara
Falla
Lamb

Posted: 6/5/2013 12:15:02 AM EDT

[#37]

Frank Proctor
Travis Haley
Ron Avery
Larry Vickers
Kyle Defoor.

In no particular order.

Posted: 6/6/2013 1:06:54 PM EDT

[#38]

Clint Smith
Larry Mudgett
Larry Vickers
John Chapman
Paul Howe
SouthNarc

I can't pick just five.

Posted: 6/6/2013 1:08:26 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Musashi
Machiavelli
Sun Tzu
Rommel
Temujin

I want to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted: 6/6/2013 1:36:21 PM EDT

[#40]

Haley (again)
Costa
Lamb (again)
Vickers
Hodnett (again)

Posted: 6/6/2013 2:43:00 PM EDT

[#41]

Posted: 8/25/2013 7:43:55 PM EDT

[#42]

Kyle Defoor

Good motivation to get my butt in shape, too.

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Posted: 8/25/2013 11:50:03 PM EDT

[#43]

Howe
Falla
Haley
Hackathorn

Posted: 8/29/2013 12:14:56 AM EDT

[#44]

Southnarc (again)

Defoor

Bill Rogers

Tom Givens

Howe

Posted: 8/29/2013 12:57:28 AM EDT

[#45]

Dave Harrington
Kyle Lamb - again
Paul Howe
DARC
Pat Rogers

Posted: 8/29/2013 1:41:11 AM EDT

[#46]

Paul Howe
Jim Smith
Mike Pannone
Pat McNamara
They all have something in common, that Yeager and Costa don't.

Posted: 8/29/2013 2:46:17 AM EDT

[#47]

Major Winters

ETA: Times 5

Posted: 8/30/2013 11:28:45 PM EDT

[#48]

Quote History

Quoted:
Bill Rodgers

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I took advanced pistol and CQB carbine with him a few years ago and recommend him to anyone who will listen. Been to lots of the big name places and gotten some good .gov stuff too but Bills technique and straightforward attitude towards shooting is just awesome. Also, for as much as you get out of it its comparatively cheap as well.

Posted: 8/30/2013 11:34:46 PM EDT

[#49]

Tom Givens (I've already taken 3 of his courses but would love to take his revolver class)

Southnarc (again)

Kyle Lamb

Haley

Rich Mason /DARC (again)

Posted: 8/31/2013 3:15:23 AM EDT

[#50]

Quote History

Quoted:
Paul Howe
Jim Smith
Mike Pannone
Pat McNamara
They all have something in common, that Yeager and Costa don't.

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Attended Mcnamara's 2 day TAP's class last weekend. It was outstanding!

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