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And scanning and assessing at a match will get you laughed at.

With  as much cash LAV is raking in he should buy a Bullhorn and
then he will not have to bitch about his clients EAR PRO.

I'm anal about the lifespan of my cans so I use brakes as a blast baffle in an effort to prolong erosion of the internals. However, I'm also not clearing hijacked aircraft.

Perhaps, but that attitude is his MO.

Why are people so wrapped up on ear pro?

Buy some Peltors with gel cups and move on with life.  Easy.  Wore them for a year in Afghanistan, shoot with them regularly.  They seal, work great, aren't expensive, and allow normal communication.

Not wearing electronic ear pro is seriously WTF...I would have a hard time taking a shooter seriously if he showed up without decent electronic ear pro.  It would be like showing up with a mini 14 and a hi point.  

Yep. Different people respond to different approaches, obviously, but I've learned that it's much easier to teach when you make people think and guide them toward an answer rather than saying "Do it because this is the right way, idiot".





On his earpro comment, I slightly agree... but as someone else mentioned, if your students aren't understanding you, then you're cramming too many students into your little moneymaker scheme, or you're not taking the time to bring them in, remove their earpro and go over what they're learning. If you're in too much of a rush to keep them shooting, then what about his comment about just going to a class and blowing rounds downrange? And if you have students that aren't hearing range commands and you don't STOP and clarify immediately, then YOU are creating an unsafe environment, not the students.



If you can't handle a class where students aren't wearing electronic earpro, then you 1. Shouldn't be teaching or 2. Should be mandating electronic earpro in the class equipment list. Don't whine about it after the fact.



On the sacred cow training: BS. You don't learn to drive a car by using only the gas pedal first, then using the brakes only when you're proficient with the throttle. Obviously if you have a brand new student then the fundamentals are going to take priority along with safety, but you need to start bringing in all other facets ASAP so that they can start the repetitions to become proficient.



As for a high round count class vs just doing drills... those drills had better incorporate movement and use of cover, otherwise you're going to stand there doing Dot Torture in the middle of a firefight while DeyShawnduh and his drug gang tear you to pieces with Tec-9s. I'd sure as hell want someone beside me who has practiced moving and shooting and mag dumps on a torso target rather than someone who trained to fire a controlled pair, searches and assesses then holsters without any thought beyond that (I just searched for a video of him shooting a pistol and that's literally the first thing I saw him do... I'm sure he does more, but ).



Competition shooting... that's a mindset issue. If you're too focused on competition shooting when you're doing drills you'd be using in a firefight, then sure, that's probably going to hurt you. But used properly, just about any kind of competition shooting is going to improve your shooting skills, which in turn increases your chances of surviving a fight.



Maybe Snickers just wants to say something to get attention. It's easier than being right



And LOL at his comment on spending money on stupid gadgets when he sells "custom" pistols with his own name on them



 

Oh god, the gear queers here are going to lose their shit.

I wear mine on flights too. Iphone jack and noise canceling for the win.

Hey, don't call him fat. He's only fat because everyone else he worked with is either dead or in a wheelchair. It's not his fault.

Seems to me that electronic ear pro is great ONLY if you have the type that suppresses shot noise but DOESN'T suppress vocals. If not, it's just as bad as regular non-electronic ear pro. I use muffs and plugs because I have excellent hearing and would like to keep it that way.

On the muzzle break, I would think that anything that helps keep the weapon pointed in the right direction would be a good thing. Noise is going to be bad with an A2 inside a broom closet. It's the confined space that's the problem, not the muzzle break. Sorry, but I won't be taking off my Lantac Dragon any time soon.

Just because you're opinionated doesn't mean you're right.

The LAV is too used to people licking his bots on TOS that he thinks every time he queefs out his opinion, we should toss half the shit in our gun safes.

 
I'll assume that the guy was a bit above average, physically, when he served.  I'm not really seeing what being overweight has to do with shooting instruction.


This old fat-ass probably couldn't teach us a thing about physical fitness.  WTF would he know?

Heading out to pick up some cans and bottles.   Brb.

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Here we have another gun "celebrity" who has discovered (like Nutnfancy) that controversy and attitude gets clicks and attention, where calmly restating facts won't.  I give him props for knowing his audience and his market, but sorry, I'm not buying.

Nothing he said seems controversial to me, especially about the muzzle brakes, they're range toys.

While the advice is solid he still sounds like a fucking asshole. Where's my vegetable oil?

 
The original "gun celebrity" Jeff Cooper, really didn't seem that much different.

Foam plugs with muffs is the answer.   You can still hear the amplification but have protection as well.

calling out "students" about their inability to afford electronic ear muffs is a bit docuhey

Cooper knew how to state strongly held opinions without being deliberately insulting.  He had, in a word, more class than that.

Lots of instructors have been there and don't act like pompous douche nozzles.

Also they all managed to stay in shape.

 
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looks like Larry the Cable guy now...only meaner.  

are flash hiders still cool?

 
Ditto.


That said I wish they had something like the Quietpro that was built into the ear plugs. Loved my fucking qp.

You do realize Arnold is 68 and still has less body fat than LAV.

 
You do realize that LAV teaches shooting and not fitness?

I love my Surefire plugs and they worked great for a pistol class. I could hear what was said and never took them out.

But I'm not sure I'd want just them on a line of 5.56mm SBRs and shit. Plus electronic muffs are neat.

Indoors, you have to use plugs and peltors.  Outdoors, just peltors.  

There's nothing I disagree with... but OMG it's LAV MUST LOSE MY SH*T

Maybe a $300 set of muffs isn't at the top of the list of things to save for for all of us.  Reliable gun, spare parts, spare gun, adequate training and SD ammo, spare mags, holster and mag pouches, light, night sights, more training...

Yep electronic ear pro is what determines if you're serious.  

I agree. People that don't love this combination have never tried this combination. That said, they aren't MY ears, and if someone else wants to do shit differently, who am I to criticize?

 
Type louder, I can't hear you

I double up, electronic muffs with custom plugs.

The work doc recommended doubling up plugs and muffs a couple years ago after my yearly physical and hearing test. If you don't use electronic muffs when doubling up, you can't hear much of anything. Works pretty well, great protection and you can hear what's going on around you.

He should shut his ejection port cover.

Nah, I figure it's meant to be more a crack about how people will drop the same coin on their third plate carrier but don't have good muffs.

Peltors aren't 300 bucks.  If you can't afford the gear, stay home and work on dryfire.

Silynx

The guy is trying to preach about winning gun fights when he would probably be out of breath just by looking at a single flight of stairs. I think it is a reasonable expectation for a guy teaching military related tasks to be able to do 5 minutes of basic infantry shit without needing an oxygen mask afterwards.

I bought my Peltors for $65.

I get the earpro.  If they don't seal for you, wear foamies under them and turn up the volume.

Only way to go.  I didn't understand the confusion, because I assumed everyone did this.  

Negative. I train .mil and was trained by retired .mil. .

I bought some of the peletor tactical 100s at the home depot sale. Thanks arfcom for the heads up on $50 muffs. I double up with some surefire plugs when it's vertical cereal time at the range.

Larry trained to enter hijacked aircraft......I'd like to see his fat ass walk down an air liner aisle with a carry on, much less wearing full gear !!!