Simunition FX Training For Force-On-Force Training

By Bob Owens | 8:23 PM | July 27, 2015

Earlier today I mentioned an example of a logical firearms training progression.

Everyone has differing views on what “competence” means, but I think most people would benefit from a combination of:

basic firearms safety training

defensive handgun training on the square range focused on firearm manipulation and marksmanship

life-fire scenario training against stationary targets/shoot-house training

force-on-force training with airsoft guns or man-marker rounds

frequent dry-firing and drawing practice

What I didn’t do at the time was provide an example of what force-on-force training looks like.

Youtuber Jason McClaran posted a video of scenario training provided by Shoot Don’t Shoot of Trenton, Michigan that gives you a pretty good example of what this sort of training might look like.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.