TLP 385 - AK Concepts to Reality Part 1

Lead Heads! We are back, fresh from our AK Koncepts rifle class at Royal Range USA in Nashville Tennessee! In this episode Lefty has the gang from 212° Training Group, Jared, Aaron & Kyle, to go over the 2 day training course outline and the ‘Whys” behind it. We invite a few of the students on to get their perspectives on the class. Next up is Brian Keeney with Occam Defense Solutions to talk about his Armorer’s portion of the AK Koncepts 2 day curriculum. Joining Brian is our good friend and long time Lead Head James Yeager with Tactical Response who shares some of his personal AK-47 stories with us and Jeff Carmichael, Royal Range’s top armorer.

**“Leaducating The Unleaducated” since 2012 -Talking Lead**

Day 1

Brief discussion on ballistics, the zero, and the prone position
Discussion on most effective stance relative to recoil mitigation
Range- Zero and baseline performance testing (up drills and manipulations)
Break Out Session- Classroom with Brian
Range session- Reloads: Speed and Proactive/Tac Reloads; Various methods and efficiency discussion
Lunch
Rhythm and Cadence
Quick rundown of relationships of stance, grip, sights, trigger, and follow-through
Discussion of trigger; Placement of finger, articulation of trigger and finger (fulcrums and forces), 3 phases of trigger (pre-travel, wall, break), follow-through, and reset. Speed formula
End of day competition: Greatest drill ever (1 shot speed load 1 on timer) And Joe won…

Day 2:

Zero and prone work on shot timer. 10 sec PAR time for 5 rounds from standing to prone. We shot at 1″ squares
Break out session: Brian in class on fire control group
Range session: Basic movement off line. (front, back, right, left). Just enough to get gun on target then STOP and send some love. Hips and shoulders remain squared to target
Move and shoot. Maintain cadence and rhythm.
Lunch
Handgun draw work (Working down from 5 sec PAR to 1.5 sec)
Primary to secondary transitions.
Quick, Careful, Precise
22422 Prep and Competition