Front Sight

[deamonpi]

From the little information I've seen, it seems more about joining the club than getting good training.  I watched the DVD they sent and read the emails, mostly, but the message I get  is join our club, and by the way we theme our club around firearms training.

[1776 Rebel]

  Where I need training is trying to roll cast a 1/32 oz dry fly in a 10 knot wind in dense cover....

I think there is an AR picatinny rail attachment for that. 

[Timothy]

I think there is an AR picatinny rail attachment for that. 

that would screw up the action on my "Tactical Flyrod".....but thanks for the tip, Reb!

[Hottrockin]

I signed up for the freebie stuff and info and agree that it all seems like a BIG infomercial...kinda tacky!  I'm sure they have some grand stuff to offer, but, still the "join now" as it's your last chance just comes off kinda beggin'!

[pioneer]

TV shows are edited and follow a script.  Your mistakes and screw-ups can be made to go away.  The Front Sight infomercial is pure hype.  I thought of giving them try and soon found it to be nothing more than a money making scheme with marginal training technique.  But as Tom's grandmother says, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."  Someone who is sincere and genuine, doesn't need to keep reminding you that he is a "doctor."

[Sponsor]

[RickB]

Hello all,
This is in response to the posts I've read about Front Sight in Nevada.  I'm 56 years old & just started shooting again after 35 years.  I signed up for the "tips" that would make me a better shooter.  I received the DVD too.  The movie was good but like most of you, I thought it was a bit "over the top".  I make sure I do my homework when I spend my money & more importantly my time.  I also received more than a bunch of e-mails with all the "sign up now" stuff.  But as I continued to check out Front Sight on the web & other forums I found that about 90-95% negative comments was from people that were never there & just repeating what they heard.
Last October I took my son-in-law with me to the 4 day Defensive Handgun class & the 1 day, 30 state CCW class. We were both very impressed with the level of trainning we received.  I worked my hind end off to keep up & learn as much as possible.  I didn't hear anything negative from any of the 25 in our class. We had a couple of cops & some ex-military & everyday people like myself.  The range master & instructors were excellent.

I have been back there 3 more times & can't beleive what I've learned in 6 months. I do the dry practice like they recommend. Almost all the shooting is from the holster & controlled pairs. I can honestly say that if anybody goes there for trainning that I think they would have to agree about the level of training you receive there.
We do night firing one night & tons more. One thing I'd like to mention that most don't seem to know about what a Combat Master is. When I was there about a month ago I found out that there are I think 3 of them at Front Sight. I beleive there are only 52 or 53 in the world. You can be a Combat Master in handgun, rifle, machine gun & shotgun, & the founder, has all four. 
I read one of the threads before mine & asked where the founder became a Combat Master.  I think the head of all this is Chuck Taylor. If I messed up his name justGoogle Combat Master, & find the man's website. He is a leader in combat shooting & tactics . I hope this first hand account after 13 days of training there may help anybody that wants to know from somebody that has attended.  As for those that already made up there minds based on notions, nothing will clearify anything.  Take care, Rick

[tombogan03884]

Thank's for the input Rick. I think the negetive opinions are probably from the fact that the advertising reminds many of Amway and other "Cult Companies".

[Pathfinder]

Update on FrontSight . . .

Looks like they're down for the count.

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2009/May-15-Fri-2009/news/28773367.html

[PegLeg45]

Update on FrontSight . . .

Looks like they're down for the count.

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2009/May-15-Fri-2009/news/28773367.html

***Off topic Alert***
Cool link, Pathfinder, as far as the location is concerned. Nye county is where my parents lived (USAF) when I was born in '68, although I was actually born in Mineral county because it had the closest hospital.

**Topic related**
As in RickB's post about Chuck Taylor, you better be on top of you game to pass his Combat Master Test, it ain't nothing to sneeze at from what I understand.

http://www.chucktaylorasaa.com/combatmaster.html#HGTest

[philw]

Update on FrontSight . . .

Looks like they're down for the count.

May-15-Fri-2009[/b]/news/28773367.html]http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2009/May-15-Fri-2009/news/28773367.html

hmm   something looks dodgey  IMO

I got this email on that day

May 15, 2009
Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Founder and Director
http://www.frontsight.com/free-gun.asp

Only 3 Day Left to Secure Self Reliance Lifetime Membership 

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