Need a good resource for gear selection, handgun basics and CCW tips? Magpul Dynamics The Art of the Dynamic Handgun, may be for you. Obviously its no substitute for live training but it provides some great food for thought.
A friend of mine lent me his copy of Magpul Dynamics The Art of the Dynamic Handgun. It took me a while but I finally watched most of it. The Art of the Dynamic Handgun is four disks. Disks one and two are essentially the Dynamic Handgun course. Disk one focuses on the basics while disk two introduces scenarios. Disk 3 is conceal carry. Disk 4 is extras including an in depth discussion of gear that the Magpul Dynamics guys like. Like I said, it took me a while to get though and that was with a fair bit of fast forwarding.
There is something in here for everyone. The discussions on handgun types and selection as well as gear would be great for someone new to shooting. I would recommend the basics of guns section before they even purchase a handgun. The gear guides I found fascinating (maybe because I choose to spend my time writing about that stuff anyway). It was good to hear the Magpul guys back up a lot of the opinions that I have come to (such as Raven Concealments being really good and the Comp-Tac M-Tac being a great holster because if its leather backing and kydex body to hold shape.).
At one point in the gear discussion, Travis says that his wife carries a Surefire. Vindication for my wife’s last anniversary present (a Surefire 6P LED)!
My friend who lent me the disks warned that it might mess up my grip. Sure enough 5 min into the first disk Travis is talking about grip and I start to question mine. I had to rewind, go and get my XD and compare. Turns out I already was doing what Magpul Dynamics preaches. None the less that segment was a great reinforcement, as well as talking about the reasons why you would use that grip.
Even though my wife claimed that these DVDs were very boring, I found her watching more than I would have expected. Her attention was held though a lot of the basics as well as the scenarios with the red headed chick, who was wearing a really short skirt in one of the scenarios, for reasons unstated.
My wife did wonder out loud if it would kill Travis and Chris to do some situps. Guess the few occasions where their shirts came up, their abs left something to be desired. I laughed, I might be a lot more toned and have better abs but I bet Travis or Chris could out run me any day.
Overall I highly recommend Magpul Dynamics The Art of the Dynamic Handgun. One final note, anyone else think that Travis and Chris have the same on screen dynamic as Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan (from Pitchmen)?
