AR Rifle Training with a Sling

Here's another important video from the Personal Defense Network. Hi, I'm John Brown, staff instructor for I.C.E. training. And I'm gonna talk to you today about some concepts dealing with the AR, or a rifle-type situation. Typically, when we see people train with the AR, they're going to take their shots, or going to start their drills, from the ready position.

But I want to introduce to you a new concept, maybe change the way you think about your training a little bit. We're gonna start our drill today from the slung position, keeping in mind that the slung position is almost as if we're going from the holster with the pistol. Why is this important? Well, if you happen to be an armed professional in law enforcement or military, or even if you're the home owner who's defending their house, there may be a situation that arises where you've maybe dealt with what you thought was the full complex situation and then find yourself again back in that ambush situation. Say, you're protecting your house, you go through and you take care of all the responsibilities that you have, you feel like you're done shooting, and you're on your way shuffling your family and your kids out of the house, when another ambush situation shows up or pops up.

Chances are you're going to be in that slung position and probably, from a psychological standpoint, mentally you're going to feel like you've made it through that ambush. Same thing for the military and law enforcement, if you're in some high level SWAT team or military group, where you're going in and making entries, when that house is clear, that building is clear, and to the point where you think that that job is over, you're probably going to go back to a slung position, and probably mentally be a little bit relaxed. So, one of the things we're going to integrate into our training, is actually using the rifle from this slung position. Not too many people do this, we recommend at at least exposing yourself to it, because this is definitely a probable or a plausible situation. What that training looks like is this.

We're gonna start basically from this position, like I said, slung, and then have our training partner call the up. Up! Go through recognition and then as we move laterally get the gun up online. And go ahead, do your, continue your assessment of the target area. Again, up!

And go ahead and make sure the area is clear. Again, keeping in mind that we want to recognize this would be same as going from the holster. The idea that you are back into that ambush position going form the worst case scenario. Check out more videos just like this one at the Personal Defense Network.