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pmcimagazine.com TRAINING: ARG MARITIME FIREARMS ARG MARITIME FIREARMS COMPETENCY COURSE It’s not often that you get the chance to train with one of the UKs’ top shooting instructors, but thanks to the Paul Hutchinson and the team at ARG and their Maritime Firearms Competency Course run by Bob Dunkley that’s exactly what a a colleague and I had the opportunity to do! The Associated Risks Group provides high quality training in security risk management and associated topics. ARG Ltd is an independent, global risk consultancy; many clients across the UK seek their support to manage their security related issues such as executive or corporate protection on a temporary or permanent basis. As part of their remit they also offer firearms competency courses. All the shooting courses ARG offer have been developed by one of the UK’s leading experts in firearms training, Bob Dunkley. Bob has massive experience teaching military, police and civilian enthusiast shooters around the world. He has been a shooting instructor to for nigh on 30 years. He is a 15 times British Champion, 3 Times European Champion, 3 times runner up European Champion and holder of 4 World Titles at three gun matches. He is one of only 5 World Masters at combat shooting, so his credentials are absolutely impeccable! ARG training is based at their Tall Trees facility in the North East of the UK, which is purpose built and has 2 indoor ranges, an outdoor 80 meter range, a hostile environment training area, the “Sand Pit,” a main classroom, two training areas and 10
a driving circuit. They also have a well stocked shop selling equipment, a coffee bar, and barbecue area. The facility also has 12 acres of woodland. ARG Directing Staff are former UK military personnel or former police officers with vast amounts of proven experience in the field of security and firearms. The ARG range facilities are purpose built, with indoor and outdoor ranges, which are licenced under UK legislation. Their shooting courses allow you to use live ammunition in the UK, and to receive expert tuition from the UKs’ leading firearms instructors which means that the skills and drills taught are current and best practice. Currently ARG offer three shooting courses. GEAR UP When I first spoke to Paul I was somewhat jaded in relation to other companies allegedly offering high end practical/tactical shooting courses, but as I spoke to people and researched what ARG were all about, a very positive picture started coming together. ARG courses were well respected and the comments I heard were all good, especially in relation to their firearms training. I’ve been on a few formal training courses in my time, so I asked a colleague to accompany me on the long trip north. By his own admission he had no formal firearms training and limited firearms experience so I felt his view would be fresher than mine. Upon arrival at the impressive Tall Trees facility Paul introduced us to Bob and the other six course participants; these comprised of two regular local shooters, two serving members of the UK military, and two other serving contractors who wanted to brush up on their “tactical toolbox”. Paul explained to me that the course is not really designed for “first timers”, but for those that wish to refresh and improve their rifle skills. So far ARG have run over 25 of these courses and they are always full! Kit was then issued; each course participant was provided with the all important “eyes and ears”, a CRYE battle belt with magazine pouches, dump pouches and singlepoint slings, and a Smith & Wesson M&P15 carbine chambered in .22LR with a red dot reflex sight. Obviously due to current UK firearms legislation the .22LR is used so that proper semi auto training may be carried out; the Smith though is an excellent weapon for this purpose as it mimics its full bore “big brother” in all respects, so all the drills are transferable should you go and shoot larger calibres on task. DOWNRANGE And without further ado it was straight onto the indoor 25m range. This is bright and airy (supplemented by extraction fans) and divided into four individual shooting lanes. A safe area to the rear was where everyone went to “bomb up” and rest between exercises. First off was an absolutely thorough briefing from Bob. He worked us through the operation of the Smith and the optics, stressing at all times that safety and gun security, along with situational awareness were paramount at all times; when you have a detail of four guys all firing together you really need to know where your muzzle is pointing! Bob started us right from the very basics, explaining in detail both full and flash sight pictures. There was a full explanation of TRAINING: ARG MARITIME FIREARMS pmcimagazine.com
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