What an experience! Manny put on an incredible class.
I thought I was going to have to cancel the whole thing because I couldn't find eight people by July 18th. Fortunately, at the last possible moment, six really motivated shooters decided it was worth spending a few extra dollars to attend a smaller class. Thanks go to Craig O, Mark W, Joe M, Dick L and Dave B to make the class happen. I'll leave it to them if they want to chime in.
I picked Manny up at the Boise airport Friday afternoon and dropped him off for his return flight Monday morning. I pestered the hell out of him with all kinds of silly questions for 3 days, and he never once told me to shut up! It felt a little like Christmas for a whole weekend.
Saturday night we all stayed at my house. We didn't get back from the range until 7:00 p.m. but Manny was willing to stay until as long as we wanted. Frankly, we had enough.
Even though it was 100 degrees on Saturday, 103 on Sunday and he was battling a bad back, Manny stayed the course by giving everyone lots of individual attention in the hot sun. While 3 of us got to reload mages in the shade, Manny stayed in the hot sun for the next group all damn day!
I won't give out all of Manny's super secret tips, but suffice it to say that everyone felt the class was worth every penny.
We spent lots of time on the "fundamentals". Things like grip, draw, trigger prep...things we all know right? I admit being slightly unnerved by the realization that despite recently achieving master class (if the Ohio classification calculator holds), I didn't know how to shoot...thanks a lot Manny.
I look forward to the next time I have the opportunity to take a Manny Bragg class. If one ever comes up in your area of the woods, don't pass it up!