@@TREXARMSholy shit 10 episodes? Man is making a whole TV series about how to shoot guns better. The community clearly needs it, no body at any ranges I go to knows how to shoot.
Thus young has done more for civilian firearms owner in the short number of years he has been around than orgs like the NRA have since inception. Thank you Lucas and Trex Arms.
That's a bit of a stretch. Lucas and his family have done some great stuff, but if you enjoy firearms, thank a Fudd. While it's become popular to rip on the Fudds and groups like the NRA -- and there's no bigger critic of NRA than me (if you don't know of my history with the organizations, please look it up) -- but the NRA alone has introduced shooting to literally hundreds of millions of people over the years.
@@JeffKnoxAZthey've also slowly let the government wittle away our rights. Calling themselves winners of a lawsuit bc the government didnt get 5 out of 6 things they wanted passed. If only 1 is given up here and there, soon you have nothing.
The nra was farming donations for at least 40 years and contributed to gun control policy. If anything they've shoulda been ripped on for far longer. Gun advocacy efforts pre 2010 were a complete and utter joke
Honestly this is the best information you can get for new shooters and its free!! thank you trex for all the work you do for the 2a community i dont think people realize the education your providing
As a Firearms instructor in South Africa, I really appreciate the accuracy of your content, very interested to watch this series. A big thanks to you and your team for your hard work and always being a stunning example of professionalism in the firearms industry.
Actually going through the process of purchasing and learning functions and way parts work in conjunction with one another , then finally going to the range and braking the barriers of what first time owners think guns will react a certian way once fired, is absolutely the best way to learn. Then, start taking local classes to learn more and eventually get a ccw and teach your loved ones the laws and safety of firearms.
The problem with local classes is that not all instructors are the same. At my range that I frequent the owner is retired LEO with some interesting black/special type of experience with PMC's and he does a basics class that is very good, and his LTC/CCL class is very good when he's teaching it because he interjects a lot of useful stories but when his daughter teaches it becomes a slide-show without much value added by the instructor. There's also a SEAL that does advanced pistol/rifle classes for like $300ish I think at the range once a month that I plan on partaking in when the weather is a bit cooler. Also, I know a few people who have gone through the NRA instructor's class (to get certified to give a LTC/CCL class) and uh... they pass just about everyone who's not a complete danger. You have to get like 16 of 20 shots in a 6" circle at slow fire from 15 or 25y (I forget which) and my dad said he is the only one who actually passed first try while the 4 guys in the class with him tried several more times and eventually were just passed even though 2 of them never quite got a passing grade.
@@oneballwizard406 Where I live, I can open carry without an issue. But if I need to go into the nearest major city for business, they have municipal laws that severely limit the ability to carry a firearm unless you have a concealed carry permit. So having the permit not only allows me to conceal when I don't want the attention and added risk of open carry, but it also allows me to carry my weapon into areas without legal consequences that I otherwise wouldn't (legally) be able to.
@@oneballwizard406 Having the CCW in the US is better than not. It allows you to carry in a lot of other states too. For example, my state has reciprocity with a lot of states where it's difficult to get your CCW. I can fly with my firearm, which anyone can, but when I get where I'm going I am allowed to carry it outside my hotel in more states than people without a CCW. That makes a difference since the gun isn't uselessly sitting in a hotel in a locked box. Plus the training involved in, some, CCW courses is useful. I retake the class every few years even though it's not required to renew the license. It's no expensive and it gives you a chance to renew knowledge on the laws in your state and get some trigger time against the standard if you don't force yourself to do it often enough.
This is how I got better. I dry fired every day for 30 mins over three months and it greatly improved my weapons handling. I also included reload practice using snap caps in both pistol and rifle.
Love when you refer to them as weapons.. I've always hated the sugarcoat rhetoric of calling guns "tools".... they are weapons, they are designed for lethality. And that's fine. We live in a world that requires them and we don't need to apologize for that 💯
I disagree. Depends on your audience. Absolutely call it a weapon when you’re teaching a new firearm owner. Use tool when it comes to gun grabbers who aren’t using facts or logic in their arguments and who will not change their opinions. They’re not going to buy firearms anyway.
I think using “tool” is a good reminder (especially for people who aren’t very knowledgeable) that the firearm is an inanimate object and the real weapon is the person, which is why training is so important. But I agree. I hate the sugarcoating and defensiveness in the gun community when being pressed by anti-2A people (don’t get me started on the term “sporting rifle” lol).
@@liljackypaper not really. A hammer is a tool. If you suck with it, you won’t hit the nail. If you suck with a gun, you won’t hit the target. Not an oversimplification; it’s just that simple.
One of my favorite videos from Trex arms is how to shoot a pistol in under 10 minutes and the indoor range training. Most of us don’t have an outdoor range and really only have time to utilize an indoor range. Hopefully you guys make another indoor range video
Your passionate dedication to the gun community with the depth and brevity of this free content is outstanding. You could easily pay wall this, but choose not to. As a long time shooter, it is frequently important to get back to basic, I look forward to see what wisdom I can gleam for the additional 9 videos in the series. Bravo!
ALWAYS CHECK THE WEAPONS. He is 100% correct. When I was 21 I got my first handgun. At the time I never even loaded my magazine and i went to work. I got home and wanted to learn how to take it apart so I pulled out the owners manual and followed the steps. It required to pull the trigger to release the slide, obviously that’s common with handguns, but when I did it went BANG!!! I didn’t even buy ammo for it, but my roommate at the time bought some and was shooting MY HANDGUN while I was at work. He left a round in the chamber and didn’t tell me he bought ammo and fired my weapon. I discharged a round through the wall and into the ceiling of the next room. Don’t EVER assume the weapon is u loaded. I’m now almost 39 years old so that was 18 years ago, and I’ve since spent time in the marine corps infantry and I am very proficient with weapons, but it was a learning experience and I’m just glad nobody got hurt because my roommate was home at the time with some friends over when that happened. Some might say he should have never touched my firearm without my permission, but I learned a lesson about keeping my firearms locked up if I’m not home. You can’t always take a handgun to work because of searches and company policies, so make sure that if you have to leave your weapon at home that nobody else has access to them. It only takes 1 time to make a mistake and someone dies and you end up in prison for accidentally killing someone.
I remember you putting out similar videos years ago when I first started getting into firearms and they really helped out. Now that I’ve evolved, it’s nice seeing you get back to those as a ton of new shooters came into the scene recently.
Thanks a lot, Lucas for this video. I've seen too many people who lack common sense when it comes to gun safety. They have poor finger discipline and treat guns as if they're toys. Guns are necessary tools that every model citizen needs and in order to own guns, one should be well educated on how to handle them. Loved this video and as always, you never fail to impress.
Much appreciate you, Lucas, and T-Rex Arms making these detail instruction videos. They are extremely educational. I have been following your dry firing tips and have helped my live firing tremendously. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
For the algorithm gods. Miss the Twitch livestreams. I know there's other things you do now, but sitting down with everyone and playing some games and talking about guns and shooting was great.
Please commenters; it would be greatly appreciated by those of us who want to learn what Lucas has to teach if you would restrict your comments specifically to the content of the episode. It's not helpful to read about anecdotal experiences or what gear you have, that's a waste of time and it's not relevant to others. This site is critical information and instruction for serious individuals and it takes time to watch all that we can. Thank y'all respectfully for your understanding.
Lucas, You are young, but you have forgotten more about guns/weapons than I have ever known or have time to learn. I am 69 and was in the military and law enforcement for over 45 years. However, I believe you are never to old to be taught or to learn. I watch your videos because you always teach me something that I either didn’t know, didn’t remember, wasn’t doing correctly or I simply needed to be [strongly] reminded that I needed to do more, such as; dry fire practice. I am embarrassed to admit this ‘but…’ I need to follow your instruction and spend a lot more time practicing safety on/off. I put ambidextrous red safeties on all the ARs that I build. The reason I use red safety selectors is so they can be seen when I am training with others. If I am doing something unsafe or just wrong I want to be corrected. I am too old to be embarrassed and even if I wasn’t, being embarrassed over being corrected is far less than the embarrassment of a negligent discharge. I want to say a very sincere thank you for taking the time to make this video and the series. I have a channel and I am planning to make a video about my AR10 6.5 Creedmoor battle build, if you don’t mind I would like to mention this video and post a link to it in my comments section. Again, thank you.
You know that when you see a video from T Rex team, especially about training, that tons of effort, thought, research, and time has gone into making this the best series it can be. Thanks guys, really refreshing and helpful in calibrating the kind of training basics to master and providing a roadmap to improved competence and performance.
I'm not a new shooter, but reviewing/relearning better/proper ways of different aspects of shooting I am all for. Really looking forward to this series. Going to start working on my first assignment.
I did all this without knowing for years. I started with airsoft guns (real ones banned here) and handled them (empty) around the house constantly over time when watching movies and sat around and got familiar to a point when I shot my first live firearm 10 years later the only difference was more recoil and it was louder, the rest was identical, and I knew all the handling already, and could line up iron sights and raise the gun(s) correctly and quickly, and even reload quickly. So I am glad this confirms my early experience was a value. A lot of people downplay the use of Airsoft for training, perhaps the shooting side but the maniuplations are the same. It is a huge advantage to be comfortable and confident with a gun for a first time at a range. Also a lot of the safety rules are not just there for yourself, but for others too. At a range you want to present to others safety so that they can know you are not a risk.
People who downplay Airsoft for training have never seen Liku. For those who don't know, Liku is a Japanese airsofter who watches Lucas' channel. Liku had a dream to fire a real gun and through some collab he was brought over to the US to shoot with T-Rex. Guns are HARD banned in Japan except for maybe a shotgun and the process to get one is obscene. Liku was an absolute monster. All of his training, reps and knowledge came from airsoft but he was able to shoot so fast and accurate it was almost like the man was a machine. It was flipping impressive. No one could believe it.
@@BullsMahunny Thank you for recommending that, I for some reason missed that. I just watched it, truely incredible. It just goes to show how the shooting part, at least for practical purposes is only a small minor aspect of shooting. The rest can be done with an airsoft gun.
A huge thank you for your education, passion, and dedication T.Rex Arms. Lucas makes shooting look easier, and less intimidating for my family members. God bless, and keep up the amazing work!
This is content nearly every gun owner should watch, even if they think they are proficient with their firearms. I’ve been handling and “playing” with my guns for 5 or 6 years and watching this content reminds me not to get lazy and to continue to practice proper handling and safety so I can continue to become better, safer, and ultimately smarter when it comes to “operating” with a weapon in my hands, with or without other people around. Fantastic video.
Great video! You and your company are a great asset for people like myself who grew up around guns but aren't the most experienced in certain aspects or with certain types of firearms. So many well stated points made in this video. Thank you! I will definitely be watching the whole series.
I think that this is perfect. You wouldn't think it related but I used to bowl semi-pro, the drills while completely different were actually the same. Your building "muscle memory" your making the basic functions "automatic" so that you can concentrate on other things necessary to improve your abilities. Thank you, I am very much looking forward to the rest of this series.
Love see a young generation person showing responsibility and discipline when handling a firearm whether they learned from a parent or self taught. Well done. Great video.
Thank you so much for this information. I am a novice with rifles and very confused about learning the skills. This helps alot. Can't wait for the next video!
Something I learnt when I took classes at sig was to stick your pinky in the chamber and the magwell when making sure firearms are unloaded, just adds a extra step of safety to it
This video is sooo good. Sometime ago, I purchased a airsoft replica of glock19 and practiced safety and weapons handling with it (also from a holster) for months just because I wanted to be ready before having a real firearm. I highly recommend doing this if you are in a situation where you need the training asap but cannot afford a real one yet. This has helped me so much. Thank you Lucas!
I think of myself as a semi experienced shooter. Seriously being behind a gun for the last 7-8 years. I still find myself watching introductory videos because even if I know 90% of the information that 10% of information is incredibly important. Once I stopped by grandfather in the wood shop from explaining something to me that “I already knew” and he said “until you’re an absolute expert it’s never a bad thing to take in the information because you might learn one new thing that you didn’t know before today”. Never let your ego get ahead of your skill set.
I´m thankfull, that I started stuff like airsoft after watching a lot of youtube, that thaught me weapon safety. Yes they are only toy guns, but still having good trigger discipline and using the safety in a professinal way reinforces good habits
There are definitely benefits to dry fire exercises with a red dot vs irons, especially on pistol, because it's mostly about your trigger pull and how you're anticipating recoil or slapping or pulling your pistol out of alignment with your target. That being said it isn't 100% necessary if you are shown the proper things to look for when training with irons, and there are benefits to learning irons before learning RDS (especially on a pistol). An underbarrel laser can also be helpful in dry fire exercises if your bullets' point of impact is inconsistent because the laser will help you diagnose what you're doing mid-trigger stroke that throws the point of impact. Best practice with a laser is to record your drills so you can review exactly what your laser (and barrel) are doing as you go through your trigger stroke. Very thorough and well done video and I look forward to the rest of the series.
Having switched from irons to a dot, I've had one heck of a time with presentation, dry fire is helping but it's definitely something I still struggle with. Right now I just align my irons for normal handgun shooting ranges, and use the dot for fine aiming, especially at range.
@@sarkardarkstar I am going through this right now as well. It's not so bad on larger red dots on full sized pistols that I've shot of my dad's or friends' pistols, but I'm working on switching from a 365xl with irons as my EDC to a 365x Macro Comp w/ a Holosun EPS Carry and it's a much bigger learning curve than I anticipated. It has something to do with the boxy nature of the enclosed EPS I think vs the other larger, though less intrusive (not-enclosed emitter) RDS's I've used. I always want to present the EPS way high and have to bring it down to where I can see the dot in the glass and didn't seem to have that problem with the Delta Point Pro, RMR, or Romeo series that I've had occasion to try, though those were all on Sig P320's. Still waiting on the holster for it so I've not gotten REAL deep into presentation exercises. Probably going to strap an EPS onto my P322 as well once I start EDC with the Macro
@@sarkardarkstar I'm also going to have to not do any draw and fire drills on anything but my EDC for months until that becomes the norm that I'm not thinking about and I have to remind myself I'm using irons to get a proper presentation. Normally I would do OWB drills with a full size and then finish with my IWB EDC but going to have to either put a dot on my OWB or forego that part for a while.
I'll echo some of the others and lucas on the validity of airsoft as a training tool. It took me about 5 years of wanting to get into it. I wasn't able to immeadietly so I started with real steel and dry fire first. Since finally being able to get into it a year ago, I've found that it's been a great way to build on what Lucas says. Especially for a newb, it takes away the innate nervousness of "real guns" and lets you relax enough to let it seep into your subconcious muscle memory.
This is a fantastic video to show people you know who aren't into firearms, but are willing to go to the range with you. You could send them this video to watch in the days, weeks, whatever before you go to the range, and then go over all the info again when you meet in person to reinforce the safety lessons.
Appreciate these fundamental vids my guy! The fundamentals are often overlooked & they start w/ respecting the tool, one's environment & weapons safety (i.e. trigger discipline, not muzzling folks, safely watching the pistol into one's holster, etc.).
I did not grow up around guns, and I only started shooting/joining the gun community once I joined the Navy, I ended up becoming a GunnersMate so I had to learn how to use and take care of guns. Even though I have been in the Military for 8 years now and I’m the one who grades the new shooters/re-qualification it is always nice to see a video like this where I can get a few more tips and tricks for me but also a few tips and tricks to show/teach others… thank you for the video
Wow..this series turns tobe 10 episode(according to Lucas)❤ and it is fully free to any gun enthusiast pro or not, just cant wait for another😂 I really love this team, i learned alot and still learning in the process..kudos to the team of this content..big salute T-REX ARMS..sending love from the Phillippines❤❤❤
You not only present excellent information in step by step instructions; you demonstrate the correct techniques. CCW classes talk but never demonstrate. I was never corrected on the CCW range on trigger engagement. That was stupid of them. I then took a tactical three day class. They were very helpful to correct me in demonstrating fire arm skills. 💯 improvement. I’m now subscribed and looking forward to more content in this series.
I have great respect for your skills. But this takes it up a notch that at your level as a professional that you take the time to teach the novice these fundamentals I am a life tome subscriber for this reason I learned more from your fundamental videos when I first started carrying a pistol 7 years ago and I am better because of it .
So after 5 years in the military (infantry i had good bit of experience with everything minus handguns). As a civilian I decided to train myself on the handgun. It was covid times and classes were not in my budget. T.Rex arms videos were my primary go to for handgun training. Fast forward a bit and I'm getting dudes at the range saying I should start competing. Am I that good? Probably not. But thanks to videos from T. REX arms, a ton of dry fire and monthly range trips (ammo and range times is expensive) I was able to go from struggling to hit the target at 10 yards to being able to quickly and comfortably get decent groupings at 25 yards. I'm excited to see where these videos go and to see if I can further refine my skills. I cannot stress enough how amazing it is to get content like this for free. Massive thank you to T. REX Arms.
Since firearms are a whole ordeal here in The Netherlands, a lot of people turn to airsoft to still get the idea of firearm handling and the adrenaline kick it can provide. When I started putting more effort into the sport, I noticed a lot of people really don't care about gun safety (even though it's not as deadly, airsoft still has its dangers) so I followed a course to become a BOSS instructor (Basic Operator Safety Skills). Sure it's a fancy name, but it's really valuable to both new and experienced airsoft players here to teach them about rules and regulation, and give them the basis on safe weapons handling. This video alone could teach like 80% of the practical part I teach, in about half the time. Looking forward to seeing the other parts and advice my workshop attendees to give these a watch if they want to go deeper and improve. Thanks!
I got asked the other day by someone who does a lot of shooting "is the red dot moving on the glass?" He never realized how much his hands moved while he was shooting, and then he understood why my buddy and I shot smaller groups than he was even with his experience. Red dots are so much better!
I havent shot a gun in about 10 years. I plan on buying my first firearm in a few weeks (AR15). Thank you for this content. This is exactly the content I needed. Ill be spending a few weeks getting used to my new gun before I even shoot it live.
This post has nothing to do with the topic of the video but felt like posting anyways. stumbling upon your channel was a god-send and have since learned alot from your videos about firearms; one of which, is to keep training despite the lack of proper equipment and ridicule. make the best out of what i can afford and train with it consistently. Thank you for doing the things that you do, It really helps out alot of us.🙇🙇
Excited about this series. You have been my go to for trying to improve. This will take my self training to higher levels. Thanks for being a true 2A advocate and passing knowledge to all in the community.
As the story goes with many other young men my age, I seriously got in to firearms and shooting a few years ago when I was 17-18 years old. I'm 22 now and am a much more competent shooter than I was before and have been through a good bit of kit since then. I just ordered a new muzzle plug and tq for a safariland from yall, i love how your content has evolved and how the botkins consistently put out good info and try to bring new people in
The value in this video is priceless!! I wish when I was getting into shooting things got broken down like this. The one or two things at a time. I remember the first time I picked up a gun there was so much info thrown at you in brisket brief and here is the gun shoot it and hit that lol. It’s why I waited so long to get into handguns. Didn’t full understand grip and why you hold it the way you do. Also had no clue I was cross eyed dominate so I struggled to hit stuff 😂 thank you so much trex arms and Lucas for the extremely valuable videos for free. Appreciate everything you guys do. Btw my favorite holsters.
25 years ago this entire video would have meant something, but there is so much of this flooding the yt market.... Too many people don't watch these videos. You are preaching to the choir brother. Not a bad video, and I can link to it for some of my green shooters. All great info for ground level beginners.
Excellent rundown! Adding this as soon as I'm back in town! Even someone who grew up around firearms can HUGELY benefit from this kind of training. It's like Firearms Tai Chi 😁 Cheers Sir!
I really like how lately lucas has included content towards novice shooters & first time owners, rather than just writing everyone off as "iysys" may it be view hunting? maybe but it shows a more humble side of lucas we're not used to
New gun owner as well as subscriber to your channel, this is the 3rd video that I have watched,very educational and helpful. I live in Massachusetts so need I say more about the 2A laws and limitations. Looking forward to seeing more of your content and learning so much, thank you appreciate you sharing this very important information.
