We started a bit later on day two. After shooting well into the night, then driving home, we all needed a bit more time to rest. So we started about 10am. As Steve went over safety and range rules, then we got right to confirming our zeros at 50 yards

Most students shot AR15 variants. Most of them shot well. One student shot just an AK47, and two others brought both an AR15 and an AK47. The AKs worked fine and shot well and only a few few ARs had failures

Most of the students were dead on and just confirmed their zero, while a few needed two attempts to get theirs sighted in at 50 yards

Steve started with the basics as he did in the pistol course, then the class progressed to more elaborate drills utilizing those basic skills in combination at the speed the shooter felt comfortable with

Some techniques are controversial, or not widely agreed upon. Steve showed us a few of these techniques, like the movement of the carbine to the off side shoulder with a strong side grip for a quick shot from around cover. Then Steve addressed why some schools don't agree on the technique. he left it up to the student to incorporate these or not

Some other skills the class touched on (and practiced) was single side shooting and multiple targets

When a unique jam or malfunction happened we would take a break from shooting to see how to clear

removing tension from the bolt face is usually what's needed on serious jams on the AR15 platform. A pocket pliers or straight blade knife were best for clearing these

While fine accuracy was not stressed, students would tape any hits outside the center ring on the cardboard targets, so they could keep track of any shots made outside that area during drills

We broke for lunch as a group and did more elaborate drills in the afternoon, like this ladder drill

Since these drills were more complex and potentially dangerous, students ran through them one at a time. This allowed both Steve and Casey to watch each run and offer coaching. It also allowed the rest of the class to learn from other students

Like many classes held in a pro-gun state, students brought some unique gear like this Surbu super short 12 gauge and full auto M-16. Students were able to shoot some of these to test them out

While most of the the class used an AR a few students shot the AK47 and had no issues 'keeping up' with the class at the distances we shot