I was on my way home the other day and passed a sign on the north end of Cornelius Pass that said, "Shoot Here." It got my attention right away as i have never seen it before so I turned around and went back to see what it was all about. There is a new business out that way that is pretty neat I thought. It is called Threat Dynamics and they do immersive small arms training.
When i walked in the door I was greeted by a gentleman named Ryan and he gave me the low down and an excellent tour of the facility. He told me that they were primarily a military/law enforcement training facility but had recently opened up to civilian training due to the high demand and recent firearm sales. Everything is simulated real life situations on a fairly complex video system. I was set back at how well it was put together. They use real weapons which are converted to use with their system and use lasers and a co2 gas system to simulate recoil and the actions of the weapons. The video portion of the set up was amazing. One would have to see it for themselves to appreciate the realism of video and sounds. In one of the stations you are surrounded by 5 video screens and are immersed in different real life situations.
Ryan ran me through a couple of scenarios to let me try it out. One was a convenience store robbery and i was a bystandard in the store. Two robbers entered, one stood in front of me and held up the clerk with a gun and the other went around some aisles and came a me from the side. I was slow on the draw and robber 1 shot the clerk then i shot him, robber two came around the back and got a shot off at me then i got him in the head. It all happened quickly and I was not really ready for it. I told Ryan that and he said that was the point and why they were there to give people that experience so they could be ready for the real thing. He showed me a belt that can be worn if one chooses that has tasers built in and simulates a gun shot if the wearer is hit in the scenario. I passed on that for the demo this time but I think it is a great idea to give a real consequence if one dose not react right in a life in death situation. He offered to run me through a couple more but i was short on time so had to cut the very generous demonstration short.
I am planning on going back soon to spend some more time there. He explained that they offer various classes or one can do an hourly rate on one of the ranges. You can go solo or with a group of friends. Pricing for an hour was no more than one would spend on a couple boxes of ammo while shooting paper targets at a normal range but in my opinion this would be a more useful practice for most occasions. There is a retail section as well and they sell some tactical gear, holsters and even Ammo!!! Ooops, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that. Now everybody is gonna buy up my new source.
Here is a link to their website if someone wants to check it out a little more before driving out here.... <broken link removed>
When i walked in the door I was greeted by a gentleman named Ryan and he gave me the low down and an excellent tour of the facility. He told me that they were primarily a military/law enforcement training facility but had recently opened up to civilian training due to the high demand and recent firearm sales. Everything is simulated real life situations on a fairly complex video system. I was set back at how well it was put together. They use real weapons which are converted to use with their system and use lasers and a co2 gas system to simulate recoil and the actions of the weapons. The video portion of the set up was amazing. One would have to see it for themselves to appreciate the realism of video and sounds. In one of the stations you are surrounded by 5 video screens and are immersed in different real life situations.
Ryan ran me through a couple of scenarios to let me try it out. One was a convenience store robbery and i was a bystandard in the store. Two robbers entered, one stood in front of me and held up the clerk with a gun and the other went around some aisles and came a me from the side. I was slow on the draw and robber 1 shot the clerk then i shot him, robber two came around the back and got a shot off at me then i got him in the head. It all happened quickly and I was not really ready for it. I told Ryan that and he said that was the point and why they were there to give people that experience so they could be ready for the real thing. He showed me a belt that can be worn if one chooses that has tasers built in and simulates a gun shot if the wearer is hit in the scenario. I passed on that for the demo this time but I think it is a great idea to give a real consequence if one dose not react right in a life in death situation. He offered to run me through a couple more but i was short on time so had to cut the very generous demonstration short.
I am planning on going back soon to spend some more time there. He explained that they offer various classes or one can do an hourly rate on one of the ranges. You can go solo or with a group of friends. Pricing for an hour was no more than one would spend on a couple boxes of ammo while shooting paper targets at a normal range but in my opinion this would be a more useful practice for most occasions. There is a retail section as well and they sell some tactical gear, holsters and even Ammo!!! Ooops, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that. Now everybody is gonna buy up my new source.
Here is a link to their website if someone wants to check it out a little more before driving out here.... <broken link removed>
