I had the distinct pleasure of traveling to the Way Of The Gun training facility recently to train with Frank Proctor. Frank operates his facility out of Eastaboga, Alabama, which is near Talladega, Alabama for those of you that follow racing. Frank’s facility is still pretty spartan, as it appears that construction and additions are a daily event. But, the layout is pretty ingenious as he offers a training area and a public range area to the local community. Frank is going to have a world class training facility.
I struggled a bit with writing the review on this class, as much of what I wrote seemed cheesy and even down right fan-boyish. Frank teaches a solid program that revolves around process oriented marksmanship. The idea that if you focus on the process of running the gun, the hits take care of themselves. He has a great method of instruction that is building block based. His mindset is also outstanding. Frank is a big fan of maximizing economy of motion, and backs it up with good logic based technique.
At the end of the course, I came away faster, and came away with some different looks at running the carbine at speed, and things to train on.
I can’t say enough good things about training with Frank Proctor. It is really refreshing to find an instructor who is about speed and accuracy without all the flash and cool guy stuff that some instructors base their programs off of..
Want to be fast and accurate? Then a trip to Way of the Gun is for you!
I get what you mean about coming across “fan-boyish”. I found training with Frank had that effect on me also. 😉 Phenomenal shooter and instructor.
That will be hands down 1 of the best facilities to train at in the south east when he is done. We try to drive out with the guys once a month
Frank is one instructor that I have always been a fan of, I like his training approach from what I’ve seen online. Have to make a effort to get down and train with him at some point.