Mastering the Defensive Snub Revolver

[Michael de Bethencourt]

Coming to Hellertown Sportsmen’s Assoc!
Direct from the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield, MA
Presented by Hellertown’s own Bruce Stein and
Michael de Bethencourt of the Massachusetts based Northeastern Tactical Schools
Mastering the Defensive Snub Revolver
As profiled in Combat Handguns, Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement and S.W.A.T. magazine. Northeastern Tactical Schools' Essentials of the Defensive Snub Revolver introduces you to the essential foundation skills with the short-barreled self-defense revolver. Class includes:


•Snub nomenclature
•Dailey snub function check skills
•The snub’s advantages and limitations
•Best concealment holsters for the snub
•Best stocks for the defensive snub
•Optimum snub ammunition
•One- and two-hand grip fundamentals
•Trigger contact and control
•Alternative shooting stances
•Four stage speed drawing skills
•Flash sight-picture drills
•Stressfire sight-picture drills
•Silhouette sight-picture drills
•Speed shooting fundamentals
•Unconventional manual-of-arms
•Practical administrative loading options
•Unconscious cylinder indexing
•Partial cylinder (Newhall) tactics
•Loose round loading tactics
•Speed strip loading tactics
•Speedloader loading tactics
•Coat pocket shooting drills
•Emergency contact shooting skills
•25 reasons the snub beats the semi-auto
•Top Gunsmithing options for the defensive snub
•Snub specific gunfight strategy
•Multiple target and variable distance drills
•Snub and tactical light handling
•Snub and laser grip (supplied)
•Extended snub shooting (50 yards and beyond)
•Reloading the snub on the move
•Prone and supine snub reloading
•Squib round clearing skills
•Stuck cylinder clearing skills
•Case-under-the-ejector clearing skills
•Weak hand draw and reloading skills
•One hand only reloading skills
•2nd snub cross draw and shoulder skills
•2nd snub pocket holster skills
• Safariland and K&D skills
•2nd snub Ankle holster skills:
• Ayoob, Gaylord and Maffei methods
•2nd snub fighting tactics:
•Kasanof, Mroz and Lovette methods
•Snub specific retention holsters
•Snub specific weapon retention skills
•Aftermarket snub safeties: pros and cons
•Snub as emergency impact weapon
•Conclusions


This class is perfect for the new and intermediate level snub revolver owner. The program will present shooting methods and manipulations unique to the short-barreled revolver, as well as improve the snub owner's overall revolver handling skills. No special shooting skill level is required, but shooters should have an understanding of fundamental gun safety, as well as the revolver's basic operation.


Location: Hellertown Sportsmen’s Assoc
Dates: March 24, 2007
Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Tuition: $260 - A 50% tuition deposit is required in advance


Essentials of the
Mastering the Defensive Snub Revolver
Equipment List:
•Snub revolver (3" or under - .38 or .357 caliber
•Note - A 2nd snub is encouraged, should your primary break (Optional only)
•A good quality holster (Must permit safe re-holstering)
•A good quality (thick) belt
•Ear and eye protection
•A shooting cap with a baseball-style bill
•150 rounds of good quality ammunition (Better ammo, faster learning)
•Two speedloaders and two speed strips (Optional only)
•3-ring notebook (No paper needed)
•Lunch, beverages/water and snacks (All lunches are working lunches)
Include a copy of your driver's license and the following:
•Proof of License to Carry Firearms
•Proof of good character from a licensed, practicing attorney
Name Telephone

Class date Class location
Address E-mail
City State, ZIP

Mail to
Northeastern Tactical Schools
8 Kingsbury Lane
North Billerica, MA 01862-1820

For more information visit our website at www.SnubTraining.com or contact Michael de Bethencourt at either SnubTraining@hotmail.com or telephone 978-667-5591.

Michael de Bethencourt is a nationally recognized defensive revolver, weapons disarming-retention trainer, and an internationally recognized tactical folding knife instructor trainer. He is the lead instructor of Northeastern Tactical Schools, a 19-year student of police defensive tactics and a 28-year student of the martial arts.

"Mr. de Bethencourt has decades of experience with the snub-nose revolvers to share. He offers a lively and informative program and will challenge your thinking on these under-rated little guns."- Ralph Mroz, Nationally known firearms writer and Training Director for the Police Officers Safety Association

[TonyF]

I hear very good things about Mr. Bethencourt. You folks in the Hellertown area should jump on this opportunity.

[Mtbkski]

I was all ready to sign up for this one. But it is my granddaughters birthday. When your 5, you expect Pappy to be there. Any word on them having a second class sometime in the future that is in PA again.

[LastManOut]

Originally Posted by TonyF

I hear very good things about Mr. Bethencourt. You folks in the Hellertown area should jump on this opportunity.

Thanks for the recommendation. I will be attending the course and can post back here with my results.

[danp]

Just a note, I am going to be moving the discussion on the merits of these training course requirements to its own thread in the training section.

Once I do I'll edit this post with a link to the thread.

I think it's a good discussion, but this event thread isn't necessarily the place for it.

The new thread is here.

[LastManOut]

Will anyone else be attending on Saturday? The weather is supposed to be great.

[LastManOut]

I just came home from the Snubby (etc.) class in Hellertown.

Do I feel I got what I paid for? NO way! What I got was worth numerous time more than I paid. (The check is in the mail Michael, no really.)

What I did not realize on Saturday was NTS had Sunday classes also for fighting with a knife and weapon retention, I signed up after the Saturday class and learned a bunch and had tons of fun with Michael and the other trainers.

If anyone has the opportunity to attend one of Northeastern Tactical School's training classes, do it!