1. WARPIG COMBATIVES
Presents

2. FIRST STEPS: Pistol
Firearm Instruction, Responsibility & Safety Training

3. Course Objectives
● Name the three fundamental NRA rules for
safe gun handling
● Identify the major components of your pistol
and describe their function
● Safely demonstrate how to load your pistol
● Safely demonstrate how to fire your pistol
● Safely demonstrate how to unload your
pistol
● Safely demonstrate how to disassemble your
pistol
● Safely demonstrate how to assemble your
pistol

4. Lesson 2 Objectives
● Identify the three items to check to identify
the proper ammunition for your pistol
● Identify and define the three major types of
cartridge malfunctions and how to safely
address them
● Determine your dominant eye
● Explain the fundamentals of pistol shooting
● Demonstrate a proper shooting position and
grip

5. Identifying Proper Ammunition
● Identify proper cartridge type
○ Pistol marking
○ Ammunition marking
○ Owner's Manual
● Cartridge Type
○ Center Fire
○ Rimfire
○ Caliber
● Load restrictions
○ Low pressure load
○ High Pressure Load
○ DO NOT USE RELOAD OR CUSTOM LOAD
AMMUNITION

6. Ammunition Parts
● Bullet
○ Full Metal Jacket (FMJ)
○ Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP)
○ Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
○ Soft Point
● Case
○ Copper
○ Steel
○ Markings
● Powder
● Primer

7. (FMJ) Bullet
● Charcteristics
○ Full Copper Jacket
○ Deeper penetration
○ Flatter trajectory on average
○ Penetrates minor obstacles
● Items of consideration
○ More prone to overpenetrate
○ Poor energy transfer

8. (JHP) Bullet
● Characteristics
○ Cavity in nose of bullet
○ Greater energy transfer
○ Less likely overpenetration
● Items of Consideration
○ Different trajectory than FMJ
○ Less effective against barriers
○ Less overall penetration

9. Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
● Characteristics
○ Cavity in nose of bullet & partially exposed core
○ Designed for high velocity Magnum rounds
○ Greater energy transfer
● Items of Consideration
○ Still prone to over penetration
○ Less effective against barriers

10. ● Characteristics
○ Partially exposed core
○ Designed for Rifle ammunition
○ Greater energy transfer
○ Similar trajectory to FMJ
● Items of Consideration
○ Still prone to over penetration
○ Less effective against barriers
Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point

11. Identifying Ammunition Malfunction
● Misfire
● Hangfire
● Squib Load

12. Identifying Dominant Eye
● Triangle

13. Two Hand Grip
● Backstrap
● Front Strap
● Grip Panel
● Trigger Guard
● Thumbs
● Trigger Finger

14. Stance
● Isosceles
● Feet
● Weight
● Knees
● High compressed ready
● Natural Point of Aim

15. Fundamentals of Shooting
● Sight Alignment
● Sight Picture*
● Breath Control
● Hold Control
● Trigger Control
● Follow Through

16. Lesson 2 Objectives
● Identify the three items to check to identify
the proper ammunition for your pistol
● Identify and define the three major types of
cartridge malfunctions and how to safely
address them
● Determine your dominant eye
● Explain the fundamentals of pistol shooting
● Demonstrate a proper shooting position and
grip