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Headed for training? Excellent! Whether you\u2019re doing formal training or just running some drills at the range, there are few necessities to bring with you. I\u2019m not talking about the obvious ones such as eye and ear protection, a gun, holster and target ammo.<\/p>\n

Instead, I want to add a couple items that will protect your eyes and skin, make you surprised and have to think while shooting, make the whole training session easier, and provide more costly but essential practice with ammunition. Here are my top five pieces of training gear.<\/p>\n

1. Baseball Cap<\/h2>\n
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A baseball hat will help to keep the hot brass from hitting your head.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not just for protecting your eyes on sunny days. A baseball cap also protects your head from hot ejected brass casings. Every now and then, you\u2019ll get a hot one that\u2019s decided not to jump off to the right but instead follows a nice backward arc and hits you right in the forehead.<\/p>\n

In a desperate situation, this is not a key concern, but when you\u2019re practicing, it\u2019s better to remove these kinds of distractions. Even in an indoor range, a baseball cap provides protective cover because ejected brass will sometimes bounce off the wall right back at you.<\/p>\n

2. Scarf<\/h2>\n
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Like the baseball hat, neck wraps help to keep hot casings away from your body.<\/p><\/div>\n

Add a scarf, neck gaiter or other neck protection. A scarf protects your neck from flying brass and prevents it from going down your shirt. It happens more often than you think, and hot brass entering inside your clothing and touching your skin can be a harrowing experience. It will hurt, burn and possibly distract you from handling your gun safely. You\u2019ll be prompted to immediately turn, reach and do whatever you can to keep the hot brass off your skin.<\/p>\n

In some training sessions, I\u2019ve stood just a few feet away from another shooter whose hot brass rained down on my head \u2014 while I was shooting. In one instance, a hot .223 casing entered my zipped-up turtleneck shirt and traveled down my neck and back all the way to my waist. Not fun.<\/p>\n

3. Snap Caps<\/h2>\n
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Using snap caps is a great way to learn how to address malfunctions during training.<\/p><\/div>\n

Snap caps are dummy rounds shaped just like regular cartridges, but they are inert. Their primers are usually equipped with a spring that absorbs the force of a firing pin or striker and preserves the life of the gun. Meant for practicing pistol malfunctions, snap caps are a helpful tool in anyone\u2019s training regimen. This is the piece of gear that can provide a safe surprise to an otherwise normal shooting experience and help you practice what to do in case of a failure to fire.<\/p>\n

Have a friend load a magazine with live ammo and a snap cap or two. Don\u2019t watch your friend load the magazine; you don\u2019t want to know when the snap caps will be loaded into your gun\u2019s chamber. Commence firing at a target. At some point, your gun will load a snap cap, and squeezing the trigger will yield a click instead of a bang. At that point, you can act as though you\u2019ve had a failure to fire. Rack out that round, load up another and continue. Retrieve the ejected snap caps only after all shooting has stopped and the range is safe.<\/p>\n

4. Plastic OWB Magazine Holster<\/h2>\n

When training with an auto-loading pistol, wear a plastic outside-the-waistband magazine holster. This keeps a magazine at the ready and in the same spot every time. It will not collapse or bend, and it will balance out the load on your gun belt.<\/p>\n

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A plastic OWB mag holster will make you appreciate having reloads at the ready.<\/p><\/div>\n

A single magazine holster should be sufficient, but a double may be even better. Load your magazine into the holster the same way every time (bullets forward, if that\u2019s your preference), and grasp it the same way every time. You\u2019ll soon discover and appreciate the consistency of having spare magazines on your person in the same place all the time.<\/p>\n

5. Self-Defense Ammunition<\/h2>\n
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It’s good to rotate in your actually carry ammo from time to time to see how it feeds and shoots from your pistol.<\/p><\/div>\n

While the vast majority of your training will be done with full-metal jacket target ammo, you should do some training with the actual self-defense ammunition you carry in your gun. It\u2019ll be more expensive, and it may even seem wasteful to fire your precious jacketed hollow-points through paper targets during training, but there are benefits.<\/p>\n

First, you\u2019ll get used to what it feels like to shoot your actual self-defense ammunition through your carry gun. Granted, there may not be all that much of a difference in feel or recoil, but at least establish that fact. It\u2019s better not to be surprised at what happens if you actually have to shoot in self-defense. Also, you\u2019ll confirm whether your gun can actually feed, fire and eject the self-defense ammunition you\u2019ve chosen. If it doesn\u2019t, don\u2019t carry it. Not all ammunition works in every gun. The best time to find this out is in training or during a practice session, not when your life depends on it.<\/p>\n

Additionally, if your training regimen calls for ejecting an unspent round, let it fall to the ground. Don\u2019t bother picking it up until the training or range session is clearly over. Even then, don\u2019t put that round back into service because it may have dented or otherwise deformed in its travels. A round can still serve its purpose to provide training even it remains unfired.<\/p>\n

What other gear do you recommend for training?<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/strong> Mark Kakkuri is a\u00a0nationally published freelance writer who covers guns and gear, 2nd Amendment issues and the outdoors. His writing and photography have appeared in many firearms-related publications, including the USCCA\u2019s Concealed Carry Magazine. You can follow him on\u00a0Twitter @markkakkuri.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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