submachine guns. The company also offers replica flashlights,
tasers, batons, radios and other gear to choose from to closely
simulation your duty load out for training. With no moving
parts to break and their polymer construction, these training
tools are literally designed to take a beating!
Red Guns aren’t as high tech as SIRT pistols and that’s
the point. SIRT pistols are great for trigger control and selfdiagnostics
but too expensive and fragile to be tossed into
a pool for Swift Water Rescue training or tossed across the
roadway on command working vehicle take down drills. ASP
builds each product to withstand the harshest of environments
and be affordable enough to purchase on the mass scale.
Even for our small training budget, I own five ASP guns for
every SIRT pistol in our armory. These are the training guns
that responsible firearms owners, every day first responding
heroes and the heroes they call to save them with tactical
and military forces use daily for high stress, high intensity
training.
• Weight & Size – ASP products are closely related to the
metrics of each represented product and will easily fit in
holsters and pouches designed for the real versions. Picatinny
rails on the handguns and rifles will directly fit most rail
mounted lights, red dots and lasers with no modifications
necessary.
• Cost Efficiency – As previously mentioned, Red Guns are
non-firing and durable polymer thus keeping cost down to a
minimum, typically ranging between $63 - $246. The ability
to use ASP Red Gun products in much rougher applications
than other training products ultimately saves money that
would normally be set aside for repairs and replacements of
less durable items.
• Rapid Skill Enhancement – With over twenty years of
experience using and teaching with Red Guns, I have seen
firsthand how these products effectively boost confidence
and safely enhance knowledge on and off the range. Being
able to employ clearly visible inert training aids without
worry of damaging equipment or injuring others, the average
end-user’s training curve has greatly enhanced. Training can
progress at full speed and more closely resemble “real time”
application to better prepare students for the dangers they
may face outside the classroom.
FINAL THOUGHTS
One of the biggest misconceptions about using SIRT pistols
and Red Guns is the thought that training with these
products is an “either / or” concept in which shooters must
decide which to use. As a former SWAT operator and current
Firearms Instructor and Training Counselor, I firmly believe
these products work in direct conjunction with each other.
Those looking to heighten their safety and fighting skills
with firearms (as well as those who train them) will make
solid investments by purchasing Next Level Training and ASP
products.
For many, the ASP Red Gun will be a great place to start with
basic fundamentals and developing safe training practices.
For those new to shooting, this will be a cost-effective way to
determine if firearms training is right for them. As skills such
as drawing from the holster, SIRT pistols would be a great
step to start developing marksmanship skills or correcting
past training scars in experienced shooters. The addition of
items such as video training with LASR programs or 6mm
guns would be a great way to blend practical applications.
From personal dryfire practice, to team room clearing
tactics, to force on force, and any number of non-live fire
valuable training exercises. Both devices offer a safe and
effective way of working through shooting styles and
positions that best employ the body’s natural biomechanics
unique to each individual shooter. Through the dedicated use
of SIRT pistols and Red Guns are a great way for professionals
and civilians alike to make the very most out of their time off
the range both in and out of the classroom.
Regardless of your mission or preference in training, the
biggest factor is to simply train. Challenge yourself to find
new ways to safely improve your skillsets. Techniques based
on real world incidents, data and lessons learned is ever
changing and so should you. Remember, there are two types
people in this world, those who evolve with the
times and those who go extinct. Do whatever
it takes to be the one still standing when the
smoke clears.
DESIGNATED TRAINING GUNS