SIRT Pocket Training Pistol
Mike HughesDescription
PDN viewers are familiar with the SIRT (Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger) Training Pistol, but did you know a subcompact model is now available? Mike Hughes of Next Level Training tells us more about the SIRT PP Training Pistol.
SIRT Pocket Pistol Model
If your everyday carry pistol is a subcompact, the SIRT PP Training Pistol (Pocket Pistol Model) will be a better match for your gun than the full-size SIRT pistol. One of the goals with a training pistol is to mimic the feel of your actual gun, and if your concealed carry pistol is a subcompact single-stack, the SIRT PP does just that.
What It Does
The SIRT PP compact training pistol fits into the holster of your single-stack subcompact pistol, and it feels like your concealed carry pistol.
The baseplates of subcompact pistols differ from model to model, and the SIRT PP reflects this, offering a choice of a longer, straight extension that works well with the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield; a curved extension that mimics the Glock 43; and a flat baseplate similar to the one on the Springfield Armory XD-S.
Next Level’s research showed that the feel of the baseplate contributed the most to the specific feel of each subcompact gun, so you get the most transferability to handgun training and practice with your particular carry gun due to the choice of baseplates.
What It Doesn’t Do
The SIRT PP compact training pistol does not have a removable magazine, so you can’t practice magazine changes. The reason for this is that every compact handgun has its own reloading idiosyncrasies, so it would have been impossible to replicate them all with the SIRT.
From SIRT
Safe, effective, and innovative, the Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger (SIRT) Training Pistol was developed by shooters for shooters, to complement, not replace, live fire training. The SIRT Training Pistol brings together a host of patent pending technologies critical to improving shooting accuracy while addressing issues of cost and liability. Each SIRT compact training pistol contains the following: one SIRT Training Pistol, one Base Extension, a Trigger Adjustment Tool, and a Laser Windage and Elevation Adjustment Tool.
Mike Hughes, Next Level Training, SIRT pistol, shot indicating resetting trigger. Everybody knows what it is, especially if they've watched Personal Defense Network. But, I carry a subcompact gun. I carry a single stack, subcompact gun, it's the XD-S, and therefore I should be training not with this big SIRT pistol, but with... With our partner pistol. Beautiful. So, we try to answer the call of a lot of shooters like yourself, Rob, of a compact pistol that really has a lot of the bastardized features of many of the compact guns. And reason we've done that is because we find a lot of the compact guns, with our own testing, have a lot of the similar characteristics as far as the grip, and the feel, and actually the simulated, similar crumminess of them all, being thinner. I mean, honestly. They're all great guns, this is a great spring filled gun, but compared to a full sized gun it's very difficult to master natural point of aim, kinesthetic point of aim-- It's different. With a small gun. You know, so you can learn the fundamentals, and people say, "Oh, like, I'm learning trigger control "with the SIRT," for example. Or, "I'm learning how to get my natural point of aim," or, "I'm learning how to pick up my sight faster." You can do all that, but you know, isn't it better to actually do it with a gun that fits into your carry holster, with a gun that feels like your carry gun, right? So really, I applaud you guys. You know, since the first time you told me this was coming I thought it was a great idea, it makes all the sense in the world, and what's the response been? Oh, it's been phenomenal. I mean, it really has. Probably some things just to be concerned of, or aware of, is there's no meg changes, all right. Because every gun has its own unique idiosyncrasies of reloading, so we figure let's not go there. Right. What we did do, what we did find, is the base plates do have a significant feature, significant attribute to the feel of the gun for different guns. For example, a shield is a little bit longer and straight. So we made a base plate to emulate that. The 43s have a little bit of a curve, we've made that. We made the flat one, all right. So that's what we found in our research, and it's a liberal use of the word, research, right. But it's what we found had the most influence to the feel of the gun, so we can emulate all those guns and get fantastic training for transferability for your particular carry gun. Right, so I've been using this gun a lot in demos on the tour this year. People see it, they see it come out of the holster in the morning and they're like, "Oh, is that a, "what is that? "Is that like a SIRT pistol?" It is a SIRT pistol. It's a SIRT pocket pistol, and I have played around with all the three different bases that you have, and it really does, it emulates the 43, it emulates the XD-S, and it emulates the shield really well. Which I think is surprising to a lot of people. It shows just how close those guns are. I happen to like the way the XD-S is, and that's why the flat one is the one that's set up on it, 'cause it really matches the profile, this particular carry gun. Well done, thank you for the SIRT pocket pistol.
Does this SIRT pistol have a baseplate that would be similar to a P365 with an extended magazine ? Secondly, are the guns weighted to simulate a full magazine ? Thanks
What good is this intro if I have no information about how much it is, what is included in the price, .. etc. ?