What I found most striking: it wasn’t that hard. Six focused days, 500 rounds, just work the basics. Rod Ryan & co avoided the popular distractions, walked students thru the steps, and thousand-yard shots just happen.
BTW: another FReeper was one of my instructors, memorable because he cured me of a bad shooting habit by threatening to beat me with a rock. It worked because he indeed looked like he sincerely would if I screwed up again.
Yeah, I read that rock part. Pretty funny. Did you go full 8- or 10-hour days for the classes and was it all on the range or did you have indoor or classroom-type instruction as well?