“The Sledgehammer” Nutnfancy RunNGun drill is an attempt to create a repeatable testing drill for both pistol and tactial carbine systems (mostly carbine shooting). A system works together to give the shooter capabilities and that’s what I like testing and reviewing in TNP. The drill will test both the shooter and their chosen systems in all kinds of weather and conditions. There are many variables at work (like shooter skill) and lots of subjectivity comes into play. But real data points are generated by this challenging drill that you can apply to your own systems and gear acquisitions. I also designed this course to increase the stress levels of the shooters by requiring physical exertion while being carefully scored. Ensuring FUN is also an important element of the SH and good natured smack talk and yelling at the shooter is encouraged. It is possible through the “Sledgehammer” of SH (and perhaps my future courses of fire) to accomplish these goals and more. To ensure accurate feedback on shooter and gun system performance, the SH is ran as a single shooter (not teams like in “Breaking Contact;” that muddles the scores too much for testing purposes). In this Part 1 Sledgehammer Intro, I show the course of fire stages and discuss some philosophy behind them as we do a course walk through. For the first time, I incorporate the TNP Barricades (or TNPBs and yes I know that’s a silly acronym!) I built to allow the shooter to practice and incorporate cover in his run …