Mike Seeklander's REAP Principle to evaluate a firearm to carry #shorts

IDPA World Champion, Mike Seeklander shows his carry and his range gear. He used the new Wilson Combat SFT9 for his instructional videos and offers his opinion on the gun. When assessing a carry weapon, Mike follows the REAP Principle: Reliability, Ergonomics, Accuracy and Power. He also recommends at least 1000 rounds before allowing it to be an every day carry weapon.

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Currently Mike Seeklander is owner of Shooting-Performance LLC (www.shooting-performance.com), a full service training company and the American Warrior Society. Mike is also the former co-host of The Best Defense, the Outdoor channels leading firearm instructional show.

Previously, mike was Chief Operating Officer, Director of Training and a Senior Instructor at the U.S. Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Ok. He was directly responsible for the development of all U.S.S.A. training programs.

Prior to that as an employee of the Federal Government, Mike has served as the Branch Chief and Lead Instructor for the Firearms division with the Federal Air Marshal Service as well as a Senior Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).

He has extensive formal training and experience in all phases of military and law enforcement training. Mike is a highly sought after tactical and competitive trainer and a high level performer on the competition handgun circuit. Currently a nationally ranked competitor on the practical handgun competition circuit, Seeklander has authored/produced instructional books, DVD’s and has developed hundreds of lesson plans specifically related to basic and advanced firearms training.

As a local law enforcement officer with the Knox County Sheriff’s Department as well as the Knoxville Police Department mike worked in corrections as well as patrol and with the Organized Crime division.

In 1990 Mike joined the United States Marine Corps and was trained as an Intelligence Specialist with Top Secret clearance. Mike is a combat veteran of Desert Storm/Shield (Gulf war 1). He holds secondary MOS’s of Combat Engineer and Primary Marksmanship Instructor.

Mike is the recipient of numerous awards and honors in the law enforcement community, and as a semi-professional shooter.

Shooting accomplishments are as follows:
2013 and 2014 IPDA BUG (Back up Gun) National Champion
2011 Steel Challenge World Champion (production division).
2007 European Championships (2nd overall)
USPSA National Championships (top 5 overall numerous times)
Area Championship wins: Area 7, Area 4, Area 1 (USPSA)
State Championship wins (multiple times in some states): Oklahoma (USPSA and IDPA), Badlands Regional (IDPA), Tennessee (USPSA), Arkansas (IDPA and USPSA), South Carolina (USPSA), Georgia (USPSA), Texas Limited (USPSA), New Jersey (USPSA)
2018 IDPA ESP National Champion
2019 The Inaugural IDPA PCC (Pistol Caliber Carbine) National Championship (4th Place Master & High Military)
2019 The IDPA World Championship (High Overall, ESP Division Championship)

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