This course covers baseline skills for surviving a defensive shooting with a pistol. Training will cover:

Efficient holstering

Ready vs challenge position

Defensive Marksmanship Drills – Balance of Speed & Precision

High volume string of fire mechanics

Efficient reloading

One handed shooting

Malfunctions drills

Intro to dynamic shooting fundamentals

Students will perform light physical activities such as walking, sitting and kneeling. For students with medical considerations, the curriculum will be accommodated.

Students will be expected to have a baseline understanding of their pistol, how it operates and how to aim. Prior to attending course. If a student does not have the skills required to attend their course enrollment fee can be applied to a basics of shooting course.

Required:

Cover Garment (Should replicate the way you carry most)

Eye and Ear Protection

350 Rounds

CCW holster

Spare magazines (Have a plan in place for storing and accessing during a reload. Ex: Mag pouch, eacily accessible pocket, etc.)

Flashlight (optional)

Duty holsters are approved for public safety officers. The course is geared towards CCW holders but can be participated in as an outside the waistband course with minimal accomadations. Outside the waistband duty holsters must have at least 1 level of manually activated retention.

This curriculum is designed to take students and familiarize them with the use of the AR15 platform. This course will teach students the basic operation and manipulations required to begin firing the AR15 platform effectively. This course is not a Long Range rifle marksmanship course. The Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities you will learn:

Fundamentals of AR-15 Marksmanship

Zero verification

Accessorizing and maintaining an AR-15

Efficient operation of the AR-15

Mechanical offset for close encounters

Balance of speed and precision drills

The course will be conducted between 5-10 yards, with a 25 yard maximum. 

Students will need a Semi Auto, AR15 style rifle, with a detachable magazine platform. (No Ak’s, bolt actions, or fixed mags. CALIFORNIA RIFLES, NO FIXED MAGAZINES, PLEASE READ FAQS) 

Red Dot or Traditional Iron Sight’s – Unmagnified reccomended. Magnified optics are authorized but highly discouraged for this course, unless it is on your issued duty rifle, or you have no other aiming systems. Come prepared to with the tools to move the optic, and with extra batteries.

3 magazines

A sling -Behind the back, shoulder carry slings are not permitted for this course. 

A flashlight is not required for this course, but is reccomended for the AR15 platform. 

350 rds. of ammo

Tools to adjust or move accessories mounted to the rifle for fitment block of instruction.

Students should have their rifles zeroed prior to course. A 25, 37, or 50 yard zero is acceptable for this course.

There will be a zero confirmation period at the start of the course. Minor and crude adjustments may be made, but there will not be a sufficient period to perfectly zero the rifles.

WHAT IS IS FEATURELESS RIFLE: For california legal builds, we strongly advise AGAINST a fixed magazine set up. Even those with optomized reloading can cause a catastrophic failure, and severly limits your abliltiy to operate an AR15 as intended.  Here are the rules on making a featureless rifle (in California). We have a limited amount of loaner AR15s we can provide for this class. Fetureless builds allow you to operate the AR 15 effeciently and as intended.  

The AR15  MUST not have any of the following:

Pistol grip (Fins ok)

Thumbhole stock

Telescoping/Adjustable/folding stock (pinned ok)

Flash hider (muzzle brakes ok)

Grenade or flare launcher 

Forward pistol grip (angled grips ok)

A featureless rifle allows for the use of detachable magazines and lawfully owned standard-capacity magazines(30 rds).

An AR15 converted to 22lr may be in any configuration and does not have to comply with the Assault Weapons regulations for center fire rifles. 

WHAT CALIBER OF AR15 IS ACCEPTABLE: All ar15 platform rifles with traditional controls are approved. Must be AR15 controls. We reccomend alternative ammo’s have traditionally sized mags for this class.